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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Modeling Systems
“Things should be made as simple as possible – but no simpler.” (Albert Einstein) Mathematical models are abstractions of complex systems. Such systems are used in physical sciences, and also in social science disciplines such as economics. In their book … Read More
Hamming’s advice: need for change
Richard Hamming (same Hamming as in Hamming distance!) was one of the most dynamic and successful mathematician and computer scientists. He was also the founder of the ACM. He had some very interesting insights into ways of becoming a highly … Read More
Tagged: inter-disciplinary, Research
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Two Upcoming Events in London
The British Computer Society is arranging a ‘Visions for computer science conference‘. The meeting is from 22-24 September. The event has been advertised as following: The BCS is launching its first international academic conference, intended as a major international event … Read More
Tagged: BCS, computer science, IMA, Mathematics, Turing Award
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Trip to Liverpool
I was at Liverpool in early September for two back-to-back conferences/workshops. Both of the meetings were on interdisciplinary areas related to computer science and economics. The first meeting was on market based control and was funded by BAE, BT, HP … Read More
Elements of Style
Whenever my office mates are proof-reading a paper, submitting a report or reviewing an article, we end up discussing some finer points of English grammar or style. The last time this happened, one of my office mates quoted a book … Read More
Tagged: The Elements of Style, Writing
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Problem Solving & Research: Advice from Descartes
Research in mathematical sciences and computer science is in many ways a matter of problem solving. One tries to use whatever tools one has to get one’s way round a problem. I was recently impressed by someone from the seventeenth … Read More
Timely Communication
Michael Mitzenmacher has published a post about a book on the topic of being a female science professor. This book is a collection of random thoughts of the blogger. Although there are some entries from the point of view of … Read More
