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Beyond Worst Case Analysis -- Preparing a Talk

A few months ago, Tim Roughgarden mailed me to say was putting together a little workshop on the theme of Beyond Worst Case Analysis, and would I like to be one... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 22, 2011 at 02:48 PM

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Rabin's 80th Birthday Celebration

Big announcement: We'll be having an 80th birthday conference celebration for Michael Rabin at Harvard at the end of August. Lots of great talks by big-name CS... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 18, 2011 at 08:09 PM

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Guest Post: Diego Basch on The Need for Speed

Diego Basch is the CEO and founder of IndexTank, a hosted search service that powers major web sites such as Reddit, Twitvid, blip.tv, as well as providing a WordPress... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 18, 2011 at 12:05 AM

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SODA in Japan

I hadn't even noticed SODA was in Japan before submitting. I just figured wherever it was I'd be willing to go, as January in Boston is a fine time to be elsewhere... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 12, 2011 at 07:00 PM

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Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index

The comments from the last post (thanks, David Andersen) spurred me to mention the following.I do check Google Scholar for my own work fairly regularly. Not to... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 9, 2011 at 03:27 PM

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h-index != impact

Suresh and Daniel Lemire (in Google+ posts) have pointed to the following paragraph from this blog: The sad thing is that young people have now been terrified... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 8, 2011 at 04:46 PM

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Various Goings On

I've not been a Facebook user, but I was invited to join Google+, so I set up a picture and am waiting to see what it's all about. I'm afraid that for the most... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 7, 2011 at 01:58 AM

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Google

When I left Google last December, it was an open secret that Google was developing a social networking product. Now that Google has released Google+, I am at liberty... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 4, 2011 at 02:24 PM

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Odd SODA Rules, and Other Conference Paper Complaints

Suresh points out we have some strange new SODA submission rules this year: Full submissions should begin with the title of the paper, each author's name, affiliation... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM

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UC Budget Woes

The new California budget call for $650 million in cuts to the UC systems -- I understand $500 million had already been planned, they added $150 million on topSan... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 29, 2011 at 07:50 PM

From The Noisy Channel

InSecret: A LinkedIn Hackday Master Tries Something Different

LinkedIn Hackdays are an awesome opportunity for innovation — learn more about them here. But first check out this unusual entry by Hackday master Dhananjay Ragade... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 25, 2011 at 04:48 AM

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Probability Assignments Using Set

I'm gearing up for teaching my graduate course on randomized algorithms and probabilistic analysis next semester. It's been a while since I've taught it, and I'm... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 24, 2011 at 07:55 PM

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It Just Works

Given that I work for the world’s largest professional network, I take work very personally. I’m also deeply involved in LinkedIn’s hiring process, which gives... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 24, 2011 at 06:20 AM

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New Books Worth Looking At

New books are coming out all the time, but here are two big ones that stick out in my mind (perhaps because I've seen the authors recently). [Feel free to mention... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 20, 2011 at 12:49 AM

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Foo for Thought

Last weekend I had the extraordinary privilege to attend Foo Camp, an annual gathering of about 250 Friends Of O’Reilly (aka Foo). Tim O’Reilly, Sara Winge, and... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 18, 2011 at 08:29 PM

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NSF Changing Broader Impacts

The NSF is changing its description of its merit criteria -- specifically, what the Broader Impacts criteria will be. The details are still being worked out, and... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 17, 2011 at 12:32 PM

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Dr. Georgios Zervas

Congratulations to Georgios (alternatively, Giorgos), who defended his thesis today.* (There's still some paperwork to get in, but we drank the champagne afterward... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 17, 2011 at 12:25 AM

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NY Times on Computing

A couple of days ago there was a NY Times article on computing being cool (again), including a shout-out to Harvard's own CS 50 and of course the Social Network... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 13, 2011 at 06:40 PM

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2012 PCs

In an effort to return to normalcy, I find myself agreeing to serve on PCs again this year. NSDI 2012 call for papers is up. Dina Katabi and Steve Gribble went... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 12, 2011 at 06:21 PM

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Christos Faloutsos: Mining Billion-Node Graphs

As promised, here is a video of CMU professor Christos Faloutsos‘s recent tech talk at LinkedIn on “Mining Billion-Node Graphs“. Enjoy! And check out our next week’s... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 9, 2011 at 03:00 AM