https://csresearch101.netlify.app/
Shashank
https://shashank-srikant.github.io/
Neeldhara
https://neeldhara.com/
October 31, 2022 to November 5, 2022
CS Research 101
https://csresearch101.netlify.app/
Context + Origin story
CS Research 101
WArm-up poll
https://forms.gle/Fq1pQsRxSFkxR3scA
WHY this course
End of high school
Typical trajectory
Love science
2nd, 3rd year of UG
?
Final year of UG
Don't care
Final year of UG
Typical trajectory
Job for the next five years
Switch to a higher salary
MBA, IAS, MS, etc.
Don't care
Don't care
Final year of UG
Typical trajectory
Job for the next five years
Switch to a higher salary
MBA, IAS, MS, etc.
Don't care
Don't care
This is fine!
Students with ug research opportunities
- Desperate to get a letter of recommendation
- Want to engage in multiple projects so that it looks "good" on CVs
Have no idea about research
STUDENTS WITHout UG RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
WHY this course
Quick question
What % of students in a batch choose to pursue research on avg
WHY this course
WHY this course
WHY this course
WHY this course
WHY this course
WHY this course
- Course webpage: https://csresearch101.netlify.app/
Everything is on that page.
- Let us know if you spot any inconsistencies:
Use the discord server
- If you haven't registered, that's fine! Tell your friends, get them to sit in. We value your feedback.
Logistics
why am i here?
WHY AM I HERE?
WHY AM I HERE?
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What is this course not?
What is this course not?
WHat then?
- Introspective: gets you to deliberate on multiple factors:
- separate romantic notion of doing research vs. realities of it
- get a real sense for where you are in this journey and a direction you need to head in to get more out of it.
- Will only shows you a rough path. You have to instantiate things to fit your constraints.
WHY this course
3 Sections
how have we organized this course
2 modules in each section
importance of research
You tell us
importance of research
importance of research
is research for me?
is research for me?
DISCLAIMER
None of these mean that there's something lacking in you.
what if i don't like research?
Totally fine!
how do i start off?
Take your coursework seriously. Best place to start your journey
Some topics will stick and some won't: that's fine
Goal: get a good understanding of breadth of topics, and poke a few to go deeper
how do i start off? goal
Move from a romantic notion of a subject to a concrete one
Catch: Might be hard
I find some topics very fascinating but I suck at them
I find some topics very fascinating but I suck at them
Move from a romantic notion of a subject to a concrete one