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  21   Wed Sep 27 20:29:01 2017 Brian ClarkHow to PQ for AntarcticaIn order to go to Antartica, you first
have to Physically Qualify (or "PQ").
Here is some advice from my PQ experience
  
  20   Wed Sep 20 10:46:04 2017 Amy Connolly Connections in industryCheck out this seminar series:

http://erdosinstitute.org/industry.html
  
  19   Mon May 22 15:38:12 2017 Amy ConnollyPackages/Languages to learn to make yourself marketableR

Python

Various machine learning tools
  
  18   Fri May 19 16:02:48 2017 EveryoneEasy Explanations of Difficult ConceptsOindree:

Concept used in Brian Dailey
and Sam Stafford's analysis:
  
  17   Wed Apr 26 23:28:55 2017 Brian ClarkHow to TravelBelow is some advice. The most important
point is that you must file a eTravel request
online at etravel.osu.edu.
 international_travel_rules.pdfbeacom_travel_expenses_advice.pdfHow_to_Submit_a_Travel_Request_Online-LAC.PDF 
  16   Sun Apr 23 00:23:21 2017 Amy ConnollyWriting a proposalA few basic principles for writing a proposal,
many of which I got from Scott Gaudi in Astronomy:

1. Make sure that the first sentence
  
  15   Fri Mar 31 15:38:40 2017 EveryoneWriting/Presenting a posterKaeli's Advice:

Writing the poster:


I generally start off my
  
  14   Fri Mar 3 15:09:40 2017 Everyone ROOT advice Oindree

I am terrible at ROOT, so I have
started to read the Users Guide on ROOT
 ROOTUsersGuideLetter.pdfIntroToAnitaData.txtROOT's_Time_Axis_Feature.docx 
  13   Tue Feb 28 15:54:42 2017 Oindree BanerjeeAntarctica -- Packing List and other advice I was in Antarctica
for 2 months in year 2016 to launch and support
the ANITA-4 mission. I was mostly at/near
  
  12   Wed Feb 22 22:32:16 2017 EveryoneFavorite restaurants in ColumbusEach person can list one favorite
restaurant per category, or add their name
to someone else's entry if you share
  
  11   Wed Feb 22 15:50:16 2017 EveryoneCompleting a dissertation    
  10   Wed Feb 22 15:49:26 2017 EveryoneCandidacy examsOindree's
advice:

My experience is with taking the Physics
  
  9   Wed Feb 22 15:48:39 2017 EveryoneGetting into graduate schoolsKaeli's Advice:

If grad school is something you
want to do, make sure your activities throughout
  
  8   Wed Feb 22 15:47:57 2017 EveryoneWriting papers    
  7   Wed Feb 22 15:47:40 2017 EveryoneWriting proposalsOindree's contribution:

I am attaching one of my undergrad
research proposals as an example. I got this
 Banerjee_Oindree_Proposal_12_13.pdf 
  6   Wed Feb 22 15:44:19 2017 EveryoneHow to do well in grad classesOindree's contribution:

1. mentally prepare to spend 60
hours a week doing homework, 20 hours for
  
  5   Wed Feb 22 15:43:37 2017 EveryoneJob interviews in industryJohn Beacom: http://degreeofsatisfaction.blogspot.com/
A good site from a the view of a data scientist
with a Ph.D. in physics about how industry
 TechnicalQuestions.docx 
  4   Wed Feb 22 15:43:20 2017 EveryoneAcademic job interviewsAmy's advice

Remember that they are not always
looking for the "best" person on
  
  3   Wed Feb 22 15:42:30 2017 EveryoneGiving talks on weekly phone callsOindree's contribution:

1. Have slide numbers on the slides!
So you can say ".. in slide 9 you can
  
  2   Tue Feb 21 11:47:34 2017 Brian ClarkA guide to writing good talk slidesThis is a checklist we should all complete
when giving talks.

 
 amy-guide.pdfamy-guide.tar.gz 
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