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Post-Ph.D. Job Market: Timelines
I recently gave a talk at a WimNet group meeting regarding my post-Ph.D. job market experiences and lessons learned. A version of the slides that is not Columbia-specific and applicable to many EECS students is available below: Slides from the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Career and Leadership, Data science, Graduate school, Industry, Ph.D., Tips and tricks
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Running while Traveling: Finding Good Running Routes
Our recent cross-country road trip allowed me to add 4 (!) new states to my favorite running collection. The new items in the collection are Tennessee (Memphis), New Mexico (Santa Fe), Arizona (Page), and Nevada (Las Vegas – the glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Road trip, Running, Sports, Tips and tricks, Travel
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For Injury-prone Runners: Tips and Tricks
This post is prompted by a few recent discussions on how to prevent running injuries. I am as injury-prone as runners come: a slew of biomechanical imperfections, a history of knee injuries, a comparatively larger frame, next to no sports … Continue reading
Posted in Running, Sports, Tips and tricks
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Mentoring Students
While much is written about various approaches and activities grad students can use to keep engaged and motivated and to succeed (such as wonderful advice provided here, here, here, here, and in many other articles and posts), one particular useful … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Career and Leadership, Graduate school, Management, Ph.D., Skills, Tips and tricks
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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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Top 10 Reasons Students Fail A Ph.D.
I found a lovely summary of the typical reasons Ph.D. students struggle and fail. Well worth reading over for inspiration and reflection. My favorite part: “A Ph.D. is not the final undertaking. It’s the start of a scientific career. A … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Career and Leadership, Good reads, Graduate school, Ph.D., Tips and tricks
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Startup Jobs: Misconceptions
Excellent article on misconceptions about startup jobs for technical people — http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/dont-waste-your-time-in-crappy-startup-jobs/ Many points are dead on, yet somehow very rarely get stated. A tidbit that resonates with me: startups are often perceived as places where engineers will be changing … Continue reading
Posted in Career and Leadership, Good reads, Industry
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Bright Future for Wearable Smart Devices?
This week’s Economist has a piece on Marc Andreessen, a founder of Mosaic and Netscape turned venture capitalist. One of the things he apparently believes is that there soon be drastic changes in realm of personal technology and “body area … Continue reading
Posted in Communication networks, Consumer technology, Energy harvesting, Good reads, Industry, Internet of Things, Technology, Wearable computing
Tagged Energy Harvesting, Internet of Things
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Scientific Process
Scientific process as we imagine it to be and as it is.
Posted in Academia, Creativity, Good reads, Humor, Research
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IoT infographic
Neat Internet of Things infographic.
Posted in Consumer technology, Good reads, Internet of Things, Technology
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