Ayaz Isazadeh
Monthly Seminars of my Graduate Students
and Collaborating Colleagues
Taking place generally on the last Wednesdays of every month, these seminars are intended to serve as
brainstorming sessions
for my Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. I expect these students (and collaborating
colleagues) to consider the seminar dates
as deadlines and milestones to prepare their work for presentations and discussions.
To prepare for a seminar, everyone should work on his or her half-baked idea, discuss with the rest of the team, and try to formulate
it as a well defined topic, individually, or preferably as some related topics for a team of at least 2.
If you are already set with your topic, then you are expected to prepare a
report of work-in-progress.
Depending on how advanced you are, you should prepare written and oral presentations of 5 to 15 minutes:
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Advanced students should prepare their presentations in two parts:
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A summary of all their accomplishments, so far (4 minutes), and
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Ongoing work, during the last 4 months, (10 minutes), organized in writing, in the form of a draft paper.
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Every other student is expected to prepare a 5-minute presentation of the topic
(or area, if not set with the topic yet) of his or her interest, organized in writing,
in the form of a research proposal, or a draft paper.
As a final note, I strongly recommend everyone to attend these seminars.
Those who do not (or cannot) attend, however, should be advised that they would
certainly have hard times making up for their absence! Don't miss.
