Speaker: Zhiding Yu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University 1 Valse 2015 如何做研究之读博经验纵横谈

2 PhD Timeline (CMU ECE Dept) Admission Qualifying Exam Thesis Proposal Thesis Defense Take courses Summer Intern Semester 1 Semester 4-6 Semester 7-9Semester 8-10 PhD Research Publish Papers Summer Intern PhD Research Publish Papers Summer Intern Other Requirements:  Take at least 4 (w. MS) / 8 (w.o. MS) ECE related courses.  Courses cover at least 3 areas (eg. AI, Signal Proc, Algorithm/Complexity…)  Finish at least 2 TAs  No specific paper requirements!

3 Choosing PhD Advisor & Topic Some personal suggestions:  If you are relatively new to research, young prof (AP/Asso) are generally better.  Always find someone active in this field (look into his pub).  Advisor is generally more important than university ranking.  Read papers from top confs/journals from this field (Don’t waste time on garbage papers).  Start with a single / a few canonical papers to deeply understand & implement.  Be a thinker

4 Qualifying Exam: Overview

5 Taking Courses: Abundant Choices

6 Taking Courses: Experience  Intuition! Intuition! Intuition!  Can be very, very research oriented. Conf paper style reports + oral / posters  Heavy emphasis on course projects, homework and practical coding ability.  Very up-to-date course materials. Closely follows industry / academic trends.  Wide use of new teaching techs (Piazza, AutoLab…)  Video recordings and comprehensive documentations (slides, scribes, HW…)  A lot of tutorials (especially coding)

7 Good Research Environment  VASC Seminar  Robotics Seminar  LTI Seminar  Machine Learning Lunch  Theory Lunch  MISC Paper Reading Group  Machine Learning Journal Club  Pre-CVPR/ICCV/ECCV Paper Review …….

8 What Touches Me Most? The Proud of Research “You are the best computer scientists on this planet. For the love of God, go out and save the world.” ----Andrew W. Moore, 2015 CMU SCS Grad Ceremony

9 Thank You!