| Lecture Schedule (Preliminary) |
| Week | Topic | Guests |
| September 1 | No class | |
| September 8 | Working In Industry | Yaeger, Brown, Hanson |
| September 15 | Writing Proposals | Laura Hopkins |
| September 22 | Doing Research | Andrew Lumsdaine |
| September 29 | Writing Proposals (cont) | Laura Hopkins |
| October 6 | Ethical Issues | Kalpana Shankar |
| October 13 | No Class | |
| October 20 | Ethical Issues | Kalpana Shankar |
| October 27 | Balancing Life and Career | Maureen Biggers |
| November 3 | Academic and Industry Job Search | Fil Menczer, Jeremy Podany |
| November 11 (Tuesday !) | David Wise | Intellectual Property |
| November 17 | No Class | |
| November 24 | Bob Noel | Library Research : Current Best Practices |
| December 1 | Amr Sabry and David Leake | CS Qualification Process |
| December 8 | TBD | |