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<h1 align='center'>UT Austin Astronomy Graduate Student Postdoc Seminar (GSPS), Fall 2017</h1>

<h2 align='center'>Every other Friday, 4:00-5:00pm, in the Astro Classroom (15.216B) or Evans Conference Room (15.202A)</h2>

<h3>Past semesters:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href='gsps_spring17.html'>Spring 2017</a></li>
<li><a href='gsps_fall16.html'>Fall 2016</a></li>
<li><a href='gsps_spring16.html'>Spring 2016</a></li>
<li><a href='gsps_fall15.html'>Fall 2015</a></li>
<li><a href='gsps_spring15.html'>Spring 2015</a></li>
<li><a href='gsps_fall14.html'>Fall 2014</a></li>
<li><a href='gsps_spring14.html'>Spring 2014</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Description/Motivation (from <a href='http://badgrads.berkeley.edu/doku.php?id=graduate_student_postdoc_seminar'>UC Berkeley's GSPS page</a>):</h3>

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<li>GSPS is a place where students and postdocs can practice giving talks or share information and knowledge that others might not have.</li>

<li>Topics of the presentations can be just about anything: their own research (either completed or commencing), career advancement and advice, 
pedagogy and teaching, practice/job talks, software packages/languages and apps, topics that aren't usually covered in other seminars, etc.</li>

<li>GSPS meets every other week during the semester (modulo University holidays).</li>

<li>There will be one main presentation/talk/workshop each session, led by one to a few people.</li>

<li>Presentations should leave plenty of time for group work and/or discussion and questions.</li>

<li>Presentations should emphasize background material so everyone is on the same page.</li>

<li><b>No faculty allowed.</b> Only graduate students, postdocs, and early career research staff are allowed.</li>

<li>GSPS is a good place to:
<ul>
        <li>promote community between grad students and postdocs</li>
        <li>practice speaking and discussing your research</li>
        <li>feel comfortable asking lots of questions</li>
        <li>learn about topics outside your own research</li>
	<li>learn about new techniques and tools for research</li>
        <li>learn about applicable non-science topics</li>
</ul></li>

<li>If you would like feedback on your presentation, the organizer(s) would be happy to take notes and discuss it with you afterwards (and/or ask other audience members to do so).</li>
</ul>

<p>Organizers: Patrick Drew (pdrew{at}utexas{dot}edu) & Sydney Sherman (ssherman{at}astro{dot}as{dot}utexas{dot}edu). Webmaster: Samuel Factor (sfactor{at}astro{dot}as{dot}utexas{dot}edu). Please contact us if you have questions, comments, complaints, or requests for <a href='#topics'>future topics</a> or snacks and thanks for participating in GSPS!</p>

<p>GSPS Founding Father: Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman{at}astro{dot}as{dot}utexas{dot}edu)</p>

<h3>Current Semester Schedule:</h3>

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<tr align='center'><th>Date</th> <th>Presenter(s)</th> <th>Topic/Title</th> <th>Location</th></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>9/15</td>
    <td><a href='http://www.as.utexas.edu/~bwmulligan/'>Brian Mulligan</a></td>
    <td><a href='slides/mulligan_software_design.pdf'>Software Design for Astronomers</a> </td>
<td>Evans</td></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>9/29</td>
    <td><a href='http://jorgeazavalas.wixsite.com/homepage'>Jorge Zavala</a>, <a href='http://www.justinspilker.com'>Justin Spilker</a>, <br> and <a href='http://www.astroalee.com'>Aaron Lee</a></td>
    <td>Applying for Postdocs </td>
<td>Astro Classroom</td></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>10/13</td>
    <td><a href='http://smfactor.github.io'>Sam Factor</a> and <a href='http://www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/people/people.html?u=216'>Briana Indahl</a></td>
    <td><a href='slides/factor_indahl_backpacking.pdf'>Backpacking 101 and Our Eclipse Trip</a> </td>
<td>Astro Classroom</td></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>10/27</td>
    <td><a href='http://www.as.utexas.edu/~cmcasey/welcome.html'>Caitlin Casey</a></td>
    <td><a href='slides/casey_letters_of_rec.pdf'>Deciphering Letters of Rec</a> </td>
<td>Evans</td></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>11/10</td>
    <td><a href='http://www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/people/people.html?u=92'>Sinclaire Manning</a><br><hr><a href='http://www.as.utexas.edu/~bpbowler/'>Brendan Bowler</a></td>
    <td><a href='slides/manning_science_policy.pdf'>Careers in Science Policy</a><br><hr> <a href='slides/bowler_effective_plots.pdf'>Professional Plots</a></td>
<td>Astro Classroom</td></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>11/17<a href='#note1'><sup><b>1</b></sup></a></td>
    <td><a href='http://www.brandt-gaches.space/'>Brandt Gaches</a></td>
    <td><a href='slides/gaches_websites.pdf'>Building a website in under an hour</a> </td>
<td>Evans</td></tr>

<tr align='center'><td>12/8</td>
    <td><a href=''>Marcos Huerta</a></td>
    <td><a href='slides/huerta_science_policy.pdf'>Science Policy</a> </td>
<td>Astro Classroom</td></tr>

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<p><a name='note1'><sup><b>1</b></sup>Special off-week GSPS for Thanksgiving! </a>

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<h3><a name='topics'>Possible other topics (in no particular order):</a></h3>

<ul>
<li>practice your second year defense talk</li>
<li>using git and GitHub</li>
<li>making a professional website (with GitHub?!)</li>
<li>adventures in your homeland (or homecity) or your summer conference tour</li>
<li>writing a teaching statement</li>
<li>another CV roast</li>
<li>good interview skills</li>
<li>non-academic job market info (preparing, applying, resumes, interviewing, details of the job, etc.)</li>
<li>Insight Data Science Fellows Program <b>(Emily McLinden, Jeff Silverman)</b></li>
<li>scientific ethics</li>
<li>putting together good posters (PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign)</li>
<li>astro-related social media, AstroBetter, astro blogs, blogging, Tweeting, YouTubing</li>
<li>astronomy ecosystem online (Facebook, Twitter, etc)</li>
<li>posting talks and slides online (speakerdeck, slideshare)</li>
<li>how astronomers use Python, a collaboration with Continuum <b>(Kris Overholt &amp; Peter Wang)</b></li>
<li>coding/software (sublime text 3, bitbucket, Flash, MESA, Cloudy, runmycode, astroML, MCMC, emcee, Papers2, rescuetime, productivity suites, BibDesk, JabRef, zotero, PHP, python, IPython notebooks, LaTeX, DS9)</li>
<li>what's your software stack and why? what tools do you use for which tasks?</li>
<li>what do you want improved so that you can put out more papers?</li>
<li>CS and/or stat department mixer</li>
<li>basic Korean</li>
<li>preview of next semester's colloquia</li>
</ul>


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