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CMSC 601 Why Research?

CMSC 601 Why Research?. Tim Finin finin@cs.umbc.edu. Research Departments. UMBC is a research university In the US, the Carnegie Foundation defines a classification system for Universities We are in the class RU/H : Research Universities (high research activity)

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CMSC 601 Why Research?

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  1. CMSC 601Why Research? Tim Finin finin@cs.umbc.edu

  2. Research Departments • UMBC is a research university • In the US, the Carnegie Foundation defines a classification system for Universities • We are in the class RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity) • Maintaining our classification is important and requires producing PhDs, external funding, having research active faculty, etc. • CSEE is a research department within UMBC • Research is an important activity for our faculty • A Ph.D. degree always requires original research • We also require our M.S. graduates to do research

  3. Many Jobs Require Research Ability • Almost all faculty jobs require doing some research, sometimes a lot of research • Many companies and organizations do sponsored research • E.g., SRI, JHU/APL, SAIC, Lockheed Martin, … • Others have internally sponsored research • Companies: Microsoft, Google, IBM, Qualcomm • Government: NASA, NIST, NRL, ARL, etc. • Others do R&D or new products and processes • From big companies, start-ups

  4. The rest Experience doing research helps in jobs that don’t include an R&D component You learn how to tackle a new area You learn how to set your own goals and define objectives You learn how to evaluate possible solutions You lean how to know when to try a different approach

  5. Illustrated guideto a Ph.D.

  6. The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. • Professor Matt Might, CS, University of Utahhas a good way of explaining what it meansto do a Ph.D. • It is also applicable to doing MS research • and probably your life after graduation • The presentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial2.5 License

  7. imagine a circle that containsall of human knowledge

  8. By the time you finish elementaryschool, you know a little

  9. By the time you finish high school,you know a bit more

  10. With a bachelor's degree,you gain a specialty

  11. A master's degree deepens that specialty

  12. Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge

  13. Once you're at the boundary, you focus

  14. You push at the boundary for a few years

  15. Until one day, the boundary gives way

  16. And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.

  17. Of course, the world looks different to you now

  18. So, don't forget the bigger picture

  19. Keep pushing

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