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The Imperial College Junio r Research Fellowship or how I learned to stop worrying and love academia. Nachiket Kapre. Helvellyn June 2 nd 2012. JRF = Freedom to climb higher…. Freedom Themes. Freedom Themes. Managing Vision Managing People Managing Money. Managing Vision.
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The Imperial CollegeJunior Research Fellowshipor how I learned to stop worrying and love academia Nachiket Kapre
Freedom Themes Managing Vision Managing People Managing Money
Managing Vision Allied conferences/workshops ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI, Royal Society
Managing Vision Allied conferences/workshops ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI, Royal Society Visiting UK Researchers Southampton, York, Glasgow, Oxford
IndustrialRelationships Maxeler Inc Managing Vision Allied conferences/workshops ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI, Royal Society Visiting UK Researchers Southampton, York, Glasgow, Oxford
IndustrialRelationships Maxeler Inc Dissemination Publish your research Managing Vision Allied conferences/workshops ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI, Royal Society Visiting UK Researchers Southampton, York, Glasgow, Oxford
Managing People Mentor(s) Relationship Find champions of your work
Managing People Mentor(s) Relationship Find champions of your work Get Starry-Eyed Students MSc, Meng, PhDs
Find Teaching opportunities I didn’t do too much of this before.. Managing People Mentor(s) Relationship Find champions of your work Get Starry-Eyed Students MSc, Meng, PhDs
Culture-Shock 10x higher beer consumption!
Managing Money £10K/yr ….is it enough?
Managing Money 1st Year Spent on conferences, travels,one-off equipment purchases
Managing Money 1st Year Spent on conferences, travels, one-off equipment purchases 2nd Year Spent on recruiting/supporting students, visitors
Find funding sources Long-term research support Managing Money 1st Year Spent on conferences, travels, one-off equipment purchases 2nd Year Spent on recruiting/supporting students, visitors
The Hunger Games Manipulate hunger in students
JRF = Freedom to climb higher… Helvellyn – 950m Scafell Pike – 978m
Led a reading group…Critique a research paper/week Lead-by-example…Show/guide students through a problem Research presentations CAS group had no culture of good conf. talks Misc. Vision Items
Pretty significant culture shock My PhD advisor is a hands-on visionary.. Invest in a research processYour success=student/staff success Misc. People Items
Ask around for funding sources…My group/HoD were supportive Start search early if possible… Some student success… Coryan-Wilson Shah (Thouron PhD fellowship) Misc. Money Items