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Tag Archives: Conferences
Things I wish I had known at the start of my PhD
I am entering the final stretch of my PhD and this is a list of things that I wish I had known (or things I wish someone would have told me) when I started my PhD… I have also included somethings … Read More
Going Up! The Elevator Pitch
No doubt those of us who watched the final of The Apprentice did so with a sort of morbid curiosity, squirming yet captivated as the final four underwent the gruelling series of interviews. Seeing other people put on the spot … Read More
Tagged: Academic job, Conferences, interdisciplinary, interview, job, job hunting, PhD, presentations, Research
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Ideal timing of a presentation
After weeks of arrangements, we finally had our BCTCS conference last week. Luckily my presentation was early on in the conference. This meant that I did not have to worry about the slides or timing of the presentation after that … Read More
Tagged: Conferences, presentations, timing
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Funding For Travel
Concerns about funding for conferences and workshops have been a ongoing theme in my conversations with other graduate students. This is especially the case in the UK where doctoral students do not get as much funding as in the US. … Read More
Tagged: Conferences, funds, Travel
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Conference Organization – Part II
Some further lessons from my attempt at conference arrangements: Utilize an easy to use system to coordinate, plan and facilitate submissions of papers. For this purpose, ‘Easy Chair’, an Open-source conference organizing software, has definitely helped our cause.
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