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Monthly Archives: January 2009
The Future of Science
Michael Nielsen has an interesting essay on the future of science on his blog. Nielsen examines the advantages of online tools in scientific collaboration and also identifies critical issues on why the tools have not worked wonders till now:
Tagged: Future of science
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RAE 2008: A look at theoretical computer science
This is a follow-up to the earlier entry on the recently held RAE. I was interested in the assessment of the state of research in my field, namely theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics. These two areas are broadly covered … Read More
Research: role of problem solving
Physicist Michael Nielsen has some good advice on problem solving in research. The following is his insight on the skills of a problem solving approach to research: Clarity, goals, and forward momentum: Nielsen mentions that being clear about one’s goal … Read More
Research: role of problem creating
Physicist Michael Nielsen has an interesting insight into the creative process in research. He divides the creative process into two roles: problem solving and problem creating. He explains that the problem solver tries to solve well-posed, well-known difficult problems and … Read More
Making the most of a PhD
Michael Mitzenmacher discusses the sub aims of PhD students. His main point is that a PhD is a long term process, and if one does some parallel processing one can achieve more targets than simply finishing a PhD:
Tagged: PhD
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December
December has been a strange month. Although my intention was to accelerate on thesis write-up, most of the time has been spent composing research statements and submitting applications for research jobs that sounded interesting. Although, the PhD summary part of … Read More
Tagged: December, Research Applications
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Videolectures.net
The internet has expedited the information age in every way. Academic collaboration has been facilitated by online communication. I wanted to highlight a new website which has many scientific lectures online. Compared to generic video sites such as www.video.google.com/ and … Read More
