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Welcome to the Ph.D. News Webpage. This Webpage site contains items of interest to Ph.D. students at University of Texas at Austin. Hooray!! Weekly Current Events of General Interest to Ph.D.s Sunday, June 20, 2-6 PM, Don Drumtra's house, Patty's Birthday Party. Ph.D. Students and faculty are invited to celebrate Patty Drumtra's 60th birthday party. Ph.D. students and faculty are invited to share in stimulating conversation and pleasant repast. Presents are neither necessary nor expected. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, soft drinks, wine, and beer provided. Bring salad, side, or desert to share. Please contact Don or Patty via email or phone, 291-0315 for information and directions. Tuesday, June 22, 6 - 8:30 PM, El Gallo Mexican Restaurant , IEEE Power Society, Gerald Dalke - Basler Electric, Load Shedding Schemes. Gerald Dalke will be discussing load shedding and its use as a tool to prevent or reduce the impact of power system disturbances that can lead to blackout. His presentation will include example of using frequency based load shedding which was implemented on the USA power grid after the blackouts of November 9, 1965 and what we might expect in the way of new methods of load shedding due to the blackouts of August 14, 2003. He will also present a short overview of the equipment being manufactured at the Basler Taylor Texas factory. This factory began operations in June 2003. Gerald Dalke received the Associate Degree in Electrical Technology from Oklahoma State University in 1960. He served more than 33 years with Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company in system protection areas until retirement in July of 1994. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. He joined Basler Electric in June 1995 and is a Senior Application Engineer for Basler specializing in power system protection. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and active in the Power System Protection and Medium Voltage Protection Sub-committees plus various Working Groups of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. He is also a member of the Texas A&M Protective Relay Conference Planning Committee. He has presented papers at various Technical and Protective Relay Conferences, Industrial Application Society Conferences and Hands On Relay Schools in addition to instructing in the Basler Relay Application School and Regional Training Seminars. Dinner is free for students; otherwise it is $10.00 for IEEE Members and $12.00 for Non-IEEE Members. For further information please visit the event information page or contact Susan Thornton, 326-3380 or Steve Kanetzky 442-8085. Tuesday, June 22, 6:30 - 8 PM, JP's Java Coffee and Espresso Bar, SAA Meeting. We are having a meeting at 6:30 on Tuesday at JP Java at San Jacinto and Duvall. We will be discussing Archives Week and a future meeting of the Journal Club. Come one, come all. For more information please visit the SAA Website or write Mary Anne MarDock. Wednesday, June 23, 3-4 OM, Tarlton Law Library, 5th floor, Computer Lab, Addy Souder, EAD. Members of the UT Student Chapter of SAA are welcome to attend a presentation by Addy Sonder to the Tarlton Law Library staff on EAD (Encoded Archival Description) and how she used FileMaker Pro to generate EAD-encoded text for the Tarlton Law Library's Rare Books & Special Collections department. This project was Addy's Capstone project in Spring 2003. She has recently joined the Law Library staff and will be picking up the project where she left off. For more information please contact Mike Widener, Head of Special Collections, Joseph D. Jamail Fellow in Law Librarianship, Tarlton Law Library, School of Law, via email or phone, 471-7263.
