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Your graduate-life-in-pictures

Dept. of Computer Science, Aarhus University
Dept. of Computer Science, Aarhus University

The document is a series of images depicting the graduate student experience from beginning PhD studies to graduating and moving on. It shows the student adjusting to research, having doubts but finding motivation, collaborating with advisors and other students, submitting papers and dealing with peer review, overcoming challenges, and completing their dissertation. The final image shows the student moving on after graduation.

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Your Graduate Life in Pictures Olivier Danvy (http://images.google.com/) Braga, Portugal, 8 July 2011 Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 0 / 42
You make the jump and start PhD studies Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Other students wing it, surely you will open up too.) 1 / 42
Your PhD adviser and you Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 2 / 42
You and your PhD adviser Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 3 / 42
PhD adviser, students, and postdocs Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 4 / 42
Thank God its Friday Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 5 / 42
Your undergrad studies (memories) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 6 / 42
Your grad studies (today) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 7 / 42
Your adviser helps you get organized Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 8 / 42
But soon you get a funny feeling Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 9 / 42
You dont quite feel in control Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 10 / 42
Research quite seems like a mine 鍖eld Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 11 / 42
How should one proceed exactly? Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (ROAD WORK: to go straight, turn left.) 12 / 42
Should you rather do something else? Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (In the industry, you could afford a decent vehicle.) 13 / 42
Naah. Youll be watchful Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 14 / 42
You study induction (and the domino effect) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Yay, pizza!) 15 / 42
You learn to surf (teachers view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 16 / 42
Or at least you try (students view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 17 / 42
You experience a new moment of doubt Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 18 / 42
So you take a break to see nature Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (You get away from it all.) 19 / 42
You smell the 鍖owers Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 20 / 42
Your 鍖rst idea: use a binary structure! Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 21 / 42
You explain your idea to your PhD adviser Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 22 / 42
You give your 鍖rst research talk Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Today, the cars. And tomorrow: the cdrs!) 23 / 42
And you submit your 鍖rst paper Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 24 / 42
You get one kind of peer reviewer Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Please look at me, not at where I am looking!) 25 / 42
You also get the other kind Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (You did not see that one coming.) 26 / 42
The day your 鍖rst paper was accepted Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (If at 鍖rst you dont succeed, try and try again.) 27 / 42
You get to meet other PhD students Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (And boy do they look different.) 28 / 42
You re鍖ect Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Covariantly. Or is it contravariantly?) 29 / 42
You 鍖nd the bug what slowed you down Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 30 / 42
Now you can go faster Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 31 / 42
And your system is way faster too Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 32 / 42
You innovate regarding race conditions Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 33 / 42
You go to sleep later and later Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (You always close your window before sleeping.) 34 / 42
Your PhD advisor is as helpful as ever Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (I know, I know.) 35 / 42
You complete your PhD dissertation Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 36 / 42
And yes, you remember to spell check Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 37 / 42
Your PhD defense looms Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (No man is an island, but right now you feel like one.) 38 / 42
You see a sign from God Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 39 / 42
After graduation (subjective view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 40 / 42
After graduation (objective view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 41 / 42
And then you move on and 鍖y away Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 42 / 42

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Your graduate-life-in-pictures

  • 1. Your Graduate Life in Pictures Olivier Danvy (http://images.google.com/) Braga, Portugal, 8 July 2011 Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 0 / 42
  • 2. You make the jump and start PhD studies Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Other students wing it, surely you will open up too.) 1 / 42
  • 3. Your PhD adviser and you Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 2 / 42
  • 4. You and your PhD adviser Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 3 / 42
  • 5. PhD adviser, students, and postdocs Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 4 / 42
  • 6. Thank God its Friday Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 5 / 42
  • 7. Your undergrad studies (memories) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 6 / 42
  • 8. Your grad studies (today) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 7 / 42
  • 9. Your adviser helps you get organized Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 8 / 42
  • 10. But soon you get a funny feeling Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 9 / 42
  • 11. You dont quite feel in control Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 10 / 42
  • 12. Research quite seems like a mine 鍖eld Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 11 / 42
  • 13. How should one proceed exactly? Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (ROAD WORK: to go straight, turn left.) 12 / 42
  • 14. Should you rather do something else? Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (In the industry, you could afford a decent vehicle.) 13 / 42
  • 15. Naah. Youll be watchful Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 14 / 42
  • 16. You study induction (and the domino effect) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Yay, pizza!) 15 / 42
  • 17. You learn to surf (teachers view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 16 / 42
  • 18. Or at least you try (students view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 17 / 42
  • 19. You experience a new moment of doubt Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 18 / 42
  • 20. So you take a break to see nature Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (You get away from it all.) 19 / 42
  • 21. You smell the 鍖owers Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 20 / 42
  • 22. Your 鍖rst idea: use a binary structure! Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 21 / 42
  • 23. You explain your idea to your PhD adviser Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 22 / 42
  • 24. You give your 鍖rst research talk Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Today, the cars. And tomorrow: the cdrs!) 23 / 42
  • 25. And you submit your 鍖rst paper Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 24 / 42
  • 26. You get one kind of peer reviewer Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Please look at me, not at where I am looking!) 25 / 42
  • 27. You also get the other kind Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (You did not see that one coming.) 26 / 42
  • 28. The day your 鍖rst paper was accepted Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (If at 鍖rst you dont succeed, try and try again.) 27 / 42
  • 29. You get to meet other PhD students Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (And boy do they look different.) 28 / 42
  • 30. You re鍖ect Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (Covariantly. Or is it contravariantly?) 29 / 42
  • 31. You 鍖nd the bug what slowed you down Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 30 / 42
  • 32. Now you can go faster Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 31 / 42
  • 33. And your system is way faster too Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 32 / 42
  • 34. You innovate regarding race conditions Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 33 / 42
  • 35. You go to sleep later and later Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (You always close your window before sleeping.) 34 / 42
  • 36. Your PhD advisor is as helpful as ever Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (I know, I know.) 35 / 42
  • 37. You complete your PhD dissertation Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 36 / 42
  • 38. And yes, you remember to spell check Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 37 / 42
  • 39. Your PhD defense looms Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (No man is an island, but right now you feel like one.) 38 / 42
  • 40. You see a sign from God Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 39 / 42
  • 41. After graduation (subjective view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 40 / 42
  • 42. After graduation (objective view) Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 41 / 42
  • 43. And then you move on and 鍖y away Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 42 / 42