W 10 ways to succeed O ways to fail in Graduate School CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop Rachel Pottinger, University of British Columbia Kathryn McKinley, University of Texas at AustinExploring options + Great teacher Exploring options Fantastic man Great research + Supportive envir. Great research + Fantastic people + Wiwo-body problem — Computer science Undergraduate research Internship at Microsoft Marry Steve 2000 U! of Washington PhD in 2004 Xe eect U! of; British Columbia 2004,OV ites) Boa oY Love research & France Boys boys 4 Computer Science UG Research Summer Marry Scotty 1985 Rice PHd 1992 Post Doc, Ecole des Mines Asst Prof UMass 1993 Tenure 1999 Move to UT Austin O1 Full Prof 05 ee ae Ey10 Ways to Fail 10 Ways to Succeed The really smart people dont need to work ela ae eels Neel Amuisteunayam eases Saycee constantly compare yourself; to (iMaes Corollary, the fasiesh Way Olisis: the bestForm study groups Form support groups Walk research with students in your research group Donit equate long hours with good work or high productivity. Have a life outside of graduate schoo] Ss> Never ask for clarification if something doesnit make sense » Never talk to other people when you're having problems > Never ask people for their insight on similar problems> Whe imposter syndrome may tell you that, everyone belongs here except you , Everyone Is figuring out graduate school, not just you > Research skills and good grades skills are hot the same Pr fSti gaint inejmetel Semel yelp iuco> Your advisor will change if you just try hard) enough ~ You can single-handedly make everything better for all students> Why are you in graduate school? > What, do you want out, of graduate le oo A aoe Nel ani PrANeedivinelelenr anyones surely volte eel ass> You dont needian advisor > Your advisor may Know you haven't gotten anything done > Your advisor doesnt want to meet with you ahyway> Many people prefer to stick witha project or advisor because you have so much invested|in them > Do consider those investments > But the costs of staying with an advisor or project that arenit working may be highenthan new investment, costsDonit do research because it takes away from your grades / Whink youre no good because your grades are bad> Get a new view on research > Learn about working in industry > Work with new people > Meet students from other universities AIS saci e MAN aa Alelsy one person during your career~ You can) keep everything in your’ head ~ You) donit have to write anything until your thesis ES> Research consists of mahy steps SSA aS INA se Varna Ar 7 Research journal shows you what youve accomplished ~ A research journall shows your advisor what: youve accomplished ~ Online journall — shared with your advisor - wiki with your meeting notes, experiments, related work, ideas) etcPNR MeV Moe anda canrae you'll| do 7 Going on vacation means you'll fall behind KS)» Write it down in your research journal Pave rae larcikoth rhe > Eat a piece of chocolate A oy So Nanaia rome nea y Wake a vacation!PEAR VlUimletol Vee slot eller sels} ine) Ke » Never ask yourself why you're doing what, your doing > Never read research papers not, selected by your advisor> E-mail, work, and personal > Work wheni you are effective PS IONS ye The 7 Habits of Highly Effective ASej)[3Way to fail # 9: Believe research is write-only > Never practice your talks » Never rewrite your papers > Never debug Corollarya never read over other peoples papers onattend| tneir praciice talks> Have a big picture > Bite off what you can chew Pee tA > Read the literature « How far is the literature from the “best?” locum elt leo Varese « Choose ah idea that you can make work Sead puvralrettel Ale xen + prototype - do it the fastest way, then make it perfect> Only go to group meetings when forced > Never go to talks outside your area > Never talk to people in other areas about; research ~ Never take seminars or classes outside your area> With your fellow students A Vine ieoressoes > With your broader community > With people who Visit your institution AanKanelediiaaaness > Meet someone new today! es7 U! of Wexas Speedway research group > Lindsay Michimoto (U! of Washington graduate advisor) > Steve Wolfman