iMPACT - Mobile Computing at ASU

PhD Proposal and Thesis Defense Timeline and Checklist
(For Computer Science students only)

Weeks Prior to Deadline	Proposal	Dissertation
10	Contact committee to schedule defense date	Contact committee to schedule defense date
9	Submit a proposal draft to Dr. Gupta. (See example Proposal) Submit a presentation draft to Dr Gupta	Submit a thesis draft to Dr. Gupta. (See example Proposal) Submit a presentation draft to Dr Gupta
8	Finalize oral exam date with committee	With acknowledgement from Dr. Gupta, finalize oral exam date with the committee
7	Get feedback from Dr. Gupta.
6	Lab Presentation - first attempt
5	Lab Presentation - second attempt
4	Submit proposal document to committee Request comprehensive exam questions from committee Finalize Program of Study with Graduate College	Submit thesis to committee
3	Submit Defense Announcement (HOWTO) to the Computer Science department.
2	Receive comprehensive exam questions from committee	1st mock defense
1	Written answers due Prepare presentation of answers for Oral Exam	2nd mock defense
D-Day	Comprehensive Oral Exam Proposal Defense	D-Fense!
	Post-defense duties
		Make changes to the dissertation Update the website with the dissertation file, presentation file and BibTex entry Update the personnel page (move yourself to alumni) Cleanup, organize and document your research data (simulation files etc) Update the aliases (/etc/aliases) and sudoers (/etc/sudoers) Settle the working/unfinished papers. Present this checklist to get the final signature