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Category Archives: Career and Leadership
Academic Job Market in 13 Hotel Room Views
My academic job market experience I took pictures of the views from all but one of the hotel rooms I’ve stayed in, during my interviews, February-April of this year. Gorgeous continent’s urban and not-so-urban areas. Nights and days, storms and … Continue reading
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2017 IEEE Fog World Congress
IEEE Fog World Congress was a blast. It takes a lot to put together an inaugural conference on a new topic — the organizing committee did a great job putting the event together. Moderating the Fog and Edge from the Practitioners’ … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Career and Leadership, Communication networks, Consumer technology, Demonstrations, Edge computing, Events, Fog computing, Highlights, Internet of Things, Panels, Research, Talks, Technology
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Improv Training Helps to Enjoy The Randomness of Public Speaking
Now living in a lush quiet suburban New Jersey Princeton area, I miss exactly two things about New York City: the food scene and my improv classes. If I move to a big city yet again, improv training will be … Continue reading
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Lesser-known Differences between Academia and Industry
The Chronicle recently published an interesting opinion piece that mentions several aspects of working in academia that may not be as evident as commonly discussed ones. Having worked in industry and academia, I appreciated the commentary. There are indeed relatively … Continue reading
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2016 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award
Aya Wallwater, Gil Zussman, and myself received the 2016 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award at the 2016 IEEE GLOBECOM earlier this week, for our paper on measurements and algorithms for networks of energy harvesting nodes that appeared … Continue reading
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Why I Volunteer On The Grace Hopper Conference Scholarship Committee
I am finding it exceptionally rewarding to be serving on the Grace Hopper Conference Scholarship Committee, that is, reviewing Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference travel grant applications. I’ve served on this committee in 2015 and 2016, and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Career and Leadership, Communication skills, Conferences, Highlights, Ph.D., Tips and tricks, Uncategorized, Women in technology
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I Wish I Could Dance: Science Magazine Dance Your PhD Contest
Science Magazine announced its 9th annual Dance Your PhD Contest — a competition for best explaining your PhD research in an interpretive dance.
Posted in Academia, Communication skills, Creativity, Graduate school, Humor, Perspectives, Ph.D.
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RIP Andy Grove
I was saddened by the death of Andy Grove, the former Intel CEO who drove the growth of Silicon Valley. Andy Grove’s “High Output Management” has been my go-to book on running teams and improving business processes. I have seen few books … Continue reading
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What Is Harder: An Ironman Or A PhD?
I recently ran across a curious question on Quora: what is harder, completing a PhD or completing a marathon (a 26.2 mile run)? Having done both [ PhD, races ] , hands-down, the answer is the PhD – there is … Continue reading
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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016: Does It Affect My Purchasing Decisions?
Coming to the Consumer Electronics Show is like stepping into a geeky adults’ version of a candy shop, except that some of the candy you see won’t be on sale for several months (if it reaches the market at all), … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Consumer technology, How the world is changing, Industry, Industry trends, Internet of Things, Technology, Wearable computing
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