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Monday, February 23, 2015

Compilers and Optimizations, should you care?

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Compiler optimizations matter.  One time in helping a fellow Ph.D. student improve a simulator's performance, I did two things: first, I...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Going ARM (in a box)

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ARM, that exciting architecture, is ever more available for home development.  At first, I was intrigued by the low price points of a Raspbe...
Monday, December 8, 2014

Improving Computer Science Education

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Recently in the news are two articles that relate to improving Computer Science Education.  It is valuable to broaden the base of students w...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Computer Science Diversity

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I attended a top program in Computer Science, where the gender split was 60 / 40.  Then I worked for five years at a major company.  Therefo...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Liberal Arts College Positions Mini-Seminar

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In continuing my search and preparation for a faculty position, today I attended a mini-seminar by LADO faculty.  (LADO - liberal arts colle...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Richard Lipton - Knuth Prize (Practice) Talk

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Richard J. Lipton is the 2014 winner of the Knuth Prize .  His talk today was a summary of his work, which lead to received the prize.  The ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Preparing for Academic Jobs

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I went to a recent seminar about the preparation and practice of finding an academic job.  The following summarizes the answers given by the...
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