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- MATHEMATICS
and STATISTICS NEW TEACHING FELLOWS ORIENTATION Professor
D.C. Weiner Friday 7 September 3:00-4:00 pm, 5:00-7:00pm ---room
MCS 149 Friday 14 September 3:00-7:00 pm, room MCS 149 This
two-meeting orientation program is required for all new teaching
fellows in the department, including continuing graduate students
who have not yet taught at Boston University. Experienced graduate
students are most warmly encouraged to attend and to share their
hard-earned wisdom, war stories, triumphs, and advice. Many of
you provided important support during the orientation seminar
in April 200, and during last year's orientation, but your further
input would be most appreciated. Likewise interested faculty,
especially those concerned about TFprofessor collaboration, are
welcome to attend all or part of these meetings; if you wish to
play a special part in the proceedings please feel free to contact
Dan Weiner (3-9546; weiner@bu.edu). The format will include introductions
and an overview of the job; exercises on how to begin and run
a discussion; advice from veteran TF's; attention to balancing
teaching and studying responsibilities; the graduate student organizations;
computer resources available; language issues; appropriate and
inappropriate TF-student interaction; grading and lecturing. The
content for the second Friday will include assigned exercises
from the first, but will also be strongly influenced by ideas
and discussions arising during the first meeting. Refreshments
will be available as well at the end of each session.
- Friday,
November 9, 3:00-4:00 pm in MCS 149, with tea at 4:00 MCS 153.
Carlos Morales and Stilian Stoev will give a report on the 2-week
graduate summer school they attended at the Mathematical Sciences
Research Institute in Berkeley, CA (June 2001). They will give
an introduction to the program, reflections on the experience,
and cover specific topics. Their title is: "Impressions on Modern
Signal Processing form a summer school at MSRI. Wavelets and the
fast Fourier transform."
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