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Incomplete instructions
I know I’ve been talking a lot about reviewing papers, but I figured one more post on the topic couldn’t hurt. I was very lucky that my MS advisor started us reviewing papers as soon as we took a class...
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Musings on research
I made an interesting observation today. It’s funny that I should’ve noticed this before, but I didn’t. I have finally come to the realization that the question, “How’s your research going?” is really...
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What have I done?!
(As I sat down to write this post, I realized I have a dilemma tangential to the point of the post. The Minion is officially no longer a minion, given he’s finished his undergraduate education....
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Pick something and go
I wrote up a list of things I need to be dealing with at work. While it was helpful for me to have a list to reference, it was also rather disheartening. I came up with over 10 things, and all but...
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The art of citations
I had an art class in Governor’s school that really reminds me of how I feel when people look at my research. Governor’s school, in North Dakota, is a six week program where you get to be immersed in...
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Projects as papers
While I was working on my MS, I read the book Getting What You Came For. (I highly recommend this book to anyone going to grad school, BTW.) I remember one section where the author suggested trying to...
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The socialization question, homeschooled and gifted children
A very long time ago, I was asked to teach a workshop for the Homeschool Association of California annual conference. It had to do with computers, though I don’t remember what. What I do remember,...
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Review me, critique me, pan me, print me
One of the first things I remember asking my MS advisor was how much detail should I include in a paper for publication. He said to make sure there was enough for someone else to replicate the work....
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Where credit is NOT due…
My husband wrote a paper based on some of his dissertation work, and it now finds its home at IEEE Xplore. I was listed as a co-author along with our advisor. However, when it was entered into the...
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self scrutiny
After spending a considerable amount of time griping about other people’s papers, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t complain about my own once in a while, as well. I’m currently revising a paper...
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The Dynamic Duo
When I was doing my MS, I ended up getting a research assistantship working in the same place as Mike (which is, of course, where I now am working). There was one person higher up in the ranks who...
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I think you have the wrong engineer
Every few weeks, I get a request to review papers for a conference. (For those who are sciencey types, a lot of engineering conferences require full, peer-reviewed papers rather than abstracts.) At...
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Rejecta engineerica
Obviously my Latin is rusty. Probably because I never had Latin, except for a few dinosaur names I learned way back when. As I was cruising the internets today, I came across a journal titled Rejecta...
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The powerful prevalence of parachesis
I was going through my to-do list for the week: 1 – Paper review 2 – Paper writing 3 – Patent application 4 – Proposal preparation 5 – Program simulation How did I never notice before that just about...
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Indices of usefulness
While tootling around on IEEE Explore, I noticed the metrics tab on many of the articles. I’d never really looked at it before. (I’d seen it was there, but never paid much heed.) I clicked on it and...
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When is it plagiarism?
When I sit down to write a paper, I usually try to start from scratch. I type up an outline and try to fill it in, and then I begin work on all the different parts of the paper. While it has been...
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Malevolent butterflies in the stomach
I’m sitting at my computer this morning with somewhat bated breath. I was supposed to be presenting a paper at a conference about now. Instead, I am at home, and my major accomplishment was getting...
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Rapid reviewing
I was on a trip this weekend and forgot that I had agreed to review a conference paper. Not a problem, though, because once I got the reminder, I figured I’d still have plenty of time. Except there...
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Paper woes and highs
I really, really hate grading papers. I’m not sure why I assign them, except that I hope there will be a decent amount of reflection and introspection on the part of the students as they’re writing...
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