June 2021 - Gradstudents - mailman.cs.vt.edu

Second Registration Window for Fall 2021 - August 2nd through August 27th
by Trey Mayo 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

The Web Add/Drop Period for the Fall 2021 semester opens Monday, August 2nd and runs through Friday, August 27th in HokieSpa <http://hokiespa.vt.edu>. The points below will help you with navigating this process. What does this mean? It means that you will have the opportunity to register for your fall 2021 courses. We encourage you to register as early as possible in this window, to improve your chances of getting the classes that you want for the fall term. When do Fall 2021 classes begin? Fall 2021 classes will begin on Monday, August 23rd. What other registration-related deadlines (e.g., last day to add or drop and to avoid tuition penalties) should I know about the fall term? Please see the Academic Calendar <https://www.registrar.vt.edu/dates-deadlines/academic-calendar/2021-2022.ht…> on the Office of the University Registrar’s page for all important registration-related deadlines. You will also eventually find the tuition and fee schedule for fall 2021 on the Bursar’s website <http://bursar.vt.edu>. Please note that the last day to drop a class without tuition penalty is Monday, August 23, the first day of classes. I see there are sections of the same course offered at Blacksburg and the National Capital Region? Does it matter which one I sign up for since they’re all VT? Yes, it very much does matter, even if they are often the same course offering given by the same instructor. You should sign up for sections associated with the campus that you enrolled at. Please be sure to review the Timetable of Classes <https://onecampus.vt.edu/launch-task/all/timetable?terms=timetable> closely when registering for classes. Make sure that you select the right campus on the top menu when you are looking at the schedule. Do not choose Falls Church campus. Northern Virginia students must select NCR. For in-person (face to face) or hybrid classes: Blacksburg students should sign up for classes listed for the Blacksburg campus. National Capital Region (NCR) students should sign up for classes listed for the National Capital Region (NCR). Often the same exact course is available at both campuses but there are TWO separate CRNs (Course Registration Number). You MUST register for the CRN corresponding to your home campus. Depending on the location of the instructor, the actual course is offered at one campus and is broadcast via Zoom to the other campus. Please do not try to register for a CRN at a campus that you do not attend, as you will get a campus restriction error. For online classes (synchronous or asynchronous): Any student may sign up for a virtual campus course. What do I do if a class I want/need is already full? Please fill out this form <https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6ShepdPgWRo3vlI> to have your request reviewed. You will be notified at a later date of the outcome. We appreciate your patience during this process. We will not consider such requests until at least August 2. What if I am an accelerated undergraduate student? Unfortunately, you will not be able to register for graduate level classes on your own in HokieSpa during this window. To register for graduate level classes, please fill out this form <https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6ShepdPgWRo3vlI> to have your registration processed. We will process these requests as we get them. What if I get a major restriction error? Then you must have the course force-added for you. If it is not a CS course, then you must ask the department that is offering the class, we cannot add you. For CS courses, we will consider such requests starting August 2nd. What if I get a campus restriction error? Are you sure you are registering for the right campus and the right CRN? Remember, you MUST register for the CRN corresponding to your home campus. What if I [still] get a campus restriction error, even if I am trying to register for a course on my campus? Then it could be that there is some problem with your records that you need to get fixed. Please check Hokie Spa, and contact the Registrar’s office at registrar(a)vt.edu <regsitrar(a)vt.edu> or (540) 231-6252. What if I want to register for a 4000 level course? CS undergraduate courses must be force-added using the undergraduate force-add process <https://cs.vt.edu/Undergraduate/ForceAdd.html>. What if I want to register for a cognate course? CS does not own these courses, so any force-add requests must go to the home department. What if the course has a prerequisite listed on the timetable? You should ask the instructor of the course if your background prepares you to take it. Please note that if the prerequisite is CS5044, then all CSA majors already have this prerequisite. What if there is a hold on my account? Then we can’t add you to the course either. You have to get the hold removed. As always, should you need assistance or have any questions, please contact your respective Graduate Coordinator below: - M.Eng. - all students - Samantha Pipkin (samanthap(a)vt.edu) - M.S./Ph.D. students - NCR campus - Roxanne Paul (roxpaul(a)vt.edu) - M.S./Ph.D. students - Blacksburg campus - Sharon Kinder-Potter ( skpotter(a)vt.edu)

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New Online Form Submission Portal for All CSA Graduate Students
by Trey Mayo 03 Jul '21

