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UDLS: March 6 th , 2008 Finding a Supervisor Also other topics like plagiarism as time permits David Meger The Supervisor Hunt Grad life by Marg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whBrTOzj 0Kw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsLPqdFNx

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UDLS: March 6th, 2008 Finding a Supervisor

Also other topics like plagiarism… as time permits David Meger

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The Supervisor Hunt

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Grad‐life by Marg:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whBrTOzj

0Kw

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsLPqdFNx

m4&feature=related

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Roundtable Discussion (part 1)

  • Advice from the veterans

– “I had trouble finding a supervisor, but succeeded by…” – “I had no trouble, my secret was…” – Things to find out before approaching a potential supervisor (their favorite type of doughnut?) – A heart‐warming tale of a boy and his dog on an epic journey to the inside of Imager

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What you’re getting yourself into:

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Supervisor Classification

  • Professor NeverThere
  • Dr SlaveLabourNoResearch
  • Dr NoNewIdeasSince1995
  • Professor ChangesDirection
  • Dr LoneWorker
  • Dr OverbearingInterferer
  • Dr TesttilyouBreak
  • Prof PerfectSupervisor (Uli)
  • Dr NeverSatisfied
  • Dr HappytobeMediocre
  • Prof Differentplanet
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Roundtable Discussion (part 2)

  • Questions from 1st year grads:

– “Im interested in topic x, who should I talk to?” – “X said no because… how can I change their mind?” – What about funding? – Thesis vs project advice – Inside info on profs? – Pitted against each other, tournament‐style one‐on‐

  • ne combat, no‐holds‐barred, which supervisor in the

department comes out on top (the clear favorite is Wolfgang… prove me wrong)

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Useful Resources

  • UBC: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/supervisor/
  • CS:

http://www.grad.ubc.ca/policy/index.asp?me nu=008,002,000,000

  • A random website:

http://www.phdseek.com/logbook/faq/how‐ do‐i‐go‐about‐finding‐a‐suitable‐phd‐andor‐ scholarship/

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Other Discussion Material Courtesy of Pat and Emti

  • On plagarism

– http://www.cs.ubc.ca/about/policies/collaboratio n.shtml – http://www.grad.ubc.ca/students/ipguide/index.a sp?menu=004,000,000,000

  • On harassment

– http://www.cs.ubc.ca/about/policies/