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graduate_student_postdoc_seminar [2016/05/05 19:16] – [Spring 2016 Schedule] ishivversgraduate_student_postdoc_seminar [2022/05/27 18:12] nathan_sandford
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-====== Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar ======+====== Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar ======   
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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 \\
  
-**Location:** 131A Campbell Hall!!! \\+**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 \\ +Broadlythe goals of GSPS are:  
- +    * To promote community between students and postdocs   
-**Organizers:** \\ +    * To practice speaking and discussing your research   
-Isaac Shivvers (ishivvers@berkeley) \\ +    * To build confidence asking questions   
-Melanie Veale (melanie.veale@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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-===== Spring 2016 Schedule ===== +
-^ Date ^ Slot 1 ^ Slot 2 ^ +
-| 15 Jan  | Chelsea Harris (Practice Qual) || +
-| 22 Jan  | Danny Goldstein (Faculty Hiring Process 2016) | Town Hall | +
-| 5  Feb  | Lauren Weiss | Ann-Marie Madigan | +
-| 12 Feb  | Kaylan Burleigh | Paul Duffell | +
-| 19 Feb  | Aaron Lee Chelsea Harris (How to Give a Talk; Making Pretty Python PlotsAn Intro to Seaborn) || +
-| 26 Feb  | No GSPS - Ski trip! || +
-| 4  Mar  | Michael Medford | Howard Isaacson | +
-| 11 Mar  | Alex Krolewski | Mike Belyaev | +
-| 18 Mar  | Io Kleiser | (prospective students visiting - Q&A led by Isaac) | +
-| 25 Mar  | Spring Break! || +
-| 1  Apr  | Ann-Marie (special session) || +
-| 8  Apr  | Gerry Zhang | Carina Cheng: taxes! | +
-| 15 Apr  | Liang-Yao Wang | Casey Law (workshop: Docker) | +
-| 22 Apr  | Undergrad research (special session) || +
-| 29 Apr  | Zaki Ali (practice qual) || +
-| 6  May  | Drummond Fielding (practice qual) || +
-| 13 May  | Nada|| +
-| 20 May  | Melanie Veale (practice qual) ||+
  
 +**//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 talks and discussions.//**
  
 Past Semesters: \\ Past Semesters: \\
-[[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. +    
-    * drink free beer, eat free snacks! +
-  * 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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