Graduate studies matters
Courses
What courses are offered by Cornell’s CEE School? How about other departments? All information about courses, enrollment etc. are provided on the website of the Cornell University Registrar. An additional resources we recommend checking out is the EWRS class-list, which contains reviews of courses taken by former EWRS students. Ask Stefano for the credentials to access the class-list.
CEE Graduate Field handbook
Aside from courses, you will need information on requirements, deadlines, exams etc. This information is consolidated in the CEE Graduate Field handbook.
Previous theses and exams
This is a comprehensive list of theses and exams from former and current lab members.
Preliminary exams
PhD defense
PhD theses
MSc theses
- Hunter Douglas thesis
Literature starter-pack
We prepared a reading list for a few important research topics
- Macro-energy systems
- Large-scale hydrological modelling
- Remote sensing for hydrology
- Reservoir operations
- AI / ML for:
- Cyber-security of water infrastructure
- Hydrology and energy systems of:
- Global studies
- Southeast Asia
- South Asia
- CONUS
Conferences
Which conferences should I attend? To answer this question, it is first important to think about your community, since every scientific community organizes conferences that may be relevant to you. This said, please find below a non-comprehensive list of conferences that CIS Lab members attend:
Tools for Discovering and Mining Scientific Literature
Efficient literature discovery is essential for staying current and building a strong foundation for research. Several tools support academic exploration, citation mapping, and literature mining:
- ResearchRabbit: A visual discovery platform that lets you explore networks of related papers, co-authors, and research topics. Especially useful for identifying overlooked but relevant work.
- Website: https://www.researchrabbit.ai
- Connected Papers: Generates a visual graph of papers related to a “seed” paper using co-citation and similarity metrics. Helpful for finding conceptual neighborhoods.
- Website: https://www.connectedpapers.com
- Litmaps: Allows you to track and visualize how papers are connected over time. Useful for longitudinal research mapping.
- Website: https://www.litmaps.com
- Semantic Scholar: Uses AI to extract key insights (e.g., methods, data sets) and ranks results by relevance. Includes citation influence metrics.
- Website: https://www.semanticscholar.org
- Lens.org: A powerful tool for literature and patent search with exportable citation graphs and advanced filtering.
- Website: https://www.lens.org
For automated mining, tools like scholarly (Python) and APIs from Crossref, OpenAlex, or Semantic Scholar can be used to build custom search pipelines or citation networks.
