08 June, 2010

Possible Model for MMMs

A proposal: Two types of MMMs

First Monday of Every Month: Student and Postdoc only MMM.
Chaired by a different student each time (roster organised by the MMM organisers)
Content:
* Conference practice talks by students
* Update talks by students, e.g,. "this is what I found in Expt 1, and here’s what I plan to do in Expt 2 ...."
* Maybe some instructional stuff of particular interest to students

General MMMs – all MARCS.
Chaired by a different student each time (roster organised by the MMM organisers)
Content:
A. Published paper MMMs: about once every 4 to 8 weeks or so have an MMM dedicated to talks on published papers - up to 3 talks (10 mins talk + 10 mins discussion each (max) about recently published papers. No need to have every MARCS published paper presented, but a representative sample from a range of people.

B. General MMMs, including:
i. WIDAWIDIs
ii. Papers by visiting students, interns
iii. Float CoCs (i.e., early versions of CoCs in which ideas are being formed, rather than reasonably polished versions just before these are to be presented for College review
iv. Instructional stuff re MARCS equipment, s/w use, stats, etc., etc., by staff, students, visitors etc.
v. Other

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