Recurring activities
This page lists all the things RAs need to take care of on a recurring basis. Daily checklist
Daily checklist
These tasks should be split among all the RAs working on a given day. It is your responsibility to ensure that they are all done every day.
Meetings & seminars
Individual Meeting
Individual meetings are typically held weekly or biweekly to provide personalized guidance and support for your research progress. These meetings are crucial for discussing your specific tasks, addressing challenges, and ensuring alignment with lab goals.
Meeting Preparation: Prepare a concise slide deck to structure the discussion.
Remember, individual meetings are for your benefit—come prepared to make the most of this dedicated time!
🤝 Group Weekly Syncs
Lab meetings are usually held weekly or biweekly. Graduate students, lab staff, and undergraduate students taking research for credit are expected to attend all lab meetings and to arrive prepared (i.e., having read any assigned papers before the lab meeting). If you can't attend a meeting, you must let Hua know ahead of time. Lab meeting topics (including any readings) will be announced weekly in advance via Slack #sharing .
We typically use lab meetings to get feedback on new research ideas or a manuscript in progress, practice for an upcoming talk, or discuss a paper. Grad students, postdocs, and thesis students are required to present in lab meetings regularly. RAs are not required to do so, but they can give a project idea or a good suggestion for a discussion topic.
Information on the lab meeting date, time, and topic is posted in #sharing on Slack.
☕️ Zoom or in-person Coffee Chat
We meet once a month for coffee for whoever is open and interested or whoever fancies a chat!
Each student is expected to plan his semester and meet with Hua about it before the end of the first two weeks of the semester.
🎲 Team Event
As we don't want to wait for our next offsite to spend some quality time together and sparkle our days, we're trying to organize team events on a regular basis.
🌍 Offsites
Every few months we arrange a group offsite so we can all meet face-to-face.
Departmental Seminars
During the semester, there are many talks in SCAI that we encourage all lab members to attend. You can sign up to receive talk announcements for each individual seminar at the links below, and whenever there is a particularly good talk, we will post it on #sharing. Most of these seminars also offer free food!
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