A glimpse on the academic scholar
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This document discusses advice for academics and researchers. It begins by listing tips for being a "bad grad student", such as focusing only on grades and delaying research. Next, it provides suggestions for having a "bad research career", like refusing collaboration and never defining milestones. The document then references notable researchers and gives life advice from experts in the field. Overall, the document humorously outlines improper approaches to an academic career and research.
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A glimpse on the academic scholar
- 1. a glimpse on the academic scholar Career, Challenges and Opportunities Mohamed Seif, BSc July 13, 2016 Nile University
- 2. Research 1
- 4. advice to be bad grad student
- 5. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades 3
- 6. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades ∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian 3
- 7. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades ∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian ∙ Postpone research involvement: might lower GPA 3
- 8. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades ∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian ∙ Postpone research involvement: might lower GPA ∙ No employer cares about GPA 3
- 9. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades ∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian ∙ Postpone research involvement: might lower GPA ∙ No employer cares about GPA ∙ What matters: 3
- 10. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades ∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian ∙ Postpone research involvement: might lower GPA ∙ No employer cares about GPA ∙ What matters: ∙ Letters of recommendation 3
- 11. bad grad student ∙ Concentrate on getting good grades ∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian ∙ Postpone research involvement: might lower GPA ∙ No employer cares about GPA ∙ What matters: ∙ Letters of recommendation ∙ Your research 3
- 12. bad grad student ∙ Graduation after +3 years 4
- 13. bad grad student ∙ Graduation after +3 years ∙ Contrary to PhD level 4
- 14. bad grad student ∙ Graduation after +3 years ∙ Contrary to PhD level ∙ Don’t work on large projects: takes longer 4
- 15. bad grad student ∙ Graduation after +3 years ∙ Contrary to PhD level ∙ Don’t work on large projects: takes longer ∙ Have to talk to others, have to learn different areas 4
- 16. bad grad student ∙ Graduation after +3 years ∙ Contrary to PhD level ∙ Don’t work on large projects: takes longer ∙ Have to talk to others, have to learn different areas ∙ Don’t trust your advisor 4
- 17. bad grad student ∙ Graduation after +3 years ∙ Contrary to PhD level ∙ Don’t work on large projects: takes longer ∙ Have to talk to others, have to learn different areas ∙ Don’t trust your advisor ∙ Faculty career is judged by success of students 4
- 18. advice for bad career in research
- 19. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert 6
- 20. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! 6
- 21. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others 6
- 22. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: 6
- 23. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones 6
- 24. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem 6
- 25. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide 6
- 26. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide ∙ Never be Proven Wrong 6
- 27. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide ∙ Never be Proven Wrong ∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (Avoid Feedback) 6
- 28. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide ∙ Never be Proven Wrong ∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (Avoid Feedback) ∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS Technology Transfer 6
- 29. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide ∙ Never be Proven Wrong ∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (Avoid Feedback) ∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS Technology Transfer ∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad Career 6
- 30. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide ∙ Never be Proven Wrong ∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (Avoid Feedback) ∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS Technology Transfer ∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad Career 6
- 31. bad research career ∙ Be THE leading expert ∙ Invent a new field! ∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t work with others ∙ Research Horizons: ∙ Never define milestones ∙ Even if technology appears to leave you behind, stand by your problem ∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide ∙ Never be Proven Wrong ∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (Avoid Feedback) ∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS Technology Transfer ∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad Career Equilibrium is the Best Strategy 6
- 32. listen from the godfathers
- 33. you and your research ∙ Manhattan Project (1945) ∙ Bell Labs (1946 - 1976) ∙ Turing Award (1968) ∙ The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal is an award given annually since 1988 for ”exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology”. Figure: Richard Hamming (1915-1998) Source: www2.isikun.edu.tr/personel/onurkaya/hamming.htm 8
- 34. a phd is not enough! ∙ Sandia National Laboratories (1974 - Present) ∙ Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physicist Society for outstanding research in Surface Science (1989) Figure: Peter J. Feibelman Source: http://victormlgh.blogspot.com/2012/04/ phd-is-not-enoughguide-to-survival-in.html 9
- 35. how to have a bad career in research/academia ∙ ACM President (2004 - 2006) ∙ ACM Distinguished Service Award ∙ ACM-IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award Figure: David Andrew Patterson Source: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/talks/BadCareer 10
- 36. phd grind ∙ Assistant Professor at UCSD Figure: Philip Guo Source: www.pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir/pguo-PhD-grind.pdf 11
- 37. zero to one ∙ Co-founded: Paypal, Palantir ∙ Funded: SpaceX, LinkedIn Figure: Peter Thiel 12
- 38. zero to one “ZERO TO ONE EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them.” – Peter Thiel 13
- 39. other references Terence Tao’s Career Advice: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/ Career Advice at UT Austin: http://www.engr.utexas.edu/ecac/yourcareer/resumes/ 5-resumewriting/ 14
- 40. no matter you did!
- 41. lowest undergrad gpa of any professor (2.40 / 4.00) ∙ Professor of Computer Science (CS) at UIUC “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale Figure: Jeff Erickson 16
- 42. be patient :)
- 43. game of the day Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pgX60AAIYo 18
- 44. Questions ? 19
- 45. Thank You ! Email: m.seif@nu.edu.eg 20
- 46. backup slides
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- 48. look a head 23
- 49. look a head 24
- 50. look a head 25
- 51. top 10 tech jobs | 2016 Rank Job Ave. Annual Salary ($) 1 Data Scientist 60,000 2 Solutions Architect 72,000 3 Software Development Manager 84,666 ... ... ... 9 Software Developer 40,000 10 Network Engineer 42,500 Useful Link: http://blog.udacity.com/2014/11/data-science-job-skills.html 26