Dear KRYPTONites,

You are invited to the first KRYPTON seminar of Spring, 2022.

Date: February 4, 2022
Time: 4:00PM - end (no later than 5:30PM)

Venue: Zoom and Room 2241 ENGR

Link for remote participation: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/92356938266

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About KRYPTON

KRYPTON is a regular (weekly when we have volunteers) seminar series I have held for many years as a community-building opportunity for students and other researchers (post-docs, junior faculty).  Students / researchers can present their work to a friendly but critical audience, receive constructive criticism, and connect with other researchers. We hold the seminars on Friday afternoons because by popular consensus this is a time students tend not to have class, and many working students can get off early to attend. In recent years they have been hybrid, both in person and online. Last year they were entirely virtual. In Fall 2021, we moved back to hybrid.

Many students have used the seminar to do dry runs for conference presentations, dissertation proposals, and dissertation defenses. They also use the seminar to present their research at various stages of development to get feedback from their peers and help to refine their ideas. According to participants, the experience has been extremely helpful. Some graduates have told me they don’t know how they would have made it without KRYPTON.

The seminar is open to anyone who is interested. My mailing list includes PhD graduates who like to check in on their alma mater, and students from many departments.  I send the announcements to the entire SEOR PhD student list and to the students in my Bayesian inference class, many of whom are PhD students or researchers in other departments. I hope you will participate in this opportunity.  Even if you are early in your research, please tell us about your area and what you are thinking about as a topic.  Many students have found the seminar helpful in formulating their dissertation research topic and plan.  If you are further along, it’s a great opportunity for feedback on your progress. And of course if you have a presentation coming up, please use this as an opportunity to do a dry run!

I sent out a call last week for people to sign up for Spring 2022 slots, and the only responses I got were “I’m not ready to talk yet but would love to participate.” This is typical for the beginning of the semester.  So this week we will have a get-acquainted meeting. Please come in person if you can, or participate virtually at the Zoom link. If virtual, I do hope you will turn your camera on. I’ll project the Zoom so we can all see you, and we will try to aim the camera so you can see the people in the room.  You can introduce yourself and tell us your research interests (and dissertation topic if you have one). Then we can take volunteers for time slots — come early because the slots at the end of the semester go the fastest!

I look forward to seeing you on Friday!

Kathy Laskey



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