
Archive of posts tagged: Academia


Computer Systems Research: The Joys, the Perils, and How to Count Beans Well
This post takes a personalized, and hence subjective, look at the joys of doing leading edge computer systems research and development. It then delves into some of the perils of this activity, including bean counting, aka bibliometic indices that are not always kind to the work in this field. I then give some high-level suggestions for how to skirt the perils and embrace the joys.

Having Effective Meetings Between Advisors and Students
Effective collaboration and communication are the key to the academic success of both the advisor and the student. Unfortunately, in most cases the advisor can only afford to schedule the regular 1:1 meetings weekly or bi-weekly rather than daily. This means that in a...
People of Systems & Architecture: Margo I. Seltzer
[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the SIGOPS blog and is re-posted here with permission.] With most systems and architecture conferences taking the online route, we figured it’s a great time to get to know a few people in the systems/architecture...