In the last decade or so, I came across some intellectual celebrities in various occasions in various places. No, I don’t have any evidence of my encounters with these people, no autograph, no selfies, nada. I had some email exchanges with a couple of them but I’d keep these to myself. Also, while they’re inspirational, …
[Tips] Publication – Publishing Scam
Grad students, have you ever received an email from a publishing company claiming to have selected your thesis/dissertation for publication? If you have written a Masters or doctoral thesis, you probably have. I have received tons of emails like that in the last 10 years.* It seems that end of semester is the peak time …
Tips: Handling Q&A Session
My grad students asked me for some tips to handle conferences' Q&A session. Here are my answers. I actually use these not only for conferences, but also in everyday interactions. 1. when you think you really know the answer, wait 5 seconds before you say it. sometimes you don't really know whether you really know …
