tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post109696988146493726..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1097124292909397712004-10-06T22:44:00.000-06:002004-10-06T22:44:00.000-06:00...And one reason for not being agressive in talks......And one reason for not being agressive in talks in theory is because the audience recognize the fact that they probably not understanding whats going on. Consider for example the ARV result from the last STOC - a very nice result, but not something you can understand from the talk (which was nice, BTW).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1096989528366607852004-10-05T09:18:00.000-06:002004-10-05T09:18:00.000-06:00Suresh wrote "However, they cannot dispute the obj...Suresh wrote "However, they cannot dispute the objective validity of my algorithm, and their dislike of my choice of object is not in itself objectively defensible."<br /><br />True. Indeed, speaking of objects, I was troubled when I saw your paper advertised on Rajeev's site as "Object Accessibility for Java is Decidable" at STOC. I remember thinking, "What kind of nut writes about Java at a STOC conference?" But after I read it, I thought "that's nice."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1096987528864335712004-10-05T08:45:00.000-06:002004-10-05T08:45:00.000-06:00I agree with Lance and Jeff that theory CS folks
a...I agree with Lance and Jeff that theory CS folks<br />are 99% non-confrontational and it is quite noticeable<br />in conferences and seminars. <br /><br />People often have reservations about a line of work<br />but many times unexpected connections are found <br />that are not apparent in the beginning. I used to <br />wonder why metrical task systems were so interesting <br />but then Bartal's important work <br />on tree embeddings was directly motivated by them and <br />this work has had a big influence on approximation algorithms and finite metric space theory. Same with<br />property testing - I was initially skeptical but then<br />the math turned out to be quite interesting and useful<br />in other areas. These experiences make me cautious<br />in making judgements about the usefulness of a line of<br />work - better to wait and see as long as the<br />technical part is interesting and innovative.<br /><br /><br />ChandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com