Computer Science Graduate Student Group

The CS Graduate Student Group is run by and for the graduate students of the Computer Science Department. The group is organized with a steering committee and several tsars.

Steering Committee

An elected three-member steering committee represents the CSGSG to the faculty. Any graduate student in the CS department is eligible to serve on the steering committee. Elections for the steering committee are held each spring and are announced over the CS graduate student email list. Students may nominate themselves or one another, although a student must accept their nomination in order to be a candidate.

Jonathan Dorn

Juhi Ranjan

Panayiotis Steele

Responsibilities: The primary function of the CSGSG steering committee is to provide representation for the computer science graduate student body. This includes serving as a liaison between the faculty and graduate students when appropriate. Primary tasks include, but are not limited to:

attend faculty meetings
maintain CSGSG web pages
organize orientation week for new graduate students (held each August)
organize prospective student weekend for candidate graduate students (held each February)
facilitate town hall meetings with department chair (held once or twice per year)
supervise election of new members to the steering committee
appoint student tsars
organize graduate student feedback on faculty candidates

Tsars

Appointed tsars are responsible for specific CSGSG activities like social events and desk space management. Tsars are appointed ad hoc by the steering committee, typically after being recruited by the outgoing Tsar they are replacing. If you are interested in helping out with a particular Tsar's job, the best person to talk to is the current Tsar, or else to the Steering Committee if the position is currently vacant.

Desk Tsar
- Moderate overall distribution of space and computer resources for students
- Moderate disagreements between students regarding space and computers
- Provide input to the CSGSG and the faculty space committee regarding available student space
Happy Hour Tsar
- Organize weekly Happy Hour outings for graduate students
- Serve as point of contact for miscellaneous social gatherings
Tea Time Tsar
- Maintain host sign up list, encouraging people to sign up if necessary
- Make sure that tea occurs every week as scheduled
- Act as contact point in case of complaints, room needs to be moved, time needs to be changed, etc.
- Make sure room for tea time is reserved at the beginning of each semester
- Post who is holding tea time each week to appropriate news groups, etc.
- Ensure tea time web pages are up to date with latest times, etc.
Lounge Tsar
- Maintain the appearance of the lounge (not necessarily alone, but by organizing people to provide services as necessary)
- Manage a group of people to maintain the food and drink supplies, and endeavor to maintain their availability
- Maintain and monitor funds in lock box
- Maintain lounge web pages