Orientaton Schedule for Summer 2009 (Draft)
Note: Unless indicate otherwise, all activities will be in Room 304 Whitehead Hall
Monday August 17th
9:00 AM: Introduction (Dan Naiman/David Audley)
10:30 AM: Overview/Requirements (David Audley)
1:30 PM: Careers (David Audley)
3:00 PM: Computer orientation, resources/skills assessment (Dan Naiman)
Tuesday August 18th
9:00 AM: Probability review 1 (Vince Lyzinski)
10:30 AM: Requirements Overview (David Audley)
1:30 PM: Web pages (Dan Naiman)
3:00 PM: Computing topic (Dan Naiman)
Wednesday August 19th
9:00 AM: Probability review 2 (Vince Lyzinski)
10:30 AM: Course previews (David Audley)
1:30 PM: Careers (David Audley, Mark Presnel)
3:00 PM: Computing topic - Excel/VBA (Dan Naiman)
Thursday August 20th
9:00 AM: Probablity review 3 (Vince Lyzinski)
10:30 AM: Writing skills (Pam Scheff)
1:30 PM: Linear algebra review 1 (Eric Harley)
3:00 PM: Introduction to Matlab computing 1 (Eric Harley)
Friday August 21st
9:00 AM: Probability review 4 (Vince Lyzinski)
10:30 AM: Optimization (Valentina Staneva)
1:30 PM: Linear algebra review 2 (Eric Harley)
3:00 PM: Introduction to Matlab computing 2 (Eric Harley)
Monday August 24th
9:00 AM: Communicatons (Resume) (Eric Rice)
10:30 AM: Communications (Cover letter) (Eric Rice)
1:30 PM: Probability review 5 (Vince Lyzinski)
3:00 PM: Computing topic (UNIX/Cygwin) (Dan Naiman)
Tuesday August 25th
9:00 AM: Statistics review 1 (Xumeng Cao)
10:30 AM: Stochastic processes review 1 (Ting Yang)
1:30 PM: Communications (Presentation skills) (Eric Rice)
3:00 PM: Introduction to R Computing 1 (Sancar Adalii)
Wednesday August 26th - In Ames 218
9:00 AM: Communications (Interview skills) (Eric Rice)
10:30 AM: Communications (30 second pitch) (Eric Rice)
1:30 PM: Stochastic processes review 2 (Ting Yang)
3:00 PM: Computing topic (C++ overview) (Dan Naiman)
Thursday August 27th
WSE graduate student orientation
Friday August 28th
9:00 AM: Differential equations review (Vince Lyzinski)
10:30 AM: Stochastic processes review 3 (Ting Yang)
1:30 PM: Statistics review 2 (Xumeng Cao)
3:00 PM: Introduction to R
Computing 2 (Sancar Adalii)