Submit 1st complete draft
of thesis (candidacy, MS, PhD) at least 8 weeks before planned defense
date.
Try to avoid scheduling a proposal,
MS or PhD defense in November or December.
Defend proposal at least 6 months
before a planned PhD defense; ideally in the first semester of the 4th
year.
Authorship on Publications:
From time to time, questions
about authorship come up. The Group follows these guidelines (from: Hanawalt,
P. C., "Research collaborations: Trial, trust, and truth." Cell2006,
126, 823-825).
"Not everyone who contributes
to a research project should necessarily be granted coauthorship on the
resulting papers. Every listed author should have contributed substantially
to the project with respect to its conception, the design and/or performance
of the experiments, the analysis of the results, and/or the drafting
of the manuscript describing the project. All authors (and especially
students!) should participate in critical reading and approval of the
final manuscript submitted for publication. Each author should understand
the research problem and should be able to offer an intelligent discussion
of the entire project from the perspective of their own involvement in
it. There should never be any “courtesy authors,” who may
have been selected because of previous efforts in this research area
or who are considered to add credibility or prestige to the publication
(or to themselves), or for any other reason. Those who provide services
such as statistical advice or administrative support should not be granted
authorship but can be thanked in the acknowledgments."
