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Cherry Murray appointed to oil spill panel
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Cherry Murray appointed to oil spill panel

Dean of Harvard's SEAS, Cherry Murray, is to be appointed to President Obama's oil spill panel.

Crimson Article on SEAS
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Crimson Article on SEAS

This article from the Crimson on the state of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from a couple of weeks ago serves as a good primer for me on...

Hectic Week, Finally Over!
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Hectic Week, Finally Over!

Co-located conferences make for a hectic week!  Again, my thanks to the Microsoft local arrangement team (especially Paul Oka) for setting up STOC, which I thought...

STOC/FOCS Opinion : Guest Post by Boaz Barak
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STOC/FOCS Opinion : Guest Post by Boaz Barak

Boaz Barak asked to give a guest post on the recent STOC/FOCS issue and the question of accepting more papers. So I hand the floor over to Boaz:Do we really need...

Branding Your Research (and Yourself)
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Branding Your Research (and Yourself)

In honor of being at EC, a post on branding. In theory, your research will be judged and appreciated based on its intrinsic quality, and your scientific reputation...

EC Day 1
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EC Day 1

EC is an interesting mix of theory/AI/economics and many other things as well (data mining, social computing, user interfaces....)  Definitely a bit of a hodgepodge...

STOC 2010, and Some Business Meeting Notes
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STOC 2010, and Some Business Meeting Notes

STOC 2010 appears to be running quite smoothly.  I've been popping in and out -- the problem with being a local is that I actually have to go home at reasonable...

Conference Attendance :  How to Keep it Strong?
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Conference Attendance : How to Keep it Strong?

In honor of the STOC business meeting coming up shortly: STOC, CCC, and EC are all apparently poised to have very strong attendance this year -- from what I understand...

Announcement:  Matt Welsh Tenured
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Announcement: Matt Welsh Tenured

I'm very, very pleased to announce that Matt Welsh's Harvard tenure case has been successful.   There's a number of wonderful things I could say about Matt andthe...

SIGCOMM Travel Grants
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SIGCOMM Travel Grants

I was asked by the SIGCOMM program chairs to remind everyone that there are travel grants available, especially for students, postdocs, and junior faculty.  Since...

Will Google Buy ITA?
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Will Google Buy ITA?

As long-time readers of the blog know, I am a fan of ITA software, the company with the fare-finding technology and search engine that powers Orbitz and several...

What Work to Give Up?
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What Work to Give Up?

I'm not yet sure how many hours a week being a Chair (oops, "Area Dean") will chew up, but I think it's safe to say it will be a non-trivial number.  I'm generally...

Bertinoro Day 3
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Bertinoro Day 3

Since I left, Andrew McGregor tool over and has posted a summary of day 3 on his polylogblog, which is also now added (at the top!) on the bloglist at the right...

Bertinoro, Day 2
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Bertinoro, Day 2

Bertinoro is a really beautiful city.  I just felt like saying that.Today's talks:  Geppino Pucci talked about Bluetooth networks, modeled as a variation of random...

Personal News : "New Job"
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Personal News : "New Job"

Since it's more or less been publicly announced at this point, I may as well announce it here:  starting July 1, I'll be the new Area Dean for Computer Scienceunlike...

Blogging from Bertinoro
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Blogging from Bertinoro

I'm here at Bertinoro (a beautiful, out-of-the-way, small town in Italy) for the 2010 version of Random GRAALS (= graphs and algorithms), a workshop that we'vestandard...

Extension Results
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Extension Results

At the start of semester, at one point I had 48 people signed up for my extension Algorithms and Data Structures course, which I said from day one would not last...

Giving in to Student Demands
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Giving in to Student Demands

I received my student reviews today, and while I could easily post days' worth of discussions on them, suffice to say there's a non-trivial minority of students...

Links to Look At
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Links to Look At

Matt Welsh has what he tells me is his most-read post ever about The Secret Lives of Professors.  I'll help promote it here, but save my commentary for the comments...

Grade Inflation?
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Grade Inflation?

I know Harvard is supposed to be famous for its grade inflation, but that's not generally the case in my class (and, I think, for our CS classes in general).  Having...
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