by jordicabot | May 2, 2019 | Research Rants, doing research, product development
Most research teams produce a considerable amount of research prototypes and proof-of-concept tools. Quality of these tools is usually low (they may lack documentation, tests, don’t scale,…) and most are abandoned after the paper for which the tool was...
by jordicabot | Feb 4, 2019 | marketing, Research Rants
I bet the time you spend promoting your research every week is close to zero. Once the paper is published and the presentation done (if any), you just move on to the next one. You just assume that the people in need of the solution you created in that paper will find...
by jordicabot | Jan 31, 2019 | doing research, Research Rants
CONTEXT: In some domains (as mine), many research works end up with a prototype implementation of the research results. This prototype is usually released using some kind of open source license so that the community can benefit from it. In AtlanMod , we are very proud...
by jordicabot | Oct 1, 2018 | Research Rants, publishing
In this Communications of the ACM column we discuss whether research conferences in computer science are too close to new members trying to join the ranks, especially when these new members try to enter the community “alone” (i.e. not publishing together...
by jordicabot | Sep 12, 2017 | stories entrepreneur, marketing, website creation
I, like many of you, fell into the trap of believing that getting new emails from visitors was my most important path to success. And that I had to get it done no matter what. In fact, this is what any marketing guru will tell you. So I follow suit and added an email...