Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
El Nino is coming back
The previous one in 97/98 was a record high El Nino in history. This year it is coming back. Why? Let's see what the professor said:
TO SEE THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK BELOW THE SURFACE.
What an insightful comment, though he was pointing to the ocean flow. Nevertheless, like predicting anything, to see the future, look below the surface.
TO SEE THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK BELOW THE SURFACE.
What an insightful comment, though he was pointing to the ocean flow. Nevertheless, like predicting anything, to see the future, look below the surface.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Great Tips from a Symposium for K Awardees
From Mary-Claire Roghmann:
1. Choose your research area, and develop a portfolio of research projects
2. In negotiation to potential collaborators: analyze ahead, and be right upfront. (proactive)
3. Collaborative Opportunities: 1) what is being asked of me. 2) Do I have the expertise required? Is my expertise required? 3) Do I need this to move my research program forward? Will this collaboration generate new opportunities for me? 4) Can I afford being involved in terms of resources and time? 5) Is this someone or a group with whom I want to be involved?
4 Personal Qualities of a Good Collaborator: Fairness, Honesty, Effort, Openness, Reliability, Respect.
5 Send an email to potential collaborators.
6 Document in writing and reach consensus.
7 Develop internal collaborations: someone in the same research area, and with the same methods.
8 So important: be able to describe what you work on in 3 minutes or less (research area, recent paper)
invite yourself to another institution.
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9 Writing a grants: state "you are a good investigator, and you are going to make an impact."
10. independent accomplishment
11. At least one publication relevant to proposed aims of K
12. Publish, one publication without your mentor's name.
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13. Not go every meeting, not review
14. Good mentor: productive, and responsible.
15. Do something that move the field forward
16. Grant writing: minimize the work of the reviewer (refer to another paper)
17. Most important part of grant: abstract.
18. Know --- what is known in the field, and what is not known
19. the reviewers have too many candidates, so you need to capture (their attention).
20. Plan a year ahead.
21. Who pick your track: department chair, dean, faculty member
22. Serendipity: see other people see, and think nobody thought.
1. Choose your research area, and develop a portfolio of research projects
2. In negotiation to potential collaborators: analyze ahead, and be right upfront. (proactive)
3. Collaborative Opportunities: 1) what is being asked of me. 2) Do I have the expertise required? Is my expertise required? 3) Do I need this to move my research program forward? Will this collaboration generate new opportunities for me? 4) Can I afford being involved in terms of resources and time? 5) Is this someone or a group with whom I want to be involved?
4 Personal Qualities of a Good Collaborator: Fairness, Honesty, Effort, Openness, Reliability, Respect.
5 Send an email to potential collaborators.
6 Document in writing and reach consensus.
7 Develop internal collaborations: someone in the same research area, and with the same methods.
8 So important: be able to describe what you work on in 3 minutes or less (research area, recent paper)
invite yourself to another institution.
Olaokusaga1yahoo
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9 Writing a grants: state "you are a good investigator, and you are going to make an impact."
10. independent accomplishment
11. At least one publication relevant to proposed aims of K
12. Publish, one publication without your mentor's name.
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13. Not go every meeting, not review
14. Good mentor: productive, and responsible.
15. Do something that move the field forward
16. Grant writing: minimize the work of the reviewer (refer to another paper)
17. Most important part of grant: abstract.
18. Know --- what is known in the field, and what is not known
19. the reviewers have too many candidates, so you need to capture (their attention).
20. Plan a year ahead.
21. Who pick your track: department chair, dean, faculty member
22. Serendipity: see other people see, and think nobody thought.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Solving "Aces Traffic Pack"
It has been taunting to me that one of the problem in Aces Traffic Pack stuck me there for several weeks! I have been thinking ways to solve it. Today, I finally did it, on my way home, from the garage to the high way to home...
Here it is:
First, given a state of the map/state, construct all the possible maps with the same cars. The map is 6-by-6. If you think about it, the possible states are really limited!
Second, use graph theory to solve the path to the exit! For each state, it corresponds to a vertex in a graph. For two states, if you can move one car to transit into the other state, then, they are connected. After you construct all the vertex and edges of this map, you can use shortest path to find the way out.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Taking Charge
Which of his seniors would take the reins and lead UF to a strong finish?
Prather is just one member of a heralded recruiting class that consists of five freshmen, including McDonald's All-American center Patric Young.
Only time will tell whether the second half against Georgetown was an aberration or a premonition for Macklin, Parsons and the rest of the Gators. Step one is two days away.
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