1. CRAW / Lucent Technologies Graduate School Recruiting Panel University of California, Berkeley October 2001

2. Introductions Kathy Yelick, host and moderator –Associate Professor, U. C. B. –Ph.D. Computer Science from MIT (1991) –Parallel computing, programming languages, compilers Tandy Warnow -Professor, University of Texas, Austin -Ph.D. Mathematics from U.C.B. (1991) -Computational Biology and bioinformatics

3. Girija Narlikar -Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies -Ph.D. Computer Science from CMU (1999) -Networking, parallel computing, distributed systems, and multithreading. Nancy Chang –B.A. Computer Science from Harvard University –Ph.D. student in Computer Science Dept. at UCB –Computational and cognitive linguistics, artificial intelligence,cognitive modeling, and developmental psychology. Introductions

4. Some Questions Research is what the graduate school experience really all about, so what excites you about the research you do? Why did you go to grad school? Myths and Surprises about grad school. Biggest challenge? How to prepare? Finding out if you like research. Advice on applying. Funding.

5. Resources Graduate School Information brochure http://cra.org/Activities/craw/ Advice for undergraduates considering graduate school: http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-4/gradschool.html How to succeed in graduate school: http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-2/advice1.html http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/advice2.html Choosing a ph.d. program in computer science http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-1/choosing.html Bell Labs: http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/GRPW/

6. Feedback Please fill out Exit Survey before you leave. More comments on how to improve this panel after you leave are also welcome : carla@cs.duke.edu