Future Events - Mark Your Calendar Tuesday, June 29, 6:30 - 8 PM, JP's Java Coffee and Espresso Bar, SAA Meeting. The SAA will be having a meeting next week on Tuesday June 29th at 6:30 in the evening. We will be holding it at JP Java's on the corner of Duvall and San Jacinto just north of Dean Keeton. We will be discussing possible Archives Week speakers, and publicity for the Archives Clinic. Also up for discussion are the articles that we would like to discuss at our inaugural meeting of the Journal Club, which will happen on Bastille Day. So, if anyone has an article from one of the past two issues of the American Archivist which they have an opinion on, bring that idea to the table! All are welcome to either of the two events which I have just described. I will be sending out more complete information on the Journal Club meeting as we get more information. Thanks! Happy Summer. For more information please visit the SAA Website or write Mary Anne MarDock. Thursday, July 1, UT Club, TEBN, Steven List, The Money Is in Your Blind Spot. In this talk, Steven List will share with you his concept of Blind Spots. This will be of particular interest to managers of people and processes, entrepreneurs, and just about anyone who has wondered how to raise success to the next level. He will show you how to recognize Blind Spots, how to find them in others, and how to shine a light on them. In this combined talk and workshop, Steven will guide you to:
Once you've heard this innovative theory, you'll want to use it daily in your work and personal life. The Blind Spots concept and the skills that you will learn in this session will become a powerful part of your leadership and personal toolkit forever. Steven List's entrepreneurial spirit has guided him in researching and implementing high performance leadership methods in leading early-stage businesses. His dynamic, customized and compelling programs are dead on. Your attendees will learn what to do and how to do it! Steven mixes wit, enthusiasm and humor with motivational stories to deliver hard-hitting messages that compel audiences to achieve astounding results in their life, work and relationships. Known for his passion and sincerity, Steven is an accomplished and exciting speaker who draws from real life experiences--not textbook theory. Attendees will find unexpected benefit from his extraordinary insights, benefits they can apply both at work and at home. Steven has delivered speeches and training to international, national and local industry, technical audiences, and non-profit groups. He has authored articles and columns in leading technical publications. Steven has founded and co-founded several product- and technology-oriented user groups. Contributing to his experience in teaching and coaching, he holds a third-degree black belt in Shotokan karate, and is referred to with respect by his students as "Sensei." Registration prior to 12 p.m. on June 28, 2004, $12 for Texas Exes Members or $15 for non-Texas Exes Members. Registration after 12 PM Monday and at the door is $15 or $18 respectively. For further information visit the event Website or contact Walt Esquivel, Austin TEBN Chair. Friday July 9
Music Under the Star is sponsored by KUT 90.5 FM , the Austin Chronicle and News 8 Austin , and hosted by Catering by Rosemary. For more Information visit the TSHM Event Website. Friday, July 16, 7:30 AM - 4 PM, Hilton, University of Houston, Science and Technology Serials Symposium, "Build, Buy, or Lease? Serials Collections in Transition." Sponsored by the University of Houston Libraries, Program Highlights:
The Hilton Hotel is on the campus of University of Houston. See map.
Price is $30, which Includes Hilton parking, registration, continental
breakfast and box lunch. Send completed registration
form below with check or money order made payable to "University of
Houston Libraries" for $30 by June 15, 2004 to Nancy Linden, University
of Houston, 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000
Friday, July 30, 8-10 PM Cindy Sadler is a graduate of The University
of Texas, where she studied
with veteran Metropolitan Opera star Mignon Dunn. Ms.
Sadler's professional debut occurred in 1991
concerts at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She went on to win
international acclaim for her performances in Arizona Opera's Ring
Cycles in 1996 and 1998, where as the only case member to sing in all
four operas, she was heartily praised for the "magnificent mezzo-soprano
voice ... big, well controlled, and always, always unbelievable rich
throughout its range" (Arizona Sun) and her dramatic presence: "with
Cindy Sadler, a rich-voiced, pungent Earth Goddess, true frisson was achieved" (American Record Guide). In
addition to her busy opera concert career, Ms. Sadler is on the faculty of Armstrong
Community Music School, a division of Austin Lyric Opera, has been singing with
the St. David's Parish Choirs for The David Chenu Quartet, recently released their
debut CD,"ONE", and perform in popular places such as The Elephant Room,
Central Market
Café, The Y Bar and Grill. David was the recipient of a full
scholarship to the prestigious University of Texas School of music and
graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree Jazz Performance and was voted
one of the top 10 horn players in the Austin Chronicle's 2002-3 and
2003-4 Awards. Monday, Sep 7, 8 AM - 5 PM, Thompson Conference Center, Human Subjects Research in Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Paradigm Shift. This conference is Co-Sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin, the National Institutes of Health, and the Office of Human Research Protection. More details to follow as the agenda is developed. For more information, please contact: Elena Mota, Vice-President for Research, University of Texas at Austin, Office of Research Support & Compliance, PO Box 7426, Austin, Texas 78713, Maria, 471-8871, or Lorraine, 370-1660. Saturday-Thursday, Nov 13-18, Providence RI, ASIST Conference. The information society, especially after recent world events, is displaying an increasing tension between forces that encourage and discourage integration and cooperation. A major focus of this conference will be on conflicts and solutions involving many national and international information cultures, including social, professional, educational, and technological interests. These themes and others will be explored by plenary and invited speakers and through refereed presentations. Submissions on a wide variety of information and technology topics are solicited, including (but not limited to):
