怎样做一名成功研究生MIT教授FREEMAN演讲.pdfVIP

March 1, 2013 Bill Freeman Associate Department Head Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Monday, March 4, 13 Pictorial display of my own background. Time Polaroid 1981-1987 China 1987-1988 PhD 1988-1992 MERL 1992-2001 MIT 2001-present Monday, March 4, 13 Elements of a successful graduate career I crowd-sourced the rest of this talk. I sent this e-mail to the MIT Computer Science faculty and other CSAIL researchers: Could each of you please send me what you think is the most important quality for success in graduate school? Following are the answers I got back. Monday, March 4, 13 Desired qualities Monday, March 4, 13 The most important qualities: curiosity and creativity Tommi Jaakkola Monday, March 4, 13 Here are my desired qualities: Determination, curiosity and flexibility, willingness to work hard, try not to be ruled by fear... Shafi Goldwasser Monday, March 4, 13 You want to be a marathon runner, not a sprinter. (Not necessarily just the good, quick answers, as in a class. Want to be able to come up with the more thoughtful answers, too). Brian Williams Monday, March 4, 13 David Karger Purposefulness. You are in grad school for a purpose (whatever your purpos