Stress in Research. Part IV: A Tsunami of Logistics
The fourth in a tidal wave of posts about stress in research.
Social Skills in Context, or How being a Professor is Kind of Like Being a Mafia Hitman
Benjamin “Lefty Guns” Ruggiero was a fearsome Mafia hitman in New York in the 70s. According to an undercover FBI agent who knew him well, he was smart and savvy in underworld situations. He could walk into a restaurant where he knew no ...
Stress in Research. Part III: The Trouble about Freedom
The third post in what is becoming an increasingly long series on stress in research.
Stress in Research. Part II: Research Worth and Self-Worth
The second post in what is perhaps a series on stress in research.
Stress in Research. Part I: The Tournament and the Axe
Perhaps the first post in a series.
Travel a lot? Here's how to stay organized, like professors do
We had a fun time on the professors’ Facebook the other day, swapping stories of the dumbest travel mistakes that we’ve made. You know, booking flights to the wrong country, forgetting to book a hotel, registering for the conference twic...
To PhD applicants: A word about department rankings
When I was applying for my PhD, I used rankings of computer science departments to help me decide where to apply. Rankings are never perfect, but I didn’t have access to detailed knowledge of the research landscape, and the rankings help...
How to read a research paper
There’s lots of advice you can read about how to read a research paper. There’s some good advice in this paper:
My special-est email folder
I’ve tried a lot of different methods to organize my email. None of them work.
Making unblinding manageable: Towards reconciling prepublication and double-blind review
There has been a lively debate recently about the review process for research paper submissions, and how to deal with the fact that double-blind review becomes more difficult when many papers are prepublished on sites like arxiv.org befo...