Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: teaching
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Remembering Joel: A Teacher’s Impact
An amazing teacher named Joel Martin is a major reason why I’ve been privileged to spend my life as a researcher. I will always be in his debt.
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Research Summers
Research challenges us to pose new questions, choose research avenues carefully, and be frugal and wise stewards of the financial trust invested in us. It means nurturing each new generation of students in the ways and methods of discovery, shaping national and international research agendas, and serving society by transferring promising ideas. Finally, it means…
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Research, Teaching and Service: Dynamic Balance
The following is a preview of my regular column for Computing Research News (CRN), the newsletter of the Computing Research Association (CRA), which will appear in September 2008. I worry that we are devaluing teaching and service, to the possible detriment of academia in general and computing in particular. I