03 Jul '21

We hope that you are having a good summer. Starting this week, we will be transitioning to a new online form submission portal that will be used to help with tracking and processing forms that need multiple signatures for your program. You may find the link to the online form submission portal at: https://forms.gle/fTLi1fP6saoLMkGe7 - please feel free to bookmark it for future use. The link will also be made available on the graduate program website in the near future. Forms that would be submitted include, but are not limited to: - Application for Simultaneous Degree - Change of Committee - Advisor - Final Exam Card - Graduate Course Withdrawal - CS Independent Study Request Form - Plan of Study - Plan of Study Change Form - Request to Admit Candidate to Final Exam - Start of Semester Defense Exception - Student Resignation/Withdrawal - among others Any forms emailed directly to your respective graduate coordinator prior to this week will still be processed, but any forms emailed to them starting this week will be returned to you asking that you submit them using this form. **MEng Students** - please note that effective immediately, your forms will need to be submitted using the link provided above. The previous link you used to submit forms to Samantha Pipkin will no longer be active. As with any system, we will be making updates and improvements as it gets used. Please let us know if you have any questions. Have a great rest of the week and holiday weekend. Please note that the University and our office will be closed, Monday, July 5th in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

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CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS
by Julia Costello 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS View the following job opportunity. For more available positions, click <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. OPPORTUNITY 1 Clarkston Consulting, Roanoke, Virginia, is seeking a Lab Systems Consultant to join their team through their Lab Systems Bootcamp Program. Flyer attached. Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu Stay up-to-date on CS|Source job and event opportunities <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> CS|Source Website | <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> CS|Source Portal | <https://twitter.com/vt_CS_Source> CS|Source on Twitter

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FYI. Fwd: NEW course in Summer II - Election Security - please share broadly
by Daphne Yao 26 Jun '21

26 Jun '21

A new course on election security. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kiyah Duffey <kduffey7(a)vt.edu> Date: Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 9:51 AM Subject: Fwd: NEW course in Summer II - Election Security - please share broadly To: Good morning, I am writing to share a new Summer II course opportunity with you on behalf of Dr. Robin Russell. Please feel free to share widely with your students and networks as appropriate. Best, Kiyah __ Kiyah J. Duffey, Ph.D. Director, Strategic Initiatives Fralin Life Sciences Institute Virginia Tech 1015 Life Science Circle <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1015+Life+Science+Circle?entry=gmail&sou…>, 224E Blacksburg, VA 24061 FralinLifeSci.vt.edu <http://FralinLifeSci.vt.edu> 919-360-2127 | kduffey7(a)vt.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DADS-all" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dads-all-g+unsubscribe(a)vt.edu. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/vt.edu/d/msgid/dads-all-g/CABEuAvsD%3Dy9fKi%3Dr… <https://groups.google.com/a/vt.edu/d/msgid/dads-all-g/CABEuAvsD%3Dy9fKi%3Dr…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/vt.edu/d/optout. -- Best, Daphne

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For MEng CS Students Final Exam Information
by Samantha Pipkin 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Dear MEng CS students, This email is intended for students who are graduating in Summer 2021. If you are not graduating, you can review for future reference. All Graduate students must schedule a final exam/evaluation in the VT Graduate School Approval System (ESS). Virginia Tech will NOT CONFER YOUR DEGREE if you do not schedule a final exam/evaluation. The MEng CS program does not have a final exam. What you are actually scheduling is an administrative trigger to the Graduate School to review your record for graduation. For MEng CS students the final evaluation is for degree verification purposes only. Please do NOT report in person at the scheduled time. Please follow the attached instructions to schedule your final exam/evaluation in the VT ESS system. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to return email. The building and room number reference Northern Virginia. Blacksburg students must use these options as well. If you are pursuing a simultaneous degree, then you must submit a Request to Admit Candidate to Final Examination form. Simultaneous degree students should not utilize the VT ESS system to schedule a final exam/evaluation. Best, Samantha Samantha Pipkin, Program Coordinator Blacksburg and Northern Virginia Campus Virginia Tech | Master of Engineering 7054 Haycock Road, Room 478 Falls Church, Virginia 22043 <mailto:samanthap@vt.edu> samanthap(a)vt.edu

