CS 2001: RESEARCH TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

 

Instructor

Meeting Times

Dr. Taieb Znati
Office: 6137 Sennott Square
    Email: znati-at- cs.pitt.edu

MW 1:00 - 2:15 PM
6516 SENSQ

 

Announcements

Course Description

This course introduces first year graduate students to research being conducted in the Computer Science Department. The course will also introduce students to the research process in general. All first year Ph.D. students are required to take this course. Masters Students are welcome, since the course is open to all Computer Science graduate students, but it does not count towards the MS degree.

Grading:

Lecture and Talk Schedule

Class

Date

Topics

Resources

1

8/30 (W)

Introduction [Notes]

Course Objectives and Administrivia

2

9/4 (M)

Labor Day - University is Closed

3

9/6 (W)

Paper Reading [Notes]

4

9/11 (M)

Paper Reviewing [Notes]

5

9/13 (W)

Giving a research talk [Notes]

6

9/18 (M)

Scripting, plotting, LaTeX GitHub

7

9/20 (W)

Department computing resources, SVN, Condor, etc. [Notes]

8

9/25 (M)

Student Presentations I

1:00-1:20 p.m.

 

 

 

1:20-1:35 p.m.

Discussion

1:40-2:00 p.m.

 

 

 

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Discussion

9

9/27 (W)

Student Presentations II

1:00-1:20 p.m.

 

 

 

1:20-1:35 p.m.

Discussion

1:40-2:00 p.m.

 

 

 

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Discussion

10

10/2 (M)

Student Presentations III

1:00-1:20 p.m.

 

 

 

1:20-1:35 p.m.

Discussion

1:40-2:00 p.m.

 

 

 

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Discussion

From this point on, you must read and review one of the two papers posted for each week.

A paper review template can be found here.

For general guidance on preparing a paper review, consult your notes from classes 2 and 3.

Paper reviews are due by noon on each Friday.