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- Keynote and Technology Demonstrations at IEEE VisArch Co-located with ISCA
- Recent I3T Lab graduate Sarah Eom highlighted by the Duke University Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation
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- I3T Lab Tour a Part of Regional NAE Meeting
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Category Archives: Humor
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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Improvisation Theater Training for Creativity and Communication Skills
An activity that enhances both creativity and communication skills — wouldn’t that be a fun activity to try? Uri Alon, a scientist at Weizmann Institute of Science, promotes creativity of improvisation theater training as similar to creativity of truly innovative … Continue reading
Posted in Communication skills, Creativity, Humor, Public speaking, Tips and tricks
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The Onion At Its Best: ‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
The Onion spots a much-needed addition: ‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method. Quoting from the article: “After making an observation and forming a hypothesis as usual, the new third step of the scientific method will now require researchers to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Creativity, Good reads, Humor, In the news, Ph.D., Research
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Why are we Doing This? (1) Learning, (2) Growth.
Rob Margolies, a Ph.D. student in my research group, has recently written a great blog post about why Ph.D. students push themselves so hard. In short, it is because we really feel that we are learning and growing, in many … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Career and Leadership, Good reads, Graduate school, Humor, Ph.D., Skills
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Scientific Process
Scientific process as we imagine it to be and as it is.
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