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CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
The Department of Computer The Department of Computer Science at Columbia UniversityScience at Columbia University
Henning Schulzrinne, ChairDept. of Computer Science
Columbia University2006
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Anatomy of a research groupAnatomy of a research group
Typically, each faculty heads a research group consisting of 1 faculty sometimes 1-2 postdocs research visitors (industry, sabbatical) 1 to 10 PhD and MS graduate research
assistants typical: 5
a number of undergraduate and MS project students
COMS 3998, 4901, 6901 sometimes an administrative assistant (AA)
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Participating in researchParticipating in research
Take 4000 or 6000-level classes MS: take 4901 or 6901 project course with faculty MS: do 9-credit thesis 4995 and 6998 are “topics” courses often offered
only once, on research topic of local faculty or adjunct from local research labs (IBM, Bell Labs,…)
Attend departmental talks typically, Mo or We, 11—12.30 faculty talks (research summaries), invited distinguished
speakers and faculty candidates (spring) Attend research group talks in vision/robotics,
networking, theory, … Participate in research group meetings
often, students and visitors discussing current research sometimes pizza
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Upcoming grad student meetings & Upcoming grad student meetings & eventevent
“Hello” meeting: September 6 Introductions
Grad student town-hall meting: TBA
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Social life in CUCSSocial life in CUCS
Departmental BBQ in fall and spring Family picnic September 30, 2006 Coffee hour on Thursdays at 4 pm in
CS lounge Activities organized by ACM, WICS,
Department and graduate school roughly once a month
Movie nights in lounge
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Volunteering or How to Become a Volunteering or How to Become a Czar(ina)Czar(ina)
Department needs your help to make it a nice place to study and work
Volunteer positions include photo czar copier czar help with departmental BBQ grad student representative ACM and WICS
Contact PhD representative (Knarig Arabshian, Edward Ishak) for details
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Student groupsStudent groups
Women in Computer Science (WICS) http://www.cs.columbia.edu/wics/
ACM http://www.cs.columbia.edu/acm/
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Faculty to knowFaculty to know
Prof. Gail Kaiser PhD program director (phdczar@cs)
Prof. Mihalis Yannakakis MS program director (mihalis@cs)
Prof. Tal Malkin TA issues (tal@cs)
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Important people to know: staffImportant people to know: staff
Alice Cueba receptionist: mail, fax, packages
Lily Bao Secora, Remi Moss, Twinkle Edwards graduate program and records
Mary van Starrex department administrator: GRA appointments
Patricia Hervey swipe card problems; budgets and finances, e.g.,
travel reimbursements Elias Tesfaye
keys, purchase orders Daisy Nguyen
CRF (Computing Research Facility): heads systems support (sys admin) group
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MICE (Managing Information in Computer MICE (Managing Information in Computer SciencE)SciencE)
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/mice Services:
Find people and their contact information, office hours Select MS advisor Track your MS and PhD progress: courses, publications,
exams, community service PhD Black Friday
Get notified of packages and faxes Jobs (posting and listings) Equipment tracking for research groups
You will get password once you obtain a CS account
but different password! if you forget password, MICE will send you a new one
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Getting into the buildingGetting into the building
Need to get swipe card access enabled to get access to CEPSR and CS building
Apply in MICE (under “Access”) Some labs have keys contact your
advisor for details
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PhD student resourcesPhD student resources
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~phdczar
Program details Hints on writing and other “how to
succeed in graduate school” items
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
Projects (MS)Projects (MS)
Can do research projects with most faculty CS 4901, 6901
Usually, unpaid (but there are exceptions) Good way to get to know a research area and
faculty ( recommendation letters…) One (typically) or two semesters in length May lead to publication or CS technical report 1-6 credits, with 3 typical Should be equivalent to one or two courses in
effort, e.g., 9 hours/week for 3-credit project
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Registration HintsRegistration Hints
MS/PhD students should register for 15 points exactly. Up to 6 points, in very rare cases up to 9 points, should be in regular courses (4000 or 6000 level only), with the rest in E9911 Graduate Research II (ignore E9910 Graduate Research I).
PhD students (post-MS) should register for one RU. No points are necessary, unless taking regular courses (4000 or 6000 level). Again, usually at most 6 and rarely up to 9 points in regular courses.
MS GRAs must consult with their faculty advisors before registering, for 12-15 points, in most cases restricted to max 6 points in regular courses and the rest in some combination of 6900/6901/6902 (or up to all 6 points may be taken in E9910)
Get faculty advisor approval for all regular course registrations!
PhD students without advisors should contact Prof. Kender ([email protected])
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CRF (Computing Research Facilities)CRF (Computing Research Facilities)http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~crf/http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~crf/
Director: Daisy Nguyen System administrators
Paul Glick John Petrella Dennis Shim Mark Yeun
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CRF supportsCRF supports
Desktops:
Windows Linux dual boot Windows + Linux Solaris on Sun workstations we do not support Macs
Servers: file servers (NFS, Samba) mail (IMAP, POP, Unix mail) DNS web print services Sun and Linux research servers Windows Domain Controller SMS
Mail readers: pine, mh, Netscape, Mail, mail,
mulberry, etc.
Software: Matlab, Mathematica, Splus,
CVS, Acrobat Reader, Distiller, ghostview,Winzip, MS Office, Virus checker, ssh, X environment, Emacs, etc.
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CRF systemsCRF systems
RAID file servers
DNS
webmail server NIS
Domain Controller
SMS
dynasty
playdisco
diamondflame
Solariscluster
Research Machines
cluster-pc
Linux
compute server
CS grad orientation - Fall 2006
CUCS Computer Labs and CUCS Computer Labs and FacilitiesFacilities
Compute servers for remote login (ssh): cluster (Solaris) cluster-pc (Linux)
No VPN needed – just use ssh CRF does not offer modem dial-in use
Columbia facilities or commercial ISP Two laboratories for classes and projects:
CLIC (CSB 486) 30 Linux workstations
MRL (across from receptionist) 30 Windows XP workstations
Teaching laboratory for networks INTEREST lab routers, nodes, Ethernet switches
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Contacting CRFContacting CRF
Send request (“ticket”) to [email protected] Check status of tickets on CRF web page:
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~crf Normal ticket: daily requests
install new software or machine non-critical software or hardware problems send ticket, will get response and updates
Urgent ticket: requests that need attention ASAP your machine is down send ticket, then call CRF
Emergency ticket: mail down power lost entire computing system down call us immediately anytime