by jordicabot | Jun 6, 2020 | job, Research Rants, team
When I was a postdoc in Toronto, most of my fellow postdocs (not only from CS) wanted to become a PI (Principal Investigator). It seemed the logical next step in our careers. And it probably is. But I don’t think any of us understood how “happy” we...
by jordicabot | May 9, 2020 | philosophy, Research Rants
I’m getting more and more into Stoicism. It’s over 2000 years old but still in force (see modern stoicism). In short, Stoicism, “it’s a meditative technique that transforms negative emotions into a sense of calm and perspective” (Ryan Holiday)....
by jordicabot | May 2, 2019 | doing research, product development, Research Rants
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 | Oct 1, 2018 | publishing, Research Rants
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 11, 2017 | funding, Research Rants
After the UML serenity prayer, the second most important prayer in my life is the following Academic Research Serenity Prayer by Micah Allen God grant me the serenity to accept that I will not get this grant, the courage to write it anyway, & the wisdom to know...
