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New PhD Student Checklist

Getting started in the HRI group at Monash Robotics.

Community

Required Training & Access

  • Complete OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) lab induction
  • Gain access to meeting rooms through departmental admin
  • Request lab equipment training as needed

Regular Meetings

Meeting Time Format
HRI Group weekly Thursday 10–11am Zoom
Reading group Wednesday 11am–12pm Paper discussions

Tools & Resources

Category Tools
Paper access Monash OpenAthens bookmarklet
Writing Overleaf (free via IEEE), LaTeX + VSCode
Computing M3, Pawsey, NCI — see HPC guides
Reference management Mendeley, Zotero, JabRef

Key Contacts

Person Role
Phil Lab technician — hardware, 3D printing
Maria / Emily Lab supplies
Grad office PhD admin and questions
eResearch team Computation and secure storage