So, the cool part of last week. Well after my semester off from working, I figured I had better find something to do this semester as it isn't cheap to be out here, and my experiments with the money tree haven't panned out yet. So one of my professors from last semester, Prof. Austin, mentioned near the end of class that he was hiring people do research fo him. Since I thought his class was cool, I would investigate.

I tried to meet up with him over the break, but he was never around or busy. This semester started and I have him for another class. So while we were doing introductions, I mnetioned I was not doing any research, but was looking. Well, before the next class, he came up to me and asked if I would be interested in working for him. So I talked to him about it, and the rest is history! I'm now a graduate student research assistant (GSRA) in the Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory (ACAL).

I'm going to be working on a software simulator of an iPAQ. Another cool thing is that my tuition is paid ($6,500 bill no more!) and I get a very reasonable monthly stipend as well. This si going to be a very interesting semester and it should give me some valuable experience on whether I want to go on for that"advanced" degree.

Posted by Curt at January 17, 2002 11:38 PM