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Here Comes Another One
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Here Comes Another One

And yet another security story -- this one titled find a bug, get expelled or something close to that in various places. I'm going to have to find out where I send...

Aaron Swartz : Links
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Aaron Swartz : Links

If you haven't done so already, today is a good day to reflect upon the life of Aaron Swartz. If you haven't heard of him or need background, you can always start...

Government 1310 -- What's New?
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Government 1310 -- What's New?

So, as many of you may remember, Harvard had a rather embarrassing cheating scandal flare up at the start of the academic year, involving over 100 students.  To...

Any Good Voronoi Code Out There?
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Any Good Voronoi Code Out There?

Help! I've got a wacky idea I'd like to explore (pseudo-preliminary-pre-research stage) which will require some code, namely for Voronoi diagrams.  What I'd like...

Security, Disclosure, Legality
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Security, Disclosure, Legality

I guess I'm late to this news, but I stumbled across the case of Andrew Auernheimer, who was convicted of one count of identity fraud and one count of conspiracy...

No Stress
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No Stress

Greg Morrisett points me to this bit of silliness to start my morning: University professors have a lot less stress than most of us. Unless they teach summer school...

Answers for Assignments?
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Answers for Assignments?

One of the smarter students I've known at Harvard, who has been a Teaching Assistant for me the last two years (and who I'm hoping will be back again this year)...

Put This On My List...
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Put This On My List...

Put this on my list of papers I wish I had written: Manipulating Google Scholar Citations and Google Scholar Metrics: simple, easy and tempting. I think the title...

STOC Goings-On
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STOC Goings-On

Joan has permitted/encouraged me to post on the STOC PC process this year.  So far, all seems to be running smoothly. Despite pre-conference suggestions by some...

Assessing Computer Scientists
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Assessing Computer Scientists

My colleague and frequent co-author John Byers knows that I can spend up to several hours a day actively worrying about my ranking as a computer scientist.  While...

Posts from FOCS (part 5)
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Posts from FOCS (part 5)

[Again, edited by Justin Thaler, who organized all this.  The following was written by Michael Forbes of MIT.]Title: Higher Cell Probe Lower Bounds for Evaluating...

Computer Science Rhodes Scholar
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Computer Science Rhodes Scholar

A question we tend to get at Harvard is why students should come here to study computer science.  There are lots of reasons, of course, but one thing we like to...

Harvard Financials
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Harvard Financials

Harry Lewis has had several interesting posts this month over at his blog.  In particular, he discusses Harvard Magazine's recent analysis of Harvard's Annual Financial...

Posts from FOCS (Part 4)
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Posts from FOCS (Part 4)

[Editor: In Part 4 of what now looks to be a 5- or 6-part series of reports from FOCS, second-year graduate student Ludwig Schmidt of MIT contributes a summaryhttp...

More from Simons Institute
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More from Simons Institute

Alistair Sinclair asked me to post the following. For #2; note that those with existing postdoc positions are eligible (the Simons people hope they'll be able to...

Posts from FOCS (Part 3)
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Posts from FOCS (Part 3)

Continuing posts from FOCS, with several guest-writers and guest-editor Justin Thaler.[Editor: This is Part 3 in our series of posts covering FOCS 2012. Part 4,...

NYCE (New York Computer Science and Economics Day) Announcement
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NYCE (New York Computer Science and Economics Day) Announcement

I was asked to post the following:We are pleased to announce that NYCE 2012, the fifth annual New YorkComputer Science and Economics Day, will be held in New York...

Posts from FOCS (Part 2)
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Posts from FOCS (Part 2)

Continuing posts from FOCS, with several guest-writers and guest-editor Justin Thaler.[Editor: First-year grad student Mark Bun of Harvard contributes a summary...

Posts from FOCS (Part 1)
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Posts from FOCS (Part 1)

Justin Thaler went to FOCS, and managed to arrange for various people to write up their thoughts on various parts of the conference.  So Justin is the famed Editor...

STOC deadline extended
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STOC deadline extended

Due to inclement weather, the deadline for STOC submissions has been extended to Monday, November 5, at 5:00 pm EST.   Check the STOC web page for more details
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