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 research. Feigenbaum discusses these and other issues in an interview in ACM Ubiquity. (more…)
Archive for November, 2008
Economics and Computer Science
Friday, November 28th, 2008Knowing Everything About Nothing!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008There 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 everything about nothing! (more…)
BCTCS
Friday, November 21st, 2008The 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 to help out in the organization. For those of who do not know, BCTCS is an annual UK theoretical computer science conference. However, the BCTCS committee also tries to coordinate other activities apart from the annual colloquium. The following is the official aim of the BCTCS meeting: (more…)
PhD Proposals
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008I 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 detailed reply. (more…)
Companion’s Advice
Friday, November 14th, 2008In 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 in research, to your relationship with your supervisor. Atiyah is of the view that students should feel confident in changing supervisors if things don’t work out in the first year. (more…)
