Career Panel Everything That I Wish I Knew Before I Graduated A look back to my PhD time:  Typical experience as a TA  Typical focus on research Computing Science Combinatorics and Optimization 1 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.

Graphs Discrete Optimization Enumeration Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A. 2

What I learned afterwards as a faculty member:  Duties involve: Teaching Research Service How to be better prepared? 3 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.

Teaching  Vast amount of resources: studies, discussions, workshops, etc.  How do people learn? Input Modality: visual vs. verbal learners Most people are visual learners Most course content is verbal (e.g., lectures) Processing: active vs. reflective learners Most lectures are passive, so  Active learners don’t get to act on the material  Reflective learners don’t do much reflecting 4 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.

How do teachers work?  Deductive (traditional) Fundamentals  Derivations  Examples  Homeworks  Inductive (inquiry, problem-based learning) Challenges  Define problems  Instruction  find/refine solutions 5 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.

How to communicate learning objectives? 6 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.

Research  Developing a research program  Maintaining depth, increasing breadth  Understanding grant writing  Embarking on collaborative research work 7 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.

Services  Scientific: peer reviewing in journals and conferences  Administrative: Committees: undergraduate, graduate, outreach Skills Communication skills Team management skills Time management skills 8 Graduate Student's Workshop on Networks Research, U. of A.