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ITCS 2015
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ITCS 2015

I was asked to announce the call for ITCS.  Here is a link to the call for papers, with the most important info:ITCS (previously known as ICS) seeks to promote...

What's Important in Algorithms
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What's Important in Algorithms

I saw this interesting article up on 20 questions with Don Knuth, worth reading just for the fun of it.  But the following question on work in algorithm designThus...

Reviewing Question:  What's Important
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Reviewing Question: What's Important

Nick Feamster on Google+ recently shared (and gave me permission to blog about) the following review comment:This review comment is super enlightening:"I think...

Postdocs in Copenhagen
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Postdocs in Copenhagen

I apologize for the short notice, but my occasional co-author Rasmus Pagh is looking for postdocs for a big data project he recently had funded, with an application...

Hashing Summer School in Copenhagen
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Hashing Summer School in Copenhagen

Of the many, many interesting things happening in Copenhagen this summer (SEA, ICALP) we'd like to add one more:  a Hashing Summer School at the University of Copenhagen...

Leslie Lamport wins Turing Awards
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Leslie Lamport wins Turing Awards

In another sign that these Turing Award committees really know what they're doing, Leslie Lamport has won the Turing Award.  There's a very nice writeup including...

ICERM (Brown) Workshop on Stochastic Graph Models
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ICERM (Brown) Workshop on Stochastic Graph Models

I'll be commuting throughout the week to the ICERM Workshop on Stochastic Graph Models.  ICERM is the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics...

Those who Hire vs.
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Those who Hire vs.

If you haven't yet, I encourage you to read the Inside Higher Ed article about a department that, when a candidate they had made an offer to attempted to negotiate...

Passing of the Professor
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Passing of the Professor

Sadly, "The Professor", Russell Johnson, has passed away.  I enjoyed Gilligan's Island as a kid.  I can't help but think that his portrayal deeply affected people's...

Andreessen Tweets
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Andreessen Tweets

My brother pointed me to this article on a great exchange of tweets about the origins of Netscape. The two highlights, for me at least.  First, Andreessen expressed...

Boston Magazine Piece on Aaron Swartz
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Boston Magazine Piece on Aaron Swartz

If you haven't seen it, there's a well-written piece on Bob Swartz, father of Aaron Swartz, in Boston Magazine, covering MIT's reaction to Aaron Swartz's case.

The PhD - Tenure - Jobs Argument, Already Started for 2014
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The PhD - Tenure - Jobs Argument, Already Started for 2014

'Tis the season when graduate applications are being decided as well as the job interview process starting again, and just in time for the new year, your regularly...

Tracking down the Harvard Non-Bomber
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Tracking down the Harvard Non-Bomber

This year, (allegedly) a Harvard student performed the modern equivalent of pulling a fire alarm in order to avoid a final exam, in this case by sending an e-mail...

Lesson of the Day
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Lesson of the Day

Saturday I took two of my daughters to see a musical at Harvard.  Amazingly, in the small theater, we were in front of a pair of students who seemed intent on talking...

Algorithmic Growth (Class Size)
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Algorithmic Growth (Class Size)

Pre-term planning numbers are in for Harvard, and it looks like the undergrad Algorithms and Data Structures class has about 175 people planning to take the course...

News Worth Reading
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News Worth Reading

There's been plenty of interesting stuff popping up in the news, so it's time to collect a bit.This article describes a current patent case in cryptography, where...

Easy Now
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Easy Now

In the past year or so, I've gotten reviews back on multiple papers with the complaint that the result was too simple.  My interpretation of review: sure you might...

Visiting UC Davis
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Visiting UC Davis

Before returning home last week I spent a day at UC Davis giving a talk.  I got the spend the day talking to various people I've collaborated with there (likeRaissa...

Mitzenmacher Drinking Game?
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Mitzenmacher Drinking Game?

I've been visiting the Simons Institute for one of their workshops the last few days.  I got my advisor Alistair Sinclair to give me a tour.  I have to say, that's...

NSF Coming Back Online
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NSF Coming Back Online

I was impressed how quickly the NSF got Fastlane back online.  (I think it was turned on a few hours after the shutdown was ended.)  But like many people, I'm awaiting...
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