Monthly Archives: April 2009

Presentation Zen

In the previous entry, alternate methodologies for presentation preparation were stressed upon. It looks like some one has a lot of things figured out. Garr  Reynolds is the former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Computer, Inc. and … Read More »

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PowerPoint slides

The stereotypical PowerPoint presentations with monotonous design, lots of bullet points and topic-subtopic structure have received much criticism. This has been covered in the New York Times. Similar concerns have been voiced in Wired Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. Whereas … Read More »

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AAIM 2009

International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM) is intended to provide a forum for researchers working in design and analysis of algorithms, game theory, and combinatorial optimization to present their newest results. In AAIM 2009 conference which … Read More »

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Ideal timing of a presentation

After weeks of arrangements, we finally had our BCTCS conference last week. Luckily my presentation was early on in the conference. This meant that I did not have to worry about the slides or timing of the presentation after that … Read More »

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PhD Comics

When the new AMS blog started, its aim was to cover issues faced by graduate students. One comment that caught my eye was “Isn’t this blog totally redundant with PhD Comics?”

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AMS Blog

The AMS (American Mathematical Society) is one of the premier mathematics organizations. It is well known for its research programs, surveys, employment services and publications including Mathematical Reviews. It also raises public awareness of mathematics.

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ResearchChannel.org

Research talks can be very useful in giving an overview of a paper, highlighting some thing especially interesting about the paper or summarizing the novel technique used. In an earlier entry, videolectures.net, a website focused on research videos was highlighted. … Read More »

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