Here are some general guidelines for future graduate students who are
working with me. In general there are no significant departures from
past practice, but I'm wanting to make these expectations available
more openly, so that students can be aware of them early on. Any
comments from former students or questions from potential ones are
most welcome. :)
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A few notes for new CS graduate students who are working with me on
their thesis research (or who would like to do so).
Any CS student working with me as their advisor will be required to
complete a Plan A Thesis. We will work together to identify a suitable
reearch topic, but in general it will be in the area of Natural Language
Processing and/or Computational Linguistics.
In addition to completing an original piece of research (ie your
thesis), you will be required to take four 8000 level CS classes, plus
two out of department classes. I will require that your out of
department classes be selected from among the following :
Stat 5411 . Analysis of Variance
Stat 5511 . Regression Analysis
Stat 5515 . Multivariate Statistics
Stat 5531 . Probability Models
It will take you four semesters of hard work to complete your thesis. We
will start working in the first weeks of your first year, and we'll
continue through to the end of your second year. Your course load at UMD
is relatively light - that is to allow you to spend significant time on
your thesis work each semester.
The summer of your first year (between years one and two) is an
excellent time to pursue an internship or similar opportunity. The
summer of your second year is not as good - instead you should plan on
finishing your degree and moving on to whatever your next destination
is!
Please review the UMD graduate program brochure in detail. All degree
requirements are spelled out there, as are expectations regarding
academic performance. http://www.d.umn.edu/cs/degr/grad/brochure.pdf
These guidelines are specific to Dr. Ted Pedersen, and may not be
followed by all other members of the CS department.
Last revised June 29, 2009.
Please direct any questions to : [email protected]
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Ted Pedersen
http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse
