The Imperial CollegeJunior Research Fellowship

or how I learned to stop worrying and love academia

Nachiket Kapre

Helvellyn June 2nd 2012

JRF = Freedom to climb higher….

Freedom Themes

Freedom Themes(1) Managing Vision(2) Managing People(3) Managing Money

Managing Vision

Managing Vision

Allied conferences/workshops

ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI,Royal Society

Managing Vision

Allied conferences/workshops

ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI,Royal Society

Visiting UK Researchers

Southampton, York, Glasgow, Oxford

Managing Vision

Allied conferences/workshops

ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI,Royal Society

Visiting UK Researchers

Southampton, York, Glasgow, Oxford

IndustrialRelationships

Maxeler Inc

Managing Vision

Allied conferences/workshops

ISCA, PPoPP, PLDI,Royal Society

Visiting UK Researchers

Southampton, York, Glasgow, Oxford

IndustrialRelationships

Maxeler IncDisseminationPublish your research

Fertilizing ideasImperial –Penn group meetings

Managing People

Managing People

Mentor(s) Relationship

Find champions of your work

Managing People

Mentor(s) Relationship

Find champions of your work

Get Starry-Eyed

Students MSc, Meng, PhDs

Managing People

Mentor(s) Relationship

Find champions of your work

Get Starry-Eyed

Students MSc, Meng, PhDs

Find Teaching opportunities

I didn’t do too much of this before..

Culture-Shock10x higher beer consumption!

Managing Money

Managing Money£10K/yr ….is it enough?

Managing Money

1st YearSpent on conferences, travels,one-off equipment purchases

Managing Money

1st YearSpent on conferences, travels, one-off equipment purchases

2nd YearSpent on recruiting/supporting

students, visitors

Managing Money

1st YearSpent on conferences, travels, one-off equipment purchases

2nd YearSpent on recruiting/supporting

students, visitors

Find funding sources

Long-term research support

The Hunger GamesManipulate hunger in students

JRF = Freedom

JRF = Freedom to climb higher…

Helvellyn – 950mScafell Pike – 978m

DISCUSSION SLIDES

Misc. Vision Items

(1) Led a reading group…Critique a research paper/week

(2) Lead-by-example…Show/guide students through a problem

(3) Research presentationsCAS group had no culture of good conf. talks

Misc. People Items

(1) Pretty significant culture shock My PhD advisor is a hands-on visionary..

(2) Invest in a research processYour success=student/staff success

Misc. Money Items

(1) Ask around for funding sources…My group/HoD were supportive

(2) Start search early if possible…(3) Some student success…

Coryan-Wilson Shah (Thouron PhD fellowship)