tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post113270024339079780..comments2012-07-11T19:52:08.118-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Random thought while working on a deadline...Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://plus.google.com/112165457714968997350noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133237539851925422005-11-28T21:12:00.000-07:002005-11-28T21:12:00.000-07:00In a paper of Bogdanov and Trevisan on property te...In a paper of Bogdanov and Trevisan on property testing, they have the line "For two-sided testers, however, absence of evidence is not evidence absence" with a footnote citing "Secretary of Defense D. Rumsfeld, on possible links between Al Qaeda and Iraq."&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>jamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133220549014811492005-11-28T16:29:00.000-07:002005-11-28T16:29:00.000-07:00qeJeff,<br><br>I thought I was the only person tha...qeJeff,<BR/><BR/>I thought I was the only person that caught that footnote. I showed it to all of my friends, they did not find it as funny as I did.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me about that!<BR/><BR/>m&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://geomblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/random-thought-while-working-on.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="mathmarc at gmail dot com">marc</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133186284253007302005-11-28T06:58:00.000-07:002005-11-28T06:58:00.000-07:00Yes, Suresh, even in the presentation of research....Yes, Suresh, even in the presentation of research.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite examples is a footnote in Sariel Har-Peled and Yusu Wang's paper "Shape fitting with outliers" [SICOMP 2004]: "We will refer to it as the \emph{axis of evil} when appropriate." The term 'axis of evil' was never used again. Apparently, it was never approporiate.&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://3dpancakes.typepad.cion/ernie/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="jeffe at cs dot uiuc dot edu">JeffE</A>Jeff Ericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08256919779078679044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133165658326724412005-11-28T01:14:00.000-07:002005-11-28T01:14:00.000-07:00Well yes, but not in the presentation of research....Well yes, but not in the presentation of research. When's the last time you saw creativity in the presentation of a work or the writing of a paper. all the creativity is in the content. <BR/><BR/>I was talking about the avenues for expression in writing a paper, not doing research. &#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>sureshSureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133165415196944482005-11-28T01:10:00.000-07:002005-11-28T01:10:00.000-07:00Come on... if you&#39;re doing academic research, ...Come on... if you're doing academic research, and the best way to express yourself creatively is through the title of your paper, then something is wrong. We are exactly the opposite of corporate suits: Our business is being creative! Your flair is related through your arguments, proofs, techniques, choice of problems--not the title of your "exhibition."&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133037491280110552005-11-26T13:38:00.000-07:002005-11-26T13:38:00.000-07:00Maybe not with research managers, but this has alm...Maybe not with research managers, but this has almost already happened with PCs. eye-catching titles are the norm at many venues. To be honest, I couldn't be certain how much influence the catchy titles have, but they certainly don't hurt.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, if you want your work to be cited, an acronym is a graet boon: much easier to cite "DUMBASS [9]", then "Venkatasubramanian et al [9]" :)&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>SureshSureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1133035773307135342005-11-26T13:09:00.000-07:002005-11-26T13:09:00.000-07:00This is the cute title collection to which I refer...This is the cute title collection to which I refer:<BR/><BR/>http://www.tcs.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~jjohanns/cute.html<BR/><BR/>So are we going to see research managers coming down on us because our titles don't have sufficient "flair"?<BR/>Forget impact factor, the make-or-break is whether your title has enough flair to make the list...&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>David MolnarDavid Molnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1132891933646304002005-11-24T21:12:00.000-07:002005-11-24T21:12:00.000-07:00I saw a list of interesting paper titles at some p...I saw a list of interesting paper titles at some point. Can't seem to find it now. Anyone has a nice compilation?&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>kunalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1132711671058223162005-11-22T19:07:00.000-07:002005-11-22T19:07:00.000-07:00fixed. sorry. you&#39;ll still need JSTOR access, ...fixed. sorry. you'll still need JSTOR access, but at least this gives the reference.&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>SureshSureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1132710871454113352005-11-22T18:54:00.000-07:002005-11-22T18:54:00.000-07:00The link requires a password to use the UPenn libr...The link requires a password to use the UPenn library proxy server.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com
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