Hacking Academia: Data Science and the University

Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:48:00 +0100

The problem we discussed is laid out in some detail in my Brain Drain post, but a quick summary is this: scientific research in many disciplines is becoming more and more dependent on the careful analysis of large datasets. This analysis requires a skill-set as broad as it is deep: scientists must be experts not only in their own domain, but in statistics, computing, algorithm building, and software design as well. Many researchers are working hard to attain these skills; the problem is that academia’s reward structure is not well-poised to reward the value of this type of work. In short, time spent developing high-quality reusable software tools translates to less time writing and publishing, which under the current system translates to little hope for academic career advancement. » Jake Vanderplas | The Big Data Brain Drain: Why Science is in Trouble

Best Paper Awards in Computer Science (since 1996)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:30:00 +0100

Much of this data was entered by hand (obtained by contacting past conference organizers, retrieving cached conference websites, and searching CVs) so please email me if you notice any errors or omissions: bestpaper-AT-jeffhuang.com. I tried to collect best paper awards from the top-tier conferences in each area, but some conferences do not have such an award (e.g. SIGGRAPH, CAV). ”Distinguished paper award” and ”outstanding paper award” are included but not ”best student paper” (e.g. NIPS) or ”best 10-year old paper” (e.g. POPL)

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Best Paper Awards in Computer Science (since 1996)