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-====== Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar ======+====== Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar ======  
  
-**Location:​** ​131A Campbell Hall!!! ​\\ +**//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.//​** 
-(I was able to reserve the room for that slot with a repeating reservation,​ all year long.)+  
 +**Location:** TBD \\  ​  ​ 
 +   
 +**Time:** TBD \\  
 +  
 +**Organizers:​​** \\  
 +Aliza Beverage ​(abeverage@berkeley.edu\\ 
 +Nathan Sandford (nathan_sandford@berkeley.edu) \\ 
 +Kiran Eiden (kiran_eiden@berkeley.edu) \\    
 +  
 +**Schedule:​** TBD \\
  
 +**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!
  
-**Time:** Fridays @ 4:00pm \\ +Broadly, the goals of GSPS are:   
- +    To promote community between students and postdocs   
-**Organizers:​** \\ +    * To practice speaking and discussing your research   
-Charles Goullaud (goullaud@berkeley) \\ +    * To build confidence asking questions   
-Drummond Fielding (drummondfielding@berkeley) \\ +    * To Learn about topics outside your own research   
-Paul Duffell (duffell@berkeley) \\ +    * To impart practical knowledge 
- +    * To share fun impractical knowledge 
-=== Schedule === +    * To be sociable!
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-===== Fall 2016 Schedule ===== +
-^ Date ^ Slot 1 ^ Slot 2 ^ +
-| 26 Aug  | Welcome to GSPS! || +
-| 2  Sep  | Kaylan Burleigh Practice Qual || +
-| 9  Sep  | Isaac Shivvers | Climate Survey Results | +
-| 16 Sep  | Francois Foucart | Climate Survey Discussion | +
-| 23 Sep  | Lea Hirsch Practice Qual || +
-| 30 Sep  | Melanie Veale | Paul Duffell | +
-| 7  Oct  | Michael Medford | Peter Behroozi | +
-| 14 Oct  | Philipp Moesta | Jason Wang | +
-| 21 Oct  | TBA | TBA | +
-| 28 Oct  | TBA | TBA | +
-| 4  Nov  | TBA | TBA | +
-| 11 Nov  | Kara Kundert | TBA | +
-| 18 Nov  | Jennifer Barnes (Job Talk) || +
-| 25 Nov  | Post-Thanksgiving Food Coma || +
-| 2  Dec  | Nicholas Kern | TBA | +
-| 9  Dec  | TBA | TBA | +
  
 Past Semesters: \\ Past Semesters: \\
-[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2016]], \\ [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2015]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Spring 2015]], \\ [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​Fall 2014]], [[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]], [[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]] +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2019|​Spring 2019]], \\ 
- +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2018|​Fall 2018]], 
- +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2018|​Spring 2018]], \\ 
-===== Description / Motivation ===== +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2017|​Fall 2017]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2017|​Spring 2017]], \\ 
- +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2016|​Fall 2016]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2016|​Spring 2016]], \\ 
-  * 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. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2015|​Fall 2015]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2015|​Spring 2015]], \\ 
-  * GSPS meets weekly; we aim to have one graduate student and one postdoc talk each week. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2014|​Fall 2014]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2014|​Spring 2014]], \\ 
-  * Talks should be no longer than 15 minutes (strictly enforced). +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2013|​Fall 2013]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2013|​Spring 2013]], \\ 
-  * Please emphasize background material for those not in your subfield. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2012|​Fall 2012]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2012|​Spring 2012]], \\ 
-  * No faculty allowed. +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2011|​Fall 2011]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2011|​Spring 2011]], \\ 
-  * GSPS is a good place to... +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2010|​Fall 2010]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2010|​Spring 2010]], \\ 
-    * promote community between students and postdocs +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2009|​Fall 2009]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2009|Spring 2009]], \\ 
-    * practice speaking and discussing your research +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2008|​Fall 2008]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2008|Spring 2008]], \\ 
-    * feel comfortable asking lots of questions +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2007|​Fall 2007]], [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​spring_2007|Spring 2007]], \\ 
-    * learn about topics outside your own research +[[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar:​fall_2006|​Fall 2006]] ​\\ 
-    * impart practical knowledge: job search, telescope allocation committees, diversity, etc. +  ​  ​
-    * be sociable! +
-  * If you would like feedback on your presentation,​ the organizers would be happy to take notes and discuss it with you afterwards (and/or ask other audience members to do so). +
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-Thanks for participating in GSPS! +
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