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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Economics and Computer Science
Joan Feigenbaum is one of the leading computer scientists researching at the intersection of economics and computer science. Although economists have thought about rationality, fairness, cooperation and incentives for a long time, they did not consider computational feasibility in their … Read More
Knowing Everything About Nothing!
There is a very funny comic at phdcomics.com that shows that as one progresses from undergraduate studies to Phd, one changes from knowing a little about everything to knowing a lot about something. What you don’t want is to know … Read More
Tagged: PhD, Research
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BCTCS
The British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science (BCTCS) 2009 website is now up. It is good to know that I won’t have to travel because the event is happening at Warwick University. On the other hand I will be expected … Read More
Tagged: BCTCS, theoretical computer science
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PhD Proposals
I got an email from a student who wanted guidance about how to approach some one within a department for a Phd placement under him/her. As I had studied previously at the same university, I felt obliged to send a … Read More
Tagged: PhD, research proposal
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Companion’s Advice
In the The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, the last section is on advice to mathematicians. Most of the advice applies to any kind of researchers. Sir Michael Atiyah, has some valuable advice for young researchers. The advice ranges from independence … Read More
Tagged: Mathematics, PhD, Science
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Algorithmic Decision Theory
Every two years, DIMACS and LAMSADE (at University Paris Dauphine) organize a workshop on algorithmic decision theory. This year it happened to be in Paris. The workshop was jointly held with the COST IC0602 program, which is a European collaborative … Read More
Tagged: Academics, Algorithmic decision theory, Dimacs, Lamsade, PhD, workshop
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How to Have a Bad Research Career
David Patterson has an amusing way of giving advice on research careers. He advises on ‘How to have a bad research career‘! Well, if one wants to avoid pitfalls it is always good to know what the pitfalls are. Among … Read More
Tagged: Careers, Research
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