The Graduate Research and Discussion Seminars (GRaDS) are student-organized lunch talks open to CS graduate students in any area.
Students speak at GRaDS to practice for conference or job talks, inform their fellow students on their research, or simply build their presentation skills.
As a more informal venue than most, GRaDS is a great resource for students to practice important talks and get feedback from their peers.
It also allows the graduate student body to remain informed about the research going on in other labs at UMN.
GRaDS is held biweekly on Fridays, announced on the cscigrads@umn.edu email list.
Students (used to, before COVID-19) gather in Keller Hall 2-212 for a catered lunch and an hour of presentation.