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Past Topics

  • Work/life balance; handout
  • Switching departments
  • Diversifying your research; growing beyond your advisor
  • 2-body problem
  • Power dynamics in academia; how to deal with your advisor
  • Working at a national lab
  • Microagressions; handout credit: This flier was developed for the purposes of the WHPC and EPCC Archer BoF at ISC’18 entitled: “Retaining the advantage of a diverse HPC workforce: How to deal with Microagressions”.
  • Starting a family
  • Working remote
  • How to avoid people
  • Careers in academia
  • Impostor syndrome
  • Future trends in HPC
  • Interviewing tips
  • Pursuing a career in a new country
  • Science Policy; handout
  • Networking (with people) skills handout
  • Working at an HPC center
  • Fantastic theses & how to design them handout
  • Working at an undergraduate-focused institution
  • Dealing with hostile audience members
  • How do I change fields?

Future Topic Ideas

  • Things I wished I hand appreciated/known while attending my first (or second) SIAM or CSE conference.
  • Best minor thing/process I did as an early career researcher that has had a surprisingly long effect throughout my career.
  • Work life balance – balancing demands of work, family, and health.
  • Combining career with children – balancing a research career with demands of parenthood and childcare.
  • Adviser-advisee relationships – how to navigate the sometimes tricky relationship with your advisor
  • Impostor syndrome – tips and guidance for dealing with imposter syndrome and the feeling that you may not belong
  • Landing a postdoc
  • Landing a faculty position
  • Grant writing in your early career
  • Time management – tips and tricks fro maintaining productivity and effective time management
  • Applying for graduate school
  • Funding graduate school
  • Finding a research topic
  • Creating and carrying out a research plan
  • Finishing your PhD
  • Promoting your work
  • Changing disciplines or research fields
  • Addressing work-life balance issues
  • Managing time
  • Building a professional network
  • Addressing non-traditional career issues
  • Navigating a path forward from community college
  • Applying and interviewing for a job