The following schedule is tentative.
| Week | Date | Topic | Notes |
| 1 | 09-01 | Jun: Introduction & Requirements Jeopardy! Warm-Up | PDF PDF |
| 2 | 09-08 | Jun: Grad School Essentials | PDF |
| 3 | 09-15 | Jun: Requirements Jeopardy! | PDF |
| 4 | 09-22 | Ben: Computer Architecture: Emerging Constraints & Evolving Priorities | PDF |
| 5 | 09-29 | Bruce D.: Computational Biology | |
| 6 | 10-06 | Shivnath: Data-intensive systems | |
| 7 | 10-13 | Jeff Chase: Systems research: ideas and advices | PDF |
| 8 | 10-20 | Xiaobai: Scientific computing | PDF |
| 9 | 10-27 | Carlo: Creativity | PPT |
| 10 | 11-03 | Jun: More Grad School Tips | PDF |
| 11 | 11-10 | Romit & Xiaowei: Networking Research | PDF |
| 12 | 11-17 | Graduate student panel with Gavin, Susanna, Lirong, Amre, Sayan | |
| 13 | 11-24 | Thanksgiving recess | |
| 14 | 12-01 | Owen: Teaching | |
