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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...

Practical Uses of Induction
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Practical Uses of Induction

See!  Who says this stuff isn't useful....

Annual Facing the Reviews
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Annual Facing the Reviews

Teaching reviews for spring (Algorithms and Data Structures) came in today;  time to face the music once again.Actually, this year, my numbers were up substantially...

NSF Bows to Blog Pressure (Tongue-in-Cheek)
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NSF Bows to Blog Pressure (Tongue-in-Cheek)

As some of you may recall, I accused the NSF of being "misguided" in changing its graduate fellowship policy to effectively disallow teaching.   So I was please...

Serving Non-Majors in CS Classes
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Serving Non-Majors in CS Classes

At the end of the year, I gave a short in-house presentation highlighting some aspects of the state of CS at Harvard.  In gathering data, one thing that struckDavid...

Daily Updates
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Daily Updates

Getting slowly back into blogging, some happenings from the day.I've gotten a couple of nice notes from students saying they learned a lot from my class this semester...

Back to Blogging
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Back to Blogging

I've given my final, and have grades ready to submit.  The semester is over! Over the summer I may do some blogging again, as I may have time for it.  I was noticing...

Harvard CS -- Growth in Women Majors
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Harvard CS -- Growth in Women Majors

Some good news for us.   With the growth in our introductory course, more women are declaring Computer Science as their concentration.  And we seem to be growing...

Harry Lewis Asking Tough Questions (Again)
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Harry Lewis Asking Tough Questions (Again)

Harry Lewis is asking Harvard to confront the issue of some of Harvard's professors being involved in money-making opportunities, like working for Libyan dictators...

Did the NSF Just Do Something Really Stupid Misguided?
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Did the NSF Just Do Something Really Stupid Misguided?

To begin, as I always do when I write about the NSF, let me start by saying that I love the NSF, and I greatly appreciate all the research funding they give me. ...

More on Academic Communications
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More on Academic Communications

UW Madison has responded to the Open Records Request regarding Professor Cronon (which I mentioned here).  Here's a link to the Chancellor's message as well asUW...

Time (for those at state universities?) to switch e-mail accounts
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Time (for those at state universities?) to switch e-mail accounts

While I've successfully resisted urges to return to blogging, I wanted to point to something. For those who might have missed this, I encourage you to go read William...

Leslie Valiant Wins Turing Award
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Leslie Valiant Wins Turing Award

About time!

Spring Semester Update
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Spring Semester Update

I see it's been two months since my last post.  I must admit, there are times I miss blogging.  I've often felt I have something interesting to post about, butClaire...

End of Year Update from the Trenches (Area Dean News)
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End of Year Update from the Trenches (Area Dean News)

I last posted on Lance's blog about two months ago, so it seems a good time for an update.My class is (hooray!) finished.  I've sent out grades to the students,...
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