Remarks on career advice
There have been a few questions about the job application process on MathOverflow, and I’d like to make a few remarks in an open forum. First of all, I think there have been some really good questions,...
View ArticleIn which I freep the President
In this blog (in contrast to when you meet us in person), we tend to steer away from politics. But, of course, we do make an exception for science/technology politics, and I’d like to talk to you about...
View Article“Et al” is unethical
So apparently the AMS has a document on Ethical Guidelines. It’s actually remarkably well done. It has lots of tips that can help young mathematicians learn how to behave professionally. I was also...
View ArticleDraft piece on Math Overflow for the Notices
Ravi Vakil, Anton Geraschenko and I are writing an opinion piece for the Notices about Math Overflow. Following in the fine tradition that John Baez started with his opinion piece about mathematical...
View ArticleTate has won the Abel prize
For those who haven’t heard yet, the Abel prize this year has been awarded to John Tate. Marcus du Sautoy has written an excellent survey of some of Tate’s work.
View ArticleMore math news
In more parochial math news, my alma mater has hired Sophie Morel. This means that after 374 years we finally have a woman as a full professor. I don’t believe in congratulating a school for doing...
View ArticleWhat would be an ideal system through which amateurs can advertise their...
(this is a guest post by Theo Johnson-Freyd) Occasionally on MathOverflow (and elsewhere on and off the internet), amateur mathematicians try to advertise their research results and solicit feedback...
View ArticleCrowdsourced department ranking
So, I was reading The Monkey Cage this morning, and happened upon a post about crowdsourcing rankings of political science and sociology departments. Basically, there’s a website that lets you put in...
View ArticleA plea for putting grant applications online
A few years ago, I decided as a public service to post my old job application materials online. Hopefully they were helpful to a person or two out there in the world. I also tried to make that blog...
View ArticleThe NSF and career-life balance
The NSF recently announced some new policies concerning work-life balance. There seems to have been a publicity push about it on the part of the White House, as it made the regular news. The main...
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