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Beyond Worst Case Analysis -- Preparing a Talk
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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...

Rabin's 80th Birthday Celebration
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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...

SODA in Japan
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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...

Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index
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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...

h-index != impact
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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...

Various Goings On
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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...

Odd SODA Rules, and Other Conference Paper Complaints
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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...

UC Budget Woes
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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...

Probability Assignments Using Set
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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...

New Books Worth Looking At
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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...

NSF Changing Broader Impacts
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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...

Dr. Georgios Zervas
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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...

NY Times on Computing
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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...

2012 PCs
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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...

ITCS
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ITCS

I was asked to post the call for papers for the (renamed) Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science conference.  (I'm glad they finally changed the name -- see...

FCRC Continued
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FCRC Continued

I've been enjoying FCRC;  of course, I like large conferences where lots of people show, as long as they're run well.  Rooms have been pretty full at the talks,...

Harvard CS Hires (2011 Edition)
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Harvard CS Hires (2011 Edition)

At FCRC, I'm getting asked a lot about hiring.  Our hiring season still isn't quite yet finished, but I'm going to go ahead and announce three new faculty who will...

FCRC : Awards Banquet
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FCRC : Awards Banquet

I got to FCRC a little early to attend the ACM Awards Reception and Banquet.  (Les Valiant nicely put my name on a list.)  For more on the awards you can also go...

Justin's Poster at FCRC
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Justin's Poster at FCRC

Justin Thaler, a student I'm advising (or, quite arguably, the other way around), will be at the poster session for STOC, ready to talk about a bunch of his currently...

Deletion Channel Pointer : Kanoria and Montanari
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Deletion Channel Pointer : Kanoria and Montanari

For those half a dozen of us in the world who care about the deletion channel (and perhaps I'm overcounting), I'm a bit late in pointing to the now available extended...
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