The Department of Computer Science at Columbia University.ppt

1、CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,The Department of Computer Science at Columbia University,Henning Schulzrinne, Chair Dept. of Computer Science Columbia University 2006,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Anatomy of a research group,Typically, each faculty heads a research group consisting of 1 faculty s

2、ometimes 1-2 postdocs research visitors (industry, sabbatical) 1 to 10 PhD and MS graduate research assistants typical: 5 a number of undergraduate and MS project students COMS 3998, 4901, 6901 sometimes an administrative assistant (AA),CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Columbia research economics 101

3、,For each GRA, a faculty needs to attract roughly $60k for 12 months, $48k for 9 months 12*$2,315 = $27.8k stipend $15,724 for tuition $1,000 for computing support 61% overhead (on almost everything except tuition, including equipment and travel) University only pays 9 months of faculty salary summe

4、r salary needs to be funded out of grants,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Participating in research,Take 4000 or 6000-level classes MS: take 4901 or 6901 project course with faculty MS: do 9-credit thesis 4995 and 6998 are “topics” courses often offered only once, on research topic of local faculty

5、or adjunct from local research labs (IBM, Bell Labs,) Attend departmental talks typically, Mo or We, 1112.30 faculty talks (research summaries), invited distinguished speakers and faculty candidates (spring) Attend research group talks in vision/robotics, networking, theory, Participate in research

6、group meetings often, students and visitors discussing current research sometimes pizza,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Upcoming grad student meetings & event,“Hello” meeting: September 6 Introductions Grad student town-hall meting: TBA,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Social life in CUCS,Departmenta

7、l BBQ in fall and spring Family picnic September 30, 2006 Coffee hour on Thursdays at 4 pm in CS lounge Activities organized by ACM, WICS, Department and graduate school roughly once a month Movie nights in lounge,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Volunteering or How to Become a Czar(ina),Department n

8、eeds your help to make it a nice place to study and work Volunteer positions include photo czar copier czar help with departmental BBQ grad student representative ACM and WICS Contact PhD representative (Knarig Arabshian, Edward Ishak) for details,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Student groups,Women

9、 in Computer Science (WICS) http:/www.cs.columbia.edu/wics/ ACM http:/www.cs.columbia.edu/acm/,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Faculty to know,Prof. Gail Kaiser PhD program director (phdczarcs) Prof. Mihalis Yannakakis MS program director (mihaliscs) Prof. Tal Malkin TA issues (talcs),CS grad orient

10、ation - Fall 2006,Important people to know: staff,Alice Cueba receptionist: mail, fax, packages Lily Bao Secora, Remi Moss, Twinkle Edwards graduate program and records Mary van Starrex department administrator: GRA appointments Patricia Hervey swipe card problems; budgets and finances, e.g., travel

11、 reimbursements Elias Tesfaye keys, purchase orders Daisy Nguyen CRF (Computing Research Facility): heads systems support (sys admin) group,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,MICE (Managing Information in Computer SciencE),https:/www.cs.columbia.edu/mice Services: Find people and their contact informat

12、ion, office hours Select MS advisor Track your MS and PhD progress: courses, publications, exams, community service PhD Black Friday Get notified of packages and faxes Jobs (posting and listings) Equipment tracking for research groups You will get password once you obtain a CS account but different

13、password! if you forget password, MICE will send you a new one,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,MICE,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Getting into the building,Need to get swipe card access enabled to get access to CEPSR and CS building Apply in MICE (under “Access”) Some labs have keys contact your a

14、dvisor for details,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,PhD student resources,http:/www.cs.columbia.edu/phdczar Program details Hints on writing and other “how to succeed in graduate school” items,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Projects (MS),Can do research projects with most faculty CS 4901, 6901 Usual

15、ly, unpaid (but there are exceptions) Good way to get to know a research area and faculty ( recommendation letters) One (typically) or two semesters in length May lead to publication or CS technical report 1-6 credits, with 3 typical Should be equivalent to one or two courses in effort, e.g., 9 hour

16、s/week for 3-credit project,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Registration Hints,MS/PhD students should register for 15 points exactly. Up to 6 points, in very rare cases up to 9 points, should be in regular courses (4000 or 6000 level only), with the rest in E9911 Graduate Research II (ignore E9910 G

17、raduate Research I). PhD students (post-MS) should register for one RU. No points are necessary, unless taking regular courses (4000 or 6000 level). Again, usually at most 6 and rarely up to 9 points in regular courses. MS GRAs must consult with their faculty advisors before registering, for 12-15 p

18、oints, in most cases restricted to max 6 points in regular courses and the rest in some combination of 6900/6901/6902 (or up to all 6 points may be taken in E9910) Get faculty advisor approval for all regular course registrations! PhD students without advisors should contact Prof. Kender (phdczarcs.

19、columbia.edu),CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,CRF (Computing Research Facilities) http:/www.cs.columbia.edu/crf/,Director: Daisy Nguyen System administrators Paul Glick John Petrella Dennis Shim Mark Yeun,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,CRF supports,Desktops: Windows Linux dual boot Windows + Linux

20、Solaris on Sun workstations we do not support MacsServers: file servers (NFS, Samba) mail (IMAP, POP, Unix mail) DNS web print services Sun and Linux research servers Windows Domain Controller SMS,Mail readers: pine, mh, Netscape, Mail, mail, mulberry, etc.Software: Matlab, Mathematica, Splus, CVS,

21、Acrobat Reader, Distiller, ghostview,Winzip, MS Office, Virus checker, ssh, X environment, Emacs, etc.,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,CRF systems,RAID file servers,DNS,web,mail server,NIS,Domain Controller,SMS,dynasty,play,disco,diamond,flame,Solaris cluster,Research Machines,cluster-pc,Linux compu

22、te server,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,CUCS Computer Labs and Facilities,Compute servers for remote login (ssh): cluster (Solaris) cluster-pc (Linux) No VPN needed just use ssh CRF does not offer modem dial-in use Columbia facilities or commercial ISP Two laboratories for classes and projects: CL

23、IC (CSB 486) 30 Linux workstations MRL (across from receptionist) 30 Windows XP workstations Teaching laboratory for networks INTEREST lab routers, nodes, Ethernet switches,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,Contacting CRF,Send request (“ticket”) to crfcs.columbia.edu Check status of tickets on CRF web

24、 page: http:/www.cs.columbia.edu/crf Normal ticket: daily requests install new software or machine non-critical software or hardware problems send ticket, will get response and updates Urgent ticket: requests that need attention ASAP your machine is down send ticket, then call CRF Emergency ticket: mail down power lost entire computing system down call us immediately anytime,CS grad orientation - Fall 2006,CRF contact information,Hotline (working hours): x7174 Daisy: x7140, x7039, 347-782-2345 (cell), 908-286-1139 (home) Mark: x7036, 917-449-4139 (cell) Dennis: x7035, 646-286-9769 (cell),