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Monthly Archives: July 2009
The sum is greater than the parts
The Sum is greater than the parts. This is what came to my mind when I was aggregating my PhD research into a thesis format in the summers. Thesis writing involves much more than compiling your research. It is analogous … Read More
Tagged: Writing thesis
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Keeping track of latest research
In scientific research, the speed of new results is high so that not only one needs to obtain interesting new results but also make them public before some one else published them. As a PhD student, I also witnessed this … Read More
PhDs in the insurance industry
I went to a combinatorics meeting recently. Among the technical talks there was one talk by Dr. Angela Koller on graph theory in industry. Dr. Koller is a mathematician by training who had worked as a research assistant at Royal … Read More
Tagged: insurance industry, risk analysis
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Presentations and lectures
Gian-Carlo Rota was a well known mathematician of the twentieth century. He was also known for his innovative teaching style. Rota wrote an essay on the things he wished he had been taught. Although, the essay covers a lot of … Read More
Tagged: lectures, Presentation
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Rudeness in science
I was struck by a blog entry on how rudeness is inherent to being a scientist: “I think that there is an entire extra level of rudeness that comes with being a scientist and it’s nothing to be ashamed of.” … Read More
Tagged: rudeness, sciencetific exchange
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