EMDC Winter Event Presentation

1. To be, or not to be...
in Stockholm

2. The first step

3. The summer event

4. Pre-Tip: Go early in August

5. Tips for after-vacation life in
Stockholm

6. Tip #1:
Live in the same place = International Dinners

7. Tip #2:
Live in the same place=Room Gatherings

8. Tip #3:
Shopping: It doesn't have to be IKEA for
everything

9. ● Bikes
● Phones
● Pianos

10. Tip #4:
Cerveza-beer amigo?
#NOT

11. Tip #5:
Have your eyes and ears open for
events!

12. Courses @KTH

13. Philosophy of Science
!= Distributed Systems

14. Tips about Courses
● Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems
Yet Another Chord Ring !
... in case you missed it.

15. Tips about Courses
● Academic Writing
○ Writing !
○ Very nice if you are thinking to pursue a PhD.

16. Tips about Courses
● Implementation of Dist. Sys. == Projects
Choose a
you will like

17. Theeeseeeeesssss!!!!
FINDING A TOPIC
● Go for it!
● Show enthusiasm and interest!
● When to start searching?
○ Earliest: ASAP!
○ Latest: End of 2014

18. Finding a supervisor

19. Finding a thesis topic
● Associated Labs (SICS, INESC, etc)
● Follow-up of project carried in an EMDC subject
● Contact professors
● Contact organizations
● Contact PhD students
● Open Source Projects
● Job fairs

20. Master Thesis

21. Tips for the thesis work

22. Tips for the thesis work
● Organize your (little) time
● Use power tools
○ Google calendar for planning
○ Google docs for notes
○ Zotero for managing references
● Write, write, write!
○ Get used to writing
○ Create a blog/diary to keep track of ideas

23. Life after EMDC...

24. Life after EMDC...

25. Life after EMDC...
● Large demand for reliable, scalable
distributed systems
○ Cloud computing
○ Big data
○ P2P and Decentralized
● Where?
○ Global organizations: Spotify, Ericsson, Telefonica
○ PhD (EMJD-DC ...)
○ Research career: SICS, INESC-ID, BSC

26. Special thanks to:
Vasia, Mariano, Paulo, Ioanna
and of course...