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--- findadvisor [2019/12/18 08:36] – Major overhaul - add many various links, more structure. brown
+++ findadvisor [2026/04/06 19:47] (current) – [Misc] instead of linking pdf, linked grad council website that contains pdf. Other minor updates for accessibility asimons
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   * **[[http://appliedmath.ucdavis.edu/people|GGAM Faculty]]**.
   * **[[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/|GMAT Faculty]]**, listed here by **[[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/research/|Research Area]]**.
+Starting Fall 2023, the Graduate Program Committee (GPC) has sent out a list of all math faculty and their availability for students each year (a huge thank you to Laura Starkston for starting this practice!!). Talk to an older graduate student if you want to see the last such list. Note that this is just for pure math students, and does not cover all of the applied math faculty.
 ===== Learning More =====
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   * **[[https://arxiv.org/search/?query=LastName,%20FirstName|arXiv]]**. Even if parsing the titles/abstracts of their publications is a bigger project than makes sense, this publication list can still be useful. arXiv papers are tagged according to broad mathematical topics. (e.g. Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Physics.) Some papers also have their [[https://mathscinet.ams.org/msc/msc2010.html|MSC Classes]] listed.
-  * **[[https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/index.html|MathSciNet]]**. This database tracks which areas someone tends to publish in (with a nice word-cloud, even) and who they tend to collaborate with. It is behind an AMS-membership paywall, but you should be able to access it when connected to eduroam (maybe also the math wifi?)
+  * **[[https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/index.html|MathSciNet]]**. This database tracks which areas someone tends to publish in (with a nice word-cloud, even) and who they tend to collaborate with. It is behind an AMS-membership paywall, but you should be able to access it when connected to eduroam or on the [[https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/service/connect-from-off-campus/|library VPN]].
 ==== Their Other Students ====
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   * **[[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/grad/thesis_adviser/|GMAT/GGAM Thesis Advisers]]** and **[[http://appliedmath.ucdavis.edu/graduate/thesis_adviser|GGAM Thesis Advisers]]**. These lists include only students who have passed their qualifying exam.
-  * **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random|Ex-Students]]**. It could be useful to talk to their //ex-students// who either dropped out or switched advisers. Folks drop out and/or change advisers for all sorts of reasons - not all of them bad. As far as this wiki-editor knows, there is no published list of such students. Your best bet would be to ask around.
+  * **Ex-Students**. It could be useful to talk to their //ex-students// who either dropped out or switched advisers. Folks drop out and/or change advisers for all sorts of reasons - not all of them bad. As far as this wiki-editor knows, there is no published list of such students. Your best bet would be to ask around.
 ==== Talks & Courses ====
-  * **[[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/research/seminars/?type=30|The Faculty Research Seminar]]** features introductory talks by our own faculty. It was organized with the intent to help graduate students find potential advisers. It's also just a nice seminar to attend.
   * **[[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/courses/syllabi/special-topics/|Special Topics Courses]]**. These are offered at a relatively low rate - one each of MAT 180 and MAT 280 each quarter. Even if there isn't an opportunity to take one with a faculty member you're interested in working with, the old course list is a good source of information.
   * **Reading Courses**. These come in three flavors - MAT 298/299/299D. The first is for group reading courses, the second for individual study, and the third for dissertation research. To register for one of these, //talk to the faculty// about what the course woulld be on, and how many units it'd be for. Then fill out the relevant form in the department office. It's common to take at least one MAT 299 with your potential adviser before going into the qualifying exam.
+  * **[[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/research/seminars/?type=30|The Faculty Research Seminar]]** features introductory talks by our own faculty. It was organized with the intent to help graduate students find potential advisers. It's also just a nice seminar to attend, but is not always active. It last ran in Spring 2025.
 ===== Misc =====
-Here is what the graduate council has to say about the advisee/advisor relationship: {{::mentoring.pdf|Mentoring Guidelines}}
+The UC Davis graduate council website has a [[https://grad.ucdavis.edu/resources-mentors|page on mentoring resources]]. It includes the latest mentoring guidelines under the "Overview" tab.
 To see how to prepare for the Qual, go to [[qualadvice|The Qualifying Exam]] tab.