CSC 600 is a required course designed to introduce new graduate students to three important topic areas:
During the first four CSC 600 lectures students will learn useful information about the graduate program in computer science, the department, and the department's IT infrastructure. Students will also meet the people responsible for managing these resources.
Following these introductory topics, the remaining lectures will be split into one or two parts, depending on volunteer presenters' availability.
One part is a Research Component, made up of presentations by department faculty. Each faculty member will introduce themselves, discuss their research interests, and describe one or more research projects they are conducting. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about ongoing research in the department in preparation for choosing thesis topics, supervisors, or graduate courses.
A second part is a combination of Research and Industrial Partners Components, made up of presentations by faculty and representatives from companies that partner with the department. Each company representative will introduce themselves, then discuss their company and its vision, goals, and ongoing projects that overlap with topics of interest for graduate Computer Science students. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about companies the department collaborates with in preparation for choosing courses related to these projects. It also offers an opportunity to learn about possibilities for internships and full-time employment after graduation.
Although there will be no assignments or tests, a specific level of attendance in CSC 600 is MANDATORY. Any student who does not meet this minimum level of attendance will not receive credit for the course, and will be required to re-register during the next fall semester. You cannot graduate without successfully completing CSC 600.
Students cannot miss more than one in-person lecture and two virtual lectures total during the semester. DE students cannot miss more than three virtual lectures. These absences are provided to allow students to manage other responsibilities while still maintaining appropriate attendance in CSC 600. Here are some examples of situations where students might need an allowed absence from CSC 600:
Note: In none of these cases would we provide an exception to the attendance rule. Therefore, if you anticipate these types of situations arising during the semester, DO NOT "use up" your allowed absences and expect us to allow additional absences because you "have to do X" but you don't have any allowed absences left. Your only recourse in this situation will be to drop CSC 600, and re-enroll the following academic year.
Attendance will be taken through an online summary sheet, where students are asked to fill in short, simple answers to questions about each week's presentation. Summary sheets for both virtual and in-person lectures are available on the course Moodle web page. For in-person lectures, summary sheets must be submitted by 3pm on the day of the lecture. For virtual lectures, summary sheets are available from 3pm on the day of the lecture until 12:45pm on the day of next week's lecture. Receipt of a summary sheet with acceptable answers will be used to confirm a student's attendance for the given class. Note that one common example of unacceptable answers is an answer sheet where some questions are left blank, or include a single word answer that has no relationship to the lecture that was given. We don't expect (or want) long answers, but we will not mark you as having attended for summary sheets that are answered in an incomplete or irrelevant manner.
Every student will be responsible for attending four lectures in-person. The one exception is for DE students, who are only required to attend lectures virtually. DE students DO NOT have an in-person requirement.
Because we have not covered how attendance in the class is marked, the first lecture on August 25 will not be graded.
The table below divides students by the first letter(s) of their last name and defines which two lectures you are required to attend in-person, in addition to the Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 lectures. Note: the first letter(s) of your last name is the last name you registered with the university, NOT necessarily the last name you use. Make sure you attend the correct lecture based on what the university lists as your last name.
Date | 600-001 and 600-003, Last Name starts with... 1025 EB-II |
600-002, Last Name starts with... 1021 EB-II |
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Sep. 1 | A–D | A–E |
Sep. 8 |
All students In your assigned classroom |
All students In your assigned classroom |
Sep. 15 | E–J | F–H |
Sep. 22 | K–L | J–Ma |
Sep. 29 | M–N | Mi–R |
Oct. 6 | P–Sh | S–V |
Oct. 13 | Si–Z | W–Z |
Oct. 20 | A–D | A–E |
Oct. 27 | E–J | F–H |
Nov. 3 | K–L | J–Ma |
Nov. 10 | M–N | Mi–R |
Nov. 17 | P–Sh | S–V |
Dec. 1 | Si–Z | W–Z |
If you are scheduled for an in-person lecture, you must attend in-person during the scheduled lecture time, Friday, 12:50pm–1:40pm.
