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Department of Computer Science Graduate Student Information and Resources

WISE - Web Information Systems for Everyone
On-Line Graduate Program Forms - MS project approval, Progress Report/Portfolio, Synthesis Proposal and approval forms.
Travel Grant Information
Being a Graduate Student (Here are potentially helpful URLs.):

How to do Research (Aimed at MIT AI students, but contains much general, good advice.)
UMass Writing Center provides free one-on-one help with writing. Please try them out, and please let us know if they were helpful concerning technical writing. (It sounds like a great service, and feedback is often useful.)
How to be a Successful Graduate Student (from the University of Indiana)
How to give a good talk Scott Drysdale
How to give a bad talk David Patterson
CMU's graduate student resources links to lots of useful stuff
Latexing your Thesis - some help planning one and getting started.
Thesis - Grad School Typing Guidelines

Looking for Jobs?

Sample Vitas for Graduating PhDs
Landing an Academic Job - The Process and Pitfalls, by J. A. Dantzig.
Career Network - Chronicle of Higher Education
Tips for a Massive Academic Job Search
Academic Job Resource Page

Grants and Fellowships
Awards

Computer Science Wiki for Grad Students

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