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Rejection Blues
by Mirella M. Moro
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Outline
• Submitting your work is important
• Factors influence paper selection
• What to do if paper rejected
• What rejection does not mean
• What rejection means
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Submitting Work
• Work = paper, project proposal, poster …
• Submitting work is important because– Enrich your resume– Force you to clarify your ideas– The reviews may improve your work– Where else would you get an expert opinion
for free?
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Be conscious
Publishing a paper in a major conference/journal is hard
If paper is rejectedDO NOT GIVE UP!!
Therefore
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Because …
Factors beyond the quality of your work may influence paper selection
• Not the right conference track
• Topic beyond the committee’s expertise
• Topic with large number of submissions
• Politics
• Luck
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What to do if rejected?!
• Deal with your emotions• And then
– Read the reviews closely– Validate them– Criticism as a suggestion of improvement– If rejection because a misunderstanding:
clarify your arguments
“Papers are like wine,they need time to mature”
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Rejections does NOT mean
• You’re a failure
• Your work is irrelevant
• You should work on some other topic
• You should change advisor
• You should leave grad school
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Rejection means only one thing:you can improve your paper
1. Write a to-do list from reviewer’s comments
2. Typical items to consider• Improve text readability
• Make contributions crystal clear
• Include more experiments and results
3. Resubmit it to next conference, another journal
Make sure it is published somewhere
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Questions/comments?
“Papers will find their homes”
“Practice makes perfect”
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Getting an Internship
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Outline
• Before applying for an internship
• Why is it important?
• How to get one?
• Application process
• Final advice
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Before anything else
• Make sure he/she agrees with you taking an internship
• Ask for help and contacts
Talk to your advisor
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Internship is important because…
• Enrich your resume
• Collaboration with industry
• Different way of thinking and working
• “Hands on” experience
• Meet other people, expand network of contacts
• Better $alary
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“You convinced me, how do I get one?!”
1. Ask your advisor/peers for contacts
2. Apply directly through companies
websites and/or
3. Email people you (your advisor) know
4. Apply to many companies
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One more thing…
Contacting someone you know within the company increases the chances of your resume
being looked at
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Application process
• Prepare your material (resume, cover letter, transcripts, list of references)
• Research websites of companies
• Learn the rules of the game: per company
• Decide what you want– Development vs. Research (MS vs. MS Research)
• Focus on topics related to your thesis work or experience
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Once you start working
Impress your bosses and team workers
You never know when you may need a reference or a job from them
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Internship improves your education
and should be part of your grad school agenda
Questions/comments?
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Tips on Interview
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Outline
1. Before the interview
2. During the interview– Questions you might be asked
3. After the interview
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1. Before an interviewPREPARE yourself
• Be familiar with the company’s work– E.g. read recent papers, articles on products
• Prepare a list of possible questions YOU may ask at the end of the interview– E.g. if there is already a project for you
≠ Companies ≠ Strategies
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Research vs. Development
Your research experience• Review all your previous work and papers• Keep a list with highlights in front of you
Your development experience
Technical abilities• Review basic concepts of algorithms/coding• Have a computer in hand for coding questions
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2. During the interview
Show enthusiasm
• Listen carefully to questions, explanations
• Make notes (if it helps)
• Act professionally, be polite/respectful
• Always thank for the opportunity
• Always say you look forward to hearing from
them soon
• Dress accordingly (if in-person interview)
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Questions you might be asked• Personal
– What do you see yourself doing in 3, 5 years?
• Research– Why did you use your approach and not something
else or someone else’s?– Know the assumptions and limitations of your work– Prepare summaries of your work with different level
of details (15 seconds, 3 minutes, 20 minutes)
• Technical– Do you know anything about X? What do you think
about X? (BE CAREFUL!)
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3. After the interview
• Keep in touch with your interviewers
• Maybe write a formal “thank you”
Keep in mind
unless you have signed an offer,
nothing is guaranteed
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Whether you get an offer or not:
you have made new, important
contacts for the future
Questions/comments?