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Tag Archives: Career
Q-Index
Ok, we all know about h-index nowadays. Here is another index, which, according to the authors of this paper [1], published in Science, measures individual scientific impact. This is now Q-index, which not only predicts h-index and cumulative citations, but … Continue reading
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Plans
I will talk about Smale’s horseshoe this Friday at our regular Math Club. My presentation at the AMS sectional meeting is scheduled for Sunday, April 17, 2016, Special Session on Topological and Smooth Dynamics, IV, Room 308, Minard Hall, for 2:30pm (the last talk). … Continue reading
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How to write teaching statement. The plagiarism problem in science.
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Diversity and mathematics
“Diversity” has become an important concept in the modern university, affecting admissions, faculty hiring, and administrative appointments. In the paper “Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers” [1], L. Hong and S. Page claim to … Continue reading
The Slow Science Manifesto
THE SLOW SCIENCE MANIFESTO We are scientists. We don’t blog. We don’t twitter. We take our time. Don’t get us wrong—we do say yes to the accelerated science of the early 21st century. We say yes to the constant flow of peer-review … Continue reading
Two URLs
Peter Higgs: I wouldn’t be productive enough for today’s academic system Peter Higgs, the British physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson, believes no university would employ him in today’s academic system because he would not be considered “productive” … Continue reading
Recommendation letters for Einstein
From here: From Henri Poincaré: Nov. 1911 My dear colleague, Mr Einstein is one of the most original thinkers I have ever met. In spite of his youth, he has already achieved a very honourable place among the leading savants … Continue reading
Resignation
An Aspiring Scientist’s Frustration with Modern-Day Academia: A Resignation Comments there are also of some interest.
Academic career in particle physics
Here is an interesting article on the excess of PhD students in particle physics. The numbers make the problem clear. In 2007, the year before CERN first powered up the LHC, the lab produced 142 master’s and Ph.D. theses, according … Continue reading
Journals and their impact factors
Impact Factor Distortions For this reason, I have seen curricula vitae in which a scientist annotates each of his or her publications with its journal impact factor listed to three significant decimal places (for example, 11.345). And in some nations, … Continue reading
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