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On Tenure and Tenure Track-关于终身职位和预备终身职位（中英对照）
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- There has been a great deal of discussion on Science Net lately on the tenure system in US academia. Here I just want to add my two cents worth: 1. By tenure track we mean that a tenured position exists in the department for a young scholar appointed to this posi ...
- Guatemala Trip (II)
- Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends” please read my 公告 栏 first. Continued from Guatemala trip (I) The Tikal National Park in Northern Petan is our next stop. This is just south of the Yucatan peninsula located in ...
- Guatemala Trip (I)
- Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends” please read my 公告 栏 first. Since I stopped skiing a few years ago due to advancing age, Boston winter has become a bit long and monotonous. Thus, my wife and I began to take winter vacations to war ...
- Will China Achieve Science Supremacy?
- Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends” please read my 公告 栏 first. Yesterday's New York Times has an article with the above title written by a group of panelists, both Chinese and Americans including ScienceNet's own 曹聪. It i ...
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On Finding A Professional Home
- Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends” please read my 公告 栏 first. For every young scholar in academia and research, one decision you have to make after graduation and settled in your first job is to find a professional home. By this I m ...
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In praise of imperfections
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- Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends” please read my 公告 栏 first. Everyone has heard of the 80/20 rule, i.e., the first 80% of the performance of a system only require 20% of the total effort; the last 20% will need the additional 80% o ...
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On Attending Conferences
- Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends” please read my 公告 栏 first. If you are in academia and/or doing research, attending professional conferences is an unavoidable part of life (if you are in industry, you need to attend trade shows wh ...
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