by jordicabot | Nov 9, 2022 | organization, Research Rants, team
Not just yourself and your specific line of work. You are there representing the whole team. This means that your job is to be on the lookout for interesting works and connections for any of your teammates. Yes, you are there to publicize your latest paper (this is...
by jordicabot | Jun 6, 2020 | Research Rants, job, 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 | Aug 30, 2019 | funding, team
The easiest way to join my team is to bring your own funding. That’s how I funded my own stays both at the PhD and postdoc levels. You wouldn’t believe how many of the people writing to me have not even thought about looking into this option. Many...
by jordicabot | Feb 4, 2013 | funny, organization, Research Rants, team
Deep inside, I’m a nice guy so when I saw our last full team meeting was going to be a long one I decided to buy some coffee and pastries for the team. In fact, my hidden goal was to improve the productivity of the meeting (better to have breakfast altogether...
by jordicabot | Sep 18, 2012 | Research Rants, team
Jon Pipitone’s post on groups and teams discussing the way research groups are organized and collaborate in software engineering compared to how they collaborate in other research fields is definitely worth a reading. Are you a group or a team? We are clearly a...
by jordicabot | Sep 14, 2011 | doing research, evaluating research, Research Rants, team
My colleagues from other disciplines always explain to me the very complex rules they use to determine (or better said, guess) the importance of the contribution of each author in a collaborative work based on the position of the author in the list of author names....
