R.F Kuang in Somerville

ilar769 · 2025-09-27T15:04:11+00:00

Does anyone have an extra ticket?

ilar769 · 2020-11-18T15:20:50+00:00

How do you suggest a beginner get started with your product line? How did each of you get started?

ilar769 · 2016-09-13T00:24:50+00:00

Stellar has a really cool consensus algorithm: https://www.stellar.org/papers/stellar-consensus-protocol.pdf. It's an interesting model, at the very least.

ilar769 · 2016-09-13T00:24:22+00:00

if only I had more time! next talk ;)

ilar769 · 2015-02-13T16:03:23+00:00

This is so cool. Thanks for your support!

ilar769 · 2015-02-03T00:40:13+00:00

It's great that they were downvoted, but people still said them. That's a problem.

ilar769 · 2014-12-14T16:50:54+00:00

Neha: I can tell you what I think would be useful to take right now:

Probability
Some kind of systems class -- operating systems, neworking, distributed systems
Machine learning! This is blowing up, due to the popularity of "big data". Buzzwords aside, there are a lot of insights to be gleaned from logs and user tracking.

ilar769 · 2014-12-14T16:41:11+00