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		<title>How people see the work of a Professor</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/how-people-see-the-work-of-a-professor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>RR: Recurrent Reviewing patterns</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/rr-recurrent-reviewing-patterns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fabiano Dalpiaz describes a list of (good and bad) recurrent reviewing patterns. I&#8217;d add that another &#8220;easy&#8221; way out for a review, just say that the paper is borderline (and then, if needed, during the discussion phase you can just &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/rr-recurrent-reviewing-patterns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=197&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cite our papers and not only our tools (thanks)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(originally posted in the modeling-languages.com portal) 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 &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/cite-our-papers-and-not-only-our-tools-thanks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=195&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RR: 10 easy ways to fail a Ph.D.</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/rr-10-easy-ways-to-fail-a-ph-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are now a PhD Student, don&#8217;t miss Matt Might&#8217;s list of 10 easy ways to fail a PhD. I couldn&#8217;t agree more with all of them! My contribution to the list is the following: Remember that your supervisor &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/rr-10-easy-ways-to-fail-a-ph-d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=192&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nonsense reviews are a global problem&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/nonsense-reviews-are-a-global-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have complained before about bad reviews (e.g. here and here) in the research world but clearly, this is a global problem that affects all kinds of review/recommendation sites. As an example (via @zef and @drbernhard) the best book review &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/nonsense-reviews-are-a-global-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=189&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A must-see video if you want to get a PhD in (Theoretical) Computer Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you want to get a PhD in theoretical computer scienceby: econ101 http://www.xtranormal.com/xtraplayr/7520547/so-you-want-to-get-a-phd-in-theoretical-computer-science<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=184&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do not cite bad papers (if possible)</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/do-not-cite-bad-papers-if-possible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post inspired by this tweet: @worrydream: Citing bad papers encourages bad papers. Don&#8217;t struggle through a bad paper, ignore it Of course, I agree with the &#8220;spirit&#8221; of the idea but as usual, its practical implementation is more difficult than &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/do-not-cite-bad-papers-if-possible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=181&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We need more teaching-oriented faculty</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/we-need-more-teaching-oriented-faculty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very interesting article &#8220;Teaching-oriented faculty at research universities&#8221; at last month CACM&#8217;s. The article defends the need of having faculty members whose main job is teaching so that others have more time to focus on their research. To me this &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/we-need-more-teaching-oriented-faculty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=176&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You know research funding has a problem when&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/you-know-research-funding-has-a-problem-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A researcher takes the time to prepare a 40 page proposal just to ask for some travel money and one laptop. This is just plain stupid (I&#8217;m not saying the researcher is stupid but the situation clearly is). His/her writing &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/you-know-research-funding-has-a-problem-when/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=173&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RR: Perverse Incentives in Academia</title>
		<link>http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/rr-perverse-incentives-in-academia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, a recommended reading, so much truth in such a few words!! : Perverse Incentives in Academia if you liked this post please consider following my thoughts on twitter and visit my other projects: the modeling languages portal, go wordpress migration &#8230; <a href="http://myresearchrants.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/rr-perverse-incentives-in-academia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myresearchrants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21148735&amp;post=171&amp;subd=myresearchrants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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