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| type | date | topic | slides | assignments due |
| Recitation | Monday, August 26, 2024 | Course Overview | [pdf],[pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Course Overview | [pdf],[pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, August 30, 2024 | Overview of Research CS Areas | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 2, 2024 | No Classes - Labor Day | ||
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 4, 2024 | No Classes | ||
| Lecture | Friday, September 6, 2024 | Overview of Research CS Areas | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 9, 2024 | Research Survey | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | Research Survey | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, September 13, 2024 | Giving Oral Presentations | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 16, 2024 | Draft Presentations & Writing Tips | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | Draft Presentations & Writing Tips | [pdf] | HW1 Video Draft Presentation |
| Lecture | Friday, September 20, 2024 | Draft Presentations Review | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 23, 2024 | Final Presentations | HW1 Final Presentations | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Final Presentations | HW1 Final Presentations | |
| Lecture | Friday, September 27, 2024 | Final Presentations | HW1 Final Presentations & Written Summary | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 30, 2024 | Reading and Critiquing Research Papers | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Reading and Critiquing Research Papers | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, October 4, 2024 | Publishing Papers in CS | [pdf] | HW2 Paper Registration |
| Recitation | Monday, October 7, 2024 | Writing a Statement of Purpose | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Writing a Statement of Purpose | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, October 11, 2024 | Research Career Paths | [pdf] | HW2 Referee Reports & HW5a Draft Email |
| Recitation | Monday, October 14, 2024 | No Classes - Fall Break | ||
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | No Classes - Fall Break | ||
| Lecture | Friday, October 18, 2024 | No Classes - Fall Break | ||
| Recitation | Monday, October 21, 2024 | Making a Poster | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | Making a Poster | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, October 25, 2024 | Research Proposals | [pdf] | HW3 Draft Statement of Purpose |
| Recitation | Monday, October 28, 2024 | Elevator Pitch | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | Elevator Pitch | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, November 1, 2024 | Research Methods | [pdf] | HW3 Final Statement of Purpose & HW5b Email |
| Recitation | Monday, November 4, 2024 | Draft Elevator Pitch | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | Draft Elevator Pitch | [pdf] | HW3 Video Elevator Pitch |
| Lecture | Friday, November 8, 2024 | Graduate School Panel | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, November 11, 2024 | Final Elevator Pitch | HW4 Final Elevator Pitch | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Final Elevator Pitch | HW4 Final Elevator Pitch | |
| Lecture | Friday, November 15, 2024 | Final Elevator Pitch | HW4 Final Elevator Pitch | |
| Recitation | Monday, November 18, 2024 | Advising and Mentoring | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | Advising and Mentoring | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, November 22, 2024 | 07-400, Homework 5 & 6, Entrepreneurship | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, November 25, 2024 | No Classes - Thanksgiving | HW5 Draft Written Proposal | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | No Classes - Thanksgiving | ||
| Lecture | Friday, November 30, 2024 | No Classes - Thanksgiving | ||
| Recitation | Monday, December 2, 2024 | Oral Proposal | HW6 Oral Proposal | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Oral Proposal | HW6 Oral Proposal | |
| Lecture | Friday, December 6, 2024 | Oral Proposal | HW6 Oral Proposal & HW5 Final Written Proposal |