Re:Theoretical Computer Science Cheat Sheet [pdf]
by yessertuto on Friday March 20, 2015 @12:42AM
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Do PhD students have written exams? I thought they did research and wrote papers? How can you write an exam to test a PhD student when they are the ones coming up with the knowledge in the area?
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Re:Theoretical Computer Science Cheat Sheet [pdf]
by honorious on Friday March 20, 2015 @03:43AM
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PhD students take classes, and some of them do have written exam (in CS theory more than other parts of CS). In the US, where the PhD is 5 years, you spent a good portion of the first 2 years taking classes.
Before coming up with new knowledge you need to know what's already out there.