ChapterZero

Turns out I’m supposed to be registered for 36 hours of research credits for the summer. After talking to some of the 2nd year grad students, I was under the impression I could do whatever I wanted to for the summer, but not so says the registrar. It’s already three weeks into summer, so … I feel like a fool asking someone to work with them now, but it must be done. I just emailed one of the ACM professors, who specializes in stochastic processes and PDEs, and asked him if I could speak with him about doing research. Since I don’t know much about either one of those subjects, I actually asked if I could do a research project or a reading under him. One of the other grad students told me that he’s working on protein folding; that’s sounds very interesting. He’s my first shot into the dark. I hope I don’t have to make many more; I’d like to get my stuff in order ASAP. I suppose if he’s too busy or declines for some other reason, I can see if my academic advisor will let me take a reading under him. 36 hours of reading? Ha ha…

Possibly relevant posts:

• On UCB (5/21/2004)
• searching for research, pt 2 (6/21/2007)
• Life Plans (5/29/2004)