tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post113050879953018679..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Computer Science in the NYTSuresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-83874216641152432812009-11-09T23:47:07.760-07:002009-11-09T23:47:07.760-07:00I never thought of it like that, but it really is ...I never thought of it like that, but it really is true...Thanks for sharing..!Term Papershttp://www.ghostpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-82303247409531887522009-09-15T02:25:43.993-06:002009-09-15T02:25:43.993-06:00I think that going back to undergraduate teaching ...I think that going back to undergraduate teaching is to create a foundation.cheap computershttp://www.electrocomputerwarehouse.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1130696102769278672005-10-30T11:15:00.000-07:002005-10-30T11:15:00.000-07:00The NYT article states that Tsinghua is "little kn...The NYT article states that Tsinghua is "little known outside China". Huh? [And I'm not even Chinese].<BR/><BR/>ON the same note: which are the other prominent Chinese scientists who have come back? <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>Hung Q. NgoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1130561525255102542005-10-28T22:52:00.000-06:002005-10-28T22:52:00.000-06:00True. I don't know though if Yao even expects that...True. I don't know though if Yao even expects that (namely, the fostering of young minds for the eventual goal of doing research). I think that going back to undergraduate teaching (and this is true in the US as well), is to create a foundation. You do expect the odd few students to go on to a career in research, but a better foundational training leads to a more qualified collection of graduates, and that in itself increases the level of competence at companies/start ups etc, which in turn helps foster the demand for more talent. <BR/><BR/>Let's face it: the explosive growth in computer science wasn't fueld by a demand for more researchers, but a demand for more highly skilled computer scientists to work in universities, businesses, startups etc.  <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>SureshSuresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1130559666515699662005-10-28T22:21:00.000-06:002005-10-28T22:21:00.000-06:00Part of this feeds into the question of how resear...Part of this feeds into the question of how researchers can develop talent in young potential collaborators. Usually, a researcher at a university comes into contact with undergraduates considering a career in research, first-year graduates, and n-th year graduates. If you want to work with people and grow your field, you need to attract some of these people to do new work. <BR/><BR/>Part of what we do is select people from this pool (or an analogous pool of summer interns, people on mailing lists, earlier colleagues at conferences) and train them -- with luck, well enough to make it to the "next step" of doing research. Most of the time that comes in the form of research projects, but it sounds like Yao has realized that it can come in the form of undergraduate teaching as well. I wonder if he'll eventually end up reaching beyond that into secondary school curricula and beyond? <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>David MolnarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com