PHDBA279S (Fall 2010) Official Version

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PHDBA279S is the PhD in BPP Research Seminar, generally known as the BPP Student Seminar. It is a weekly seminar where students present their research to other students in the group. This is a required seminar for BPP students in the 2nd year and above. For Fall 2010 Ernesto Dal Bo will be the supervising faculty member.

Students can access the "Student Version" of this page, and can debate issues relating to this course there.

Class Details

The class is as follows:

• Thursdays from 12pm to 2pm - Note that this may have conflicts for some students (see below)
• In F555
• With Ernesto Dal Bo
• Starting 2nd Sept (Instruction formally begins Thurs Aug 26th) and ending Dec 2nd (classes formally end 3rd Dec)
• Thurs 11th Nov and Thurs 25th Nov are listed in the Calender as Academic/Administrative Holidays
• By tradition/convention the presenter brings "classy" chocolate for all to share

Schedule of Classes

Note that the following schedule is still tentative and subject to change:

• Thurs 2nd Sept - Ed
• Thurs 9th Sept - The second year students (unconfirmed)
• Thurs 16th Sept - Justin
• Thurs 23rd Sept - Vito
• Thurs 30th Sept - Sharon
• Thurs 7th Oct - Bryan
• Thurs 14th Oct - Dylan
• Thurs 21st Oct - Neil
• Thurs 28th Oct - Orie
• Thurs 4th Nov - Pablo
• Thurs 11th Nov - No Class
• Thurs 18th Nov - Amy
• Thurs 25th Nov - No Class
• Thurs 2nd Dec - Sharat

Unresolved Issues

There are 14 current BPP students in years 2 through 6, and only 12 slots. Possible solutions include:

• As is tradition, the second years could share a (possibly extended since there are 3) slot
• We could add another class

There maybe scheduling conflicts with the currently proposed seminar time slot. The students will explore this and report back to the faculty when they reach a consensus.