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lweiss [Fall 2014 Schedule]
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-====== Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar ======+====== Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar ======  
  
-Location: ​B1 Hearst Field Annex+**//GSPS is regaining its footing after a year of remote working and the oversubscription of classrooms in Spring 2022. More recently it has been primarily a social event, but will hopefully shift back towards more regular schedule of talks and discussions.//​** 
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 +**Location:​** TBD \\  
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 +**Time:** TBD \\  
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 +**Organizers:​​** \\  
 +Aliza Beverage (abeverage@berkeley.edu) \\ 
 +Nathan Sandford (nathan_sandford@berkeley.edu) \\ 
 +Kiran Eiden (kiran_eiden@berkeley.edu) \\    
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 +**Schedule:​** TBD \\
  
-TimeFridays @ 4:00pm+**Description/​Motivation:** \\ 
 +The Graduate Student/​Postdoc Seminar (GSPS) is a venue where grads and postdocs can give talks in a supportive environment. The topics of these talks can be anything from their own research (either completed, commencing, or in progress),​​ career advancement and advice, pedagogy talks, practice talks (qual presentations,​ job talks, etc.), department updates, practical skills (programming,​ proposal writing, taxes, personal finance, etc.) or really anything at all!
  
-Past Seminars: [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2014]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:Fall 2013]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2013]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2012]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2012]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2011]], +Broadlythe goals of GSPS are:   
-[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2011]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2010]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2010]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2009]], ​ [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2009]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2008]], ​ [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2008]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2007]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2007]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2006]] +    * To promote community between students and postdocs   
-===== Description / Motivation =====+    * To practice speaking and discussing your research   
 +    * To build confidence asking questions  
 +    * To Learn about topics outside your own research  
 +    * To impart practical knowledge 
 +    * To share fun impractical knowledge 
 +    * To be sociable!
  
-  * GSPS is a place where students and postdocs can practice giving talks. The topics of these talks can be anything from their own research (either completed or commencing),​ career advancement and advice (usually from postdocs), pedagogy talks, practice qualification exam talks, job talks, etc. +Past Semesters: \\ 
-  * GSPS meets weekly; we aim to have one graduate student and one postdoc talk each week. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:spring_2019|​Spring 2019]]\\ 
-  * Talks should be ~20 minutes + 5 minutes for questions. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:fall_2018|​Fall 2018]]
-  * Please emphasize background material. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2018|​Spring 2018]]\\ 
-  * No faculty allowed. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:fall_2017|​Fall 2017]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2017|​Spring 2017]]\\ 
-  * GSPS is a good place to... +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2016|​Fall 2016]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2016|​Spring 2016]], \\ 
-    * promote community between students and postdocs +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2015|​Fall 2015]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2015|​Spring 2015]], \\ 
-    * practice speaking and discussing your research +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2014|​Fall ​2014]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2014|​Spring 2014]], \\ 
-    * feel comfortable asking lots of questions +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2013|​Fall 2013]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2013|​Spring 2013]], \\ 
-    * learn about topics outside your own research +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2012|​Fall 2012]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2012|​Spring 2012]], \\ 
-    * impart practical knowledgejob searchtelescope allocation committees, diversity, etc. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2011|​Fall 2011]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2011|​Spring 2011]], \\ 
-    * drink beerfree if you are speaking today$1 if you are speaking this semester, $2 otherwise +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2010|​Fall 2010]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2010|​Spring 2010]], \\ 
-  * If you would like feedback on your presentationthe organizers would be happy to take notes and discuss it with you afterwards (and/or ask other audience members to do so). +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2009|​Fall 2009]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2009|Spring 2009]], \\ 
- +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2008|​Fall 2008]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2008|Spring 2008]]\\ 
-OrganizersLauren Weiss (lweiss@berkeley.edu) and Freeke van de Voort (please contact us if you have questions) +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2007|​Fall 2007]][[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2007|Spring 2007]]\\ 
- +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2006|​Fall 2006]] \\ 
-Thanks for participating in GSPS! +  ​  ​
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-===== Fall 2014 Schedule ===== +
- +
-^ Date ^ Slot 1 ^ Talk Title ^ Slot 2 ^ Talk Title ^ +
-5 Sep2014  | Ann-Marie Madigan | Gas cloud destruction in the Galactic center |  |  | +
-12 Sep2014  |  |  |  |  ​+
-19 Sep2014  | Mikhail Belyaev | Why drinking tea reminds me of magnetic reconnection |  |  ​+
-26 Sep, 2014  | Francois |  |  |  ​+
-**03 Oct2014** ​ | **Moving to HFA!** | **No GSPS** | x | x +
-10 Oct2014  | Rodrigo Fernandez |  |  |  ​+
-17 Oct2014  |  |  |  |  ​+
-24 Oct2014  | Isaac Shivvers |  | Melanie Veale |  ​+
-31 Oct2014  | Who do I work for? Grad student meeting | x | x | HALLOWEEN! ​+
-7  Nov2014  |  |  |  |  | +
-14 Nov2014  | Jesse Nims |  |  |  | +
-21 Nov2014  ​Katherine de Kleer | Practice Qual | x | x | +
-| **28 Nov2014** ​ | **Thanksgiving!** | **No GSPS** | x | x | +
-5  Dec, 2014  | Josiah Schwab | Practice for Talk at UCSC | Davide Martizzi | Bottom-up modeling of supernova feedback | +
-| 12  Dec, 2014 | Postdocs Practice Holiday Play! | x | x | x |+