1. CRAW / Lucent Technologies Graduate School Recruiting Panel University of California, Berkeley September 2000

2. Introductions Kathy Yelick, host and moderator –Associate Professor, U. C. B. –Ph.D. from MIT (1991) –Parallel computing, reliable computing, programming lang., compilers

3. Mary Baker -Assistant Professor, Stanford -Ph.D. from UCB (1993) -Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Crash Recovery, Mobile and Wireless Computing Serap Savari –Bell Labs –Ph.D. from MIT (1996) –Data compression, algorithms, communication networks, operations research. Introductions

4. Kris Hildrum –3 rd year CS graduate student –B.S. from U. Washington –Research in CS theory

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

6. 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/

7. 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