your graduate-life-in-pictures

Your Graduate Life in Pictures

Olivier Danvy

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Braga, Portugal, 8 July 2011

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You make the jump and start PhD studies

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Your PhD adviser and you

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You and your PhD adviser

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PhD adviser, students, and postdocs

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Thank God it’s Friday

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Your undergrad studies (memories)

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Your grad studies (today)

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Your adviser helps you get organized

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But soon you get a funny feeling

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You don’t quite feel in control

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Research quite seems like a mine field

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How should one proceed exactly?

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Should you rather do something else?

Olivier Danvy, GTTSE 2011 (In the industry, you could afford a decent vehicle.) 13 / 42

Naah. You’ll be watchful

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You study induction (and the domino effect)

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You learn to surf (teacher’s view)

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Or at least you try (student’s view)

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You experience a new moment of doubt

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So you take a break to see nature

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You smell the flowers

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Your first idea: use a binary structure!

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You explain your idea to your PhD adviser

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You give your first research talk

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And you submit your first paper

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You get one kind of peer reviewer

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You also get the other kind

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The day your first paper was accepted

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You get to meet other PhD students

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You reflect

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You find the bug what slowed you down

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Now you can go faster

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And your system is way faster too

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You innovate regarding race conditions

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You go to sleep later and later

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Your PhD advisor is as helpful as ever

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You complete your PhD dissertation

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And yes, you remember to spell check

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Your PhD defense looms

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You see a sign from God

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After graduation (subjective view)

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After graduation (objective view)

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And then you move on and fly away

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