PhD Open House Schedule

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Welcome, Research presentations and ask me anything sessions

The virtual session will be on ZOOM. Link to session.

  • 9:00 am - 9:05 am: Welcome by Grad Associate Chairs 

  • 9:05 am - 9:20 am: Introduction by participants
  • 9:20 am - 11:00 am: Research Presentations by the following faculty members
  • 11:00 am 11:30 am: Ask Me Anything sessions
    • Student Living in Boulder Ask Me Anything: Pawan RM Subramanian (MS)
    • CS Graduate Students Association Ask Me Anything: Erika Hunhoff (Phd), Chair of CSGSA, advisor: Eric Keller
    • CS CS Grad Professional Development Club Ask Me Anything: Sriranga Ramaswamy (MS), Vice Chair of GPDC
    • PhD Degree Requirements, funding, next steps: Rajshree Shrestha, PhD Academic Advisor
    • CUPLV Research Conversations: Rameez Wajid (PhD), CUPLV
    • Vision Research Conversations: Josh Myers-Dean (PhD), Advisor: Danna Gurari
    • Systems Research Conversations: Bashayer Alharbi (PhD), Advisor: Eric Keller
    • NLP Research Conversations: Sagi Shaier (PhD), Advisor: Katharina Kann
    • Numerical & Scientific Computing Research Conversations: Corey Murphy (PhD), Advisors: Liz Bradley and Jed Brown
    • Robotics Research Conversations: James Watson (PhD), Advisor: Nikolaus Correll
    • Robotics Research Conversations: Charles Wade (PhD), Advisor: Rob MacCurdy
    • Computer Science Theory Group Research Conversations: Robin Bowers (PhD), Advisor: Raf Frongillo and Bo Waggoner 
    • Recommender Sys Research Conversations: Aishwarya Satwani (PhD), Advisor: Robin Burke      
    • Computational Biology Research Conversations: Christopher Ojukwu (PhD), Advisor: Ryan Layer
    • Human Centered Computing Research Conversations: Mohammad Imrul Jubair (PhD), Advisor: Tom Yeh

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Poster Session and Dinner with Current Graduate Students

  • 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Check-in at the hotel lobby. Hotel is Embassy Suites by Hilton located at 2601 Canyon Blvd, Boulder, CO 80302. Phone: (303) 443-2600. Look for table with Computer Science label. Collect welcome package.
  • 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm: Welcome by the associate chairs for graduate education in the conference hall of the hotel. Refreshments will be available.
  • 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Poster/Information Session - Conference hall of the hotel. Current students will introduce research that is going on in our department.
  • 6:00 pm -6:15 pm: BREAK                           
  • 6:30 pm: Dinner with current graduate students in Aloy Thai Restaurant, 2720 Canyon Blvd, Boulder, CO 80302, Boulder
  • 8:00 pm: Outing with CSGSA for interested students who identify themselves as an under-represented minority in the field of computer science.

Friday, February 9, 2024

Q&A with Current Students, 1:1 Faculty Meetings, and Dinner with Faculty!

  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am: Breakfast is included in your hotel stay. 
  • 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Current student volunteers will drive you to campus in our rented vans.
  • 9:00 am - 9:15 am: Welcome by Chair, Professor Ken Anderson
  • 9:15 am - 10:20 am: Graduate Student Q&A, coffee served.
  • 10:20 am: Everyone should gather in the Engineering Center Lobby where volunteers will coordinate to escort visitors to various locations for 1:1 meetings. 
  • 10:30 am – 12:30 pm: 1:1 with faculty, various locations, student helpers in DLC Lobby. Students will be hosting AMA tables in the DLC lobby for those who do not have one-on-one meetings. Visitors may also use this down time in the DLC Room, next to the DLC Lobby. Also, if you have gaps in your schedule and you wish to visit the Robotics lab, they will open their doors (ECST 322). 
  • 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: LUNCH with Graduate Committee in DLC 1B 70
  • 1:30 pm- 4:00 pm: 1:1 with faculty, various locations, student helpers in DLC Lobby. Students will be hosting AMA tables in the DLC lobby for those who do not have one-on-one meetings. Visitors may also use this down time in the DLC Room, next to the DLC Lobby. Also, if you have gaps in your schedule and you wish to visit the Robotics lab, they will open their doors (ECST 322).
  • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Campus Walking tour led by various staff and students. 
  • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm: Dinner with Faculty: Rec Center Ice Rink Overlook large room. Campus Tour will end at the Rec Center 
  • 8:30 pm: Our rented vans will bring you back to the hotel after dinner.

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