The Plan

Friends and family not in academia have asked about the plan for the next several years, from here to being CS faculty. A short list-form explanation is below.

• CS "Background"
  • Complete by dint of "Subject GRE in CS with score of ≥ 90th-percentile"
• CS Breadth/"Diversity" Coursework
  • Complete (see classwork)
• Find Research Supervisor
  • Complete: Profs. Chris Rossbach, William Cook, and Jayadev Misra
• CS Depth Coursework
  • Complete (see classwork)
• Perform Research
  • In progress (see research)
• Incidental M.S.C.S. (along the way to the Ph.D.)
  • Complete (see classwork)
• Dissertation Proposal
  • Complete
• Milestone: Ph.D. Candidacy
  • Complete
• Complete dissertation research and writing
  • Complete
• Dissertation Defense
  • Complete
• Dissertation Submission
  • Complete
• Milestone: Ph.D. in Computer Science
  • Complete
• Postdoc
• Assistant Professor of Computer Science at a research university.
• ...More research and teaching...

The list may look like a lot of drudgery, but it's not! I really love this stuff!