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eCSR in Big Data Analytics @ NMSU – Spring 2021i, 1st workshop

Topic: Graduate school life and opportunities

Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm 2/20/2021
Venue: Virtual
Zoom Link: https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/92317247522

Agenda

• 9:00am – 9:10am Welcome (Huiping Cao & Raena Cota)
• 9:10am – 9:55am Keynote talk: What does graduate study mean for me (Michael Tseng; Moderator: Huiping Cao)
• 10:00am – 10:15am Briefing: Introduction to the BS+MS program at NMSU CS (Dr. Son Tran, Marco Salazar; Moderator: Huiping Cao)
                                      [Slides from Dr. Son Tran, slides from Marco Salazar]
• 10:16am – 11:00am
  • Resources to support me to graduate school and advice from current graduate students (Sasha Smith, Erick Draayer; Moderator: Raena Cota)
    [Slides from Sasha Smith, slides from Erick Draayer]
  • Application preparation to go to graduate school (Sanuj Kumar, Ramon Ramirez, Dr. Huiping Cao; Moderator: Raena Cota)
    [Slides from Sanuj Kumar, slides from Ramon Ramirez, slides from Dr. Huiping Cao]
• 11:10pm-11:55pm Panel: Interview and career paths after graduate school (Michael Tseng, Dr. Zheng Fu, Dr. Roopa Vishwanathan, William Phillips; Moderator: Sasha Smith)

Speakers:

• Huiping Cao (LinkedIn)
  
• Raena Cota (LinkedIn)
  
• Erick Draayer (LinkedIn)
  
• Zheng Fu (LinkedIn)
  
• Sanuj Kumar (LinkedIn)
  
• William Phillips (LinkedIn)
  
• Ramon Ramirez (LinkedIn)
  
• Sasha Smith (LinkedIn)
  
• Michael Tseng (LinkedIn)
  
• Son Tran (LinkedIn)
  
• Roopa Vishwanathan (LinkedIn)
  

Useful links:

• NMSU CS BS+MS program (link)
  
• Google Tech Exchange program (link)
  
• GEM fellowship (link)
  
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (link)
  
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (link)
  
• Udacity (link)
  

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