Information for Admitted Students Visit Day
Congratulations on your admission to the PhD program in Computing and Data Sciences at Boston University! We are excited to welcome you into the CDS community, which has about ten research groups of core faculty, dozens more affiliates with groups you can join, accomplished and accessible faculty specializing in teaching and community outreach, and 45 PhD students already in the program.
Visit Day will be held on Monday, March 23 (and the evening before). Most events will take place in the BU CDS building at 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, on the 16th floor.
Here is the schedule of events. This schedule of events is currently tentative.
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 3/22 at 7-9pm | Prospectives + Grad student social event | Knights Move Cafe |
| Monday 3/23 at 8:30-9am | Check-in and Breakfast | CDS 1646 |
| 9-9:30am | Welcome and Overview of BU CDS | CDS 1646 |
| 9:30-10am | Overview of all CDS research faculty | CDS 1646 |
| 10-10:30am | Lightning Technical Talks by Faculty (Naomi Saphra, Siddharth Mishra-Sharma, Kinan Dak Albab) | CDS 1646 |
| 10:30-11am | Overview of PhD Program requirements | CDS 1646 |
| 11am-12pm | Grad Student Panel (students only!) | CDS 1646 |
| 12-1:30pm | Lunch | CDS 1646 and CDS 1635 |
| 1:30-4:30pm | One-on-ones with faculty and grad students | (see your individual schedule) |
| Snacks and break activities | CDS 1646 | |
| 4:45-7pm | Dinner + Bowling/Pool | Lucky Strike |
| 7-9pm | Grad student after-party | Audubon |