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Advisors and Publications
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Advisors and Publications

There have been several interesting comments regarding the student/advisor relationship on my previous posts (here, here, and here) on co-authorship.  It's clearly...

Should Harvard's Intro CS Class Do Away with Grades
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Should Harvard's Intro CS Class Do Away with Grades

There's been discussions of late on the possibility of offering our intro CS class in two flavors -- a "graded" and "SAT/UNSAT" version.  (Same class, just twoVolatile...

Guest Post : Justin Thaler/New Paper
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Guest Post : Justin Thaler/New Paper

I'm happy to introduce Justin Thaler, a first-year graduate student at Harvard that I'm advising.  You can find out more about Justin at his home page.  Justin"Streaming...

Bursts -- a new Barabasi book
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Bursts -- a new Barabasi book

At the end of the month, Barabasi's new book, entitled Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do, will be released.  Here's the pre-order Amazon link,a...

What's the Co-Author Line?
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What's the Co-Author Line?

Continuing the past discussion on authorship issues, I've been considering the questions: at what point has a person involved in the project done so little work...

Crimson Article on Women in Computer Science
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Crimson Article on Women in Computer Science

From a few days ago: Computer Science at Harvard Sees Large Gender ImbalanceIt's listed as a news article, although I don't think this is news.  It is something...

More on Authorship
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More on Authorship

My last post, on what I called "60-40" papers, where one author does non-trivially more of the work than the other(s), seems to have generated some interesting"Author...

60-40 papers
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60-40 papers

A recent paper I worked on was a 60-40 paper.  That's what I call it when one of the authors does noticeably more of the work.  Really, it could be a 70-30 paper...

Sexual Harassment Policies (Yale v. Harvard)
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Sexual Harassment Policies (Yale v. Harvard)

My brother, in what I assume is a blatant attempt to be mentioned in this blog (Hi Steve!!!), sent me a link to the following article about a new rule (or, as...

NSF Review Issues
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NSF Review Issues

My understanding is that the turnaround time on NSF decisions should be approximately 6 months.  (See, for instance, their own diagram of the review process.) ...

Energy Sustainability
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Energy Sustainability

I spent an entertaining hour this afternoon listening to David MacKay of Cambridge (UK) give a talk about the Future of Energy here at Harvard.  I've mentionedAmazon...

Two Inspiring Posts
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Two Inspiring Posts

Inspiring me to blog, that is....Matt blogs about the psychology of program committees.  It's one of those things that would be funny except that it's true.  So...

Reading a Research Paper
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Reading a Research Paper

In the category of "waste nothing", here's a handout I wrote way back when (over a decade ago) that I use for my standard graduate seminar class on How to Read. ...

Google-Viacom Documents
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Google-Viacom Documents

I don't blog about my work as an expert witness, but for those who are interested in such things, since I (currently) have nothing to do with the case, I can happily...

More on SIGCOMM
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More on SIGCOMM

The first round of SIGCOMM is pretty much done.  (As usual, many reviews are still out, though the deadline has passed.)  I had mentioned earlier that my firstby...

Kindle Textbooks
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Kindle Textbooks

I've had a couple of people point out to me that Probability and Computing: Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis (my book) is now available on Kindle...

And More Fun News....
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And More Fun News....

Right after Stuart Shieber sent me news on CS undergrad earnings, Harry Lewis sent me two additional links.  The first is a nice Boston Globe piece on the increase...

Good News for Computer Science Majors
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Good News for Computer Science Majors

Undergraduate computer science majors, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, are still getting paid well.  If you don't want to be an...

A Conflict Question
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A Conflict Question

I was recently asked the following question:Suppose you're the PC chair, and someone who has submitted a paper asks you NOT to have the paper reviewed by a specific...

Congratulations to Chuck Thacker
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Congratulations to Chuck Thacker

The news has hit the wires -- Chuck Thacker is this year's Turing Award winner.I had the great pleasure of getting to know Chuck while I worked at DEC SRC.  He's...
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