Apart from university-allowed extenuating circumstances, we will not allow you to upload a lecture's summary sheet for late submission.
The first (Introduction) and third (Introduction to Graduate Studies) lectures of the semester will be presented in-person in your assigned classroom. All industrial partner lectures will be presented either in person or asynchronously using Zoom, depending on the preferences of our ePartners. The majority of faculty lectures will be presented in-person.
If you are not scheduled for an in-person lecture, you may attend "virtually."
Students will view lectures either in-person or online, with access to a particular lecture made available through the CSC 600 Moodle web page as follows:
This allows you the week of the lecture to view it and complete your summary sheet. Apart from university-allowed extenuating circumstances, we will not re-open a lecture's summary sheet for late viewing or submission.
Remember, the first (Introduction) and third (Introduction to Graduate Studies) lectures of the semester will be presented in-person in your assigned classroom.
For all students, your Unity email address is your official university address. You are responsible for monitoring email sent to this address. In particular, course-related email messages are automatically sent to your Unity email account.
It is possible to have Unity email forwarded to a different account. See this page for a link that describes how to do this, and for other important information about your university email account.
If you'd like to participate or learn more about the department's Graduate Student Association, they maintain a web page with information about current and future graduate student events.
All students at the university are expected to understand and agree to the university's code of student conduct. This document explains the various types of behaviour that are not allowed, including cheating, plagiarism, aiding and abetting, disorderly conduct, and so on.
For CSC 600, common examples of academic integrity violations include (but are not limited to):
For confirmed cases of academic integrity violations, in addition to any university-mandated sanctions, students will receive a failing grade in CSC 600.
Below is the tentative schedule for topics and presenters, split into the introductory lectures (which all students attend as a single group), and the research/industrial partner tracks (where students choose which track to attend each week).
Date | Lecture Topic |
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Aug. 25 |
Dr. George Rouskas,
Director of Graduate Programs;
Dr. Matt Stallmann,
Assistant Director of Graduate Programs,
Dr. Christopher
G. Healey, CSC 600 Coordinator
Introduction, graduate program information
Dr. Gregg Rothermel Department Welcome Slides Dr. Matt Stallmann Graduate Orientation Slides |
Sep. 1 |
Ms. Leslie
Rand-Pickett
Director of Graduate Career Services, Computer Science Career Services Centre
Career Services
Career Services Slides |
Sep. 8 |
Dr. George Rouskas,
Director of Graduate Programs
Introduction to the Graduate Program
|
Sep. 15 |
Mr. Carlos Benavente, Director of CSC Information Technology
Introduction to NCSU/CSC IT (Slides PDF)
Special Guest Lecture: 2:00-2:30pm
Dr. Frank Mueller
Introduction to Quantum Computing (MP4 recording)
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Date | Research Lecture | ePartners Lecture / Research Lectures |
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Sep. 22 |
Software Engineering
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NetApp
|
Sep. 29 |
IoT, Cybersecurity, HCI, Smart Health
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Cisco
|
Oct. 6 |
Software Engineering, Programming Languages
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Google
|
Oct. 13 |
Artificial Intelligence, Education, AI-Enabled Learning
Technologies
|
Lexis Nexis
|
Oct. 20 |
Software Modernization and Quality, Model-Driven Engineering,
Software Testing, Search-Based Software Engineering
|
BCBS NC
|
Oct. 27 |
Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Adaptive Educational Systems
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Amazon
|
Nov. 3 |
Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Program Analysis
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Nov. 10 |
Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning
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Deutsche Bank
|
Nov. 17 |
HPC, Parallel Computing, Sparse (Multi-) Linear Algebra
Optimization
|
Fidelity Investments
|
Dec. 1 |
Computer-Assisted Assessment
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Jurassic Capital
|