SUBMISSION DEADLINES For further information and registration see the conference
Website. Who We Are Webpage The information on the Ph.D. student Webpage is slowly
growing. Names of all current Ph.D. students have been added. Your
other information is needed to complete it . Please send Don
a jpeg photo, information to post, and a link to your Website whenever
you can. What is this Webpage? Well, as we agreed in spring semester,
2002, we wanted to have a summary page with a list of all Ph.D. students
and links to more detailed information on each of us. The summary
page consist of a photo, name, academic interest, contact information,
and links to other pages. A detail
page repeats the summary information and provides, education,
a brief biography, and specialization. Students information should
be linked to each student's individual Website with their vita, resume,
and any other information they may wish to provide. If there is interest,
we can also add Ph.D. alumni to this list. There is an input form
that might work with your browser. Otherwise you can copy and paste. Research Method and Other Courses of Interest Research Method Courses. There are many research methods courses available in the university that may be suitable for meeting the iSchool Ph.D. research methods requirements. Lisa Kleinman has written an excellent summary that should be of particular interest. She describes her summary as follows, "yo, in case (like me) you were overwhelmed by the number of research methods courses that seemed available at UT, but were suspiciously vague in terms of description -- here is a list that I've compiled with/ course names & descriptions. the doctoral studies committee & your own advisor may be able to make further recommendations as to which would be specifically appropriate for you" (2003 Dec. 15, personal communications). Doctoral Committee recommendations will be posted on this Website as soon as they become available. Research Methods in Information Systems, MIS 381N.26. Earlier, Lisa provided us this information on a this course. "The Information Systems department in the Business School is interested in having more iSchool folk taking their courses. In particular, Ph.D. students may want to consider taking “Research Methods in Information Systems” taught by Alina Chircu. I took this class last year, and it provides an excellent survey of the multitude of different research methods (both qualitative and quantitative) as applied to understanding the effects of information technology. Alina is very flexible about the core focus areas, so if a whole bunch of people want to “study X”, she’ll find a way to incorporate it. If you’re a Masters student, you can take this course if you’re interested in subjecting yourself to reading a ga-zillion journal articles from the latest sexy issues of MIS Quarterly... which ain’t the “Miss Quarterly” that I was hoping for, let me tell you... The course is offered in spring 2004" (personal communications). Information provided by Lisa Kleinman. For more information about the course see the Course Webpage or contact Dr. Chircu" (2003 Oct. 31, personal communications). Graduate School Courses provide a unique opportunity for School of Information Ph.D. students because they provide a multidisciplinary atmosphere of learning. Students from across the campus attend these courses and share experiences and viewpoints form their own departments. Two courses of major interest to our programs are:
Check to Be Sure. Please do not forget however, that not all of the courses listed will be satisfactory to meet any particularly student's Ph.D. program requirements. "Since advancement to candidacy is contingent on faculty approval of a course of work, the student should consult regularly with their committee on matters of course selection" (School of Information, undated, Academic Programs, Ph.D.). Orientations New students (and even old) might appreciate the following
two Orientation Websites: Program Information General iSchool program information and Degree Requirements may be found on the iSchool Academic Programs Description Webpage for the Doctor of Philosophy in Information Studies. Program milestones consist of development and approval of a Program of Work or Study, satisfactory completion of course work and a comprehensive doctoral examination including written, oral, and research components, presentation and approval of a dissertation proposal, research and completion of a dissertation culminating in a final examination consisting of defense of the the dissertation. Administrative progress through these milestones is described in the Checklist for the Doctoral Program (1993). Required content of the program of work or study is provided in the Guidelines for Development of the Doctoral Program of Study (ca. 1993). Lisa Kleinman and Don Drumtra have posted examples of their approved programs of study their Websites. Required content of the Annual Reviews is provided in the Annual Review of GSLIS Doctoral Students (2002) and the Annual Review of Ph.D. Students (draft, 2003). Don Drumtra has posted an an example of an approved Annual Review on his Website. The University of Texas and the UT Office of Graduate Studies provide the latest information on degree and administrative requirements requirements in three publications:
Information on professional associations, student governance organizations, email lists and and other forums of interest to Information school Ph.D. students is provided through the Ph.D. Forums link on the left. Included is information on email lists, Blackboard, Websites and other forums.
Ph.D. Colloquia The Ph.D. colloquia provide Ph.D. students the opportunity to share their work in a friendly environment. If someone would like to take the lead, we could have a Ph.D. Colloquia series sharing our current work with each other and professors who are interested in the Information School Ph.D. program. The last series we had was the Fall 2002 Ph.D. Colloquia Series. If you are interested in leading such a series, please contact Don Drumtra for his experience on leading the 2002 Colloquia Content Manager:
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