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For MEng CS Students
by Samantha Pipkin 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Dear MEng CS Students, I will be leaving for vacation on Wednesday, June 30th and returning on Monday, July 12th. I will not have access to email during this time. If you have any questions or immediate concerns, please let me know as soon as possible. Best, Samantha Samantha Pipkin, Program Coordinator Blacksburg and Northern Virginia Campus Virginia Tech | Master of Engineering 7054 Haycock Road, Room 478 Falls Church, Virginia 22043 <mailto:samanthap@vt.edu> samanthap(a)vt.edu

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CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS
by Julia Costello 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS View the following job opportunities. For more available positions, click Handshake <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> . OPPORTUNITY 1 Xator Corporation is seeking an Assurance Engineer, Software Engineer and a TSCM SME/TSCM Inspector. Click to see job descriptions and to apply: https://xator.applytojob.com/apply/lHnPpdQlLa/Information-Assurance-Engineer ?referrer=20210621145130AX7QMDZAQZQ9NZBM https://xator.applytojob.com/apply/jyUVSXYFwX/Software-Engineer?referrer=202 10621145300QKOA8SWK6T6MBXV7 https://xator.applytojob.com/apply/I14w1vo4mh/TSCM-SMETSCM-Inspector?referre r=20210621145346LP3GTIBDC8X2WTSW Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu Stay up-to-date on CS|Source job and event opportunities <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> CS|Source Website | <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> CS|Source Portal | <https://twitter.com/vt_CS_Source> CS|Source on Twitter

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Fwd: [Bburg-fac] CS DNS Servers Retiring
by Cliff Shaffer 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

FYI, in case you are using these DNS servers. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chris Arnold via Bburg-fac <bburg-fac(a)cs.vt.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 12:56 PM Subject: [Bburg-fac] CS DNS Servers Retiring To: <bburg(a)cs.vt.edu> All, 198.82.184.66 198.82.184.67 The DNS servers at these IPs are going to be retired soon. They have long been our recommended configured DNS servers for departmental machines. I now recommend that you use VT's DNS servers. See this article to determine which IPs to use: https://4help.vt.edu/sp?id=kb_article&sys_id=d28d4cd90f22ae00ee5a0bcce1050e… If you use these IPs as your DNS servers when they are retired, then you could lose Internet access. If your machine is part of our SLO Windows domain, then techstaff should automatically set to new DNS servers required for the domain. Chris _______________________________________________ Bburg-fac mailing list Bburg-fac(a)cs.vt.edu -- Dr. Cliff Shaffer Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies Department of Computer Science Phone: (540) 231-4354 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 WWW: www.cs.vt.edu/~shaffer

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2nd Call - Research Study Invitation - $10 for full participation
by Jesse Harden 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

Greetings, My name is Jesse Harden, and I am a graduate student working with Dr. Chris North of Virginia Tech’s computer science department on investigating the potential of 2D Computational Notebooks. Currently, computational notebooks, such as Jupyter Notebooks and Google Colaboratory, structure cells in terms of a 1D list. To help investigate the potential of enabling users to arrange cells in 2D, I would like to invite you to participate in the first session of a 2D Computational Notebook Study. If you decide to participate in this part of the study, you will complete a screening questionnaire to determine eligibility. If you are eligible and are selected, you will then be contacted to complete a pre-study survey, a user study, and a post-user study survey. As part of the pre-study survey, you will answer questions on your prior experience with computational notebooks and the Python programming language. As part of the study, you will be asked to complete a task using a sketch or prototype of a 2D computational notebook. As part of the post-user study survey, you will answer questions about your experience using the sketch or prototype, as well as your general thoughts on the potential of 2D computational notebooks. Participation in this study is voluntary, and any data you provide will be kept confidential. If, after completing the screen questionnaire, you are selected to participate in this study and you complete both the user study and the post-user study survey, you will be compensated $10 in the form of an Amazon gift card. We expect this study to take approximately *1 hour* of your time. If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to reach out to me at jessemh(a)vt.edu. You are not waiving any legal claims, rights or remedies because of your participation in this research study. If you have questions regarding your rights as a research participant, contact the Virginia Tech HRPP Office at 540-231-3732 ( irb(a)vt.edu). I hope you will choose to participate in this research. To volunteer, proceed to the screening questionnaire here: https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VAluyMcjViZHiC (Links to an external site.) <https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VAluyMcjViZHiC> If selected, you will then be contacted later with participation instructions. Thank you for your time, Jesse Harden [This study is purely voluntary, and not connected to any course. Participating (or not participating) will NOT be linked to your course performance(s) and NOT impact your course grade(s) in any way.]

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CS|SOURCE – EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS
by Julia Costello 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

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