1. Prof. Matt Might University of Utah, Computer Science (adapted by Craig Blewett from http://gizmodo.com/5613794/what-is-exactly-a-doctorate) What Exactly is a PhD? www.nexted.info
2. What Exactly is a PhD? Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge www.nexted.info
3. What Exactly is a PhD? By the time you finish elementary school you know a little www.nexted.info
4. What Exactly is a PhD? By the time you finish high school you know a bit more www.nexted.info
5. What Exactly is a PhD? With a Bachelor’s degree you gain a specialty www.nexted.info
6. What Exactly is a PhD? A Master’s Degree deepens that specialty www.nexted.info
7. What Exactly is a PhD? Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge www.nexted.info
8. What Exactly is a PhD? Once you’re at the boundary, you focus! www.nexted.info
9. What Exactly is a PhD? You PUSH at the boundary for a few years www.nexted.info
10. What Exactly is a PhD? Until one day the boundary gives way! www.nexted.info
11. What Exactly is a PhD? PhD And that dent you have made…that is called a PhD! www.nexted.info
12. What Exactly is a PhD? Of course the world looks different to you now. www.nexted.info
13. What Exactly is a PhD? But don’t forget the BIGGER picture! www.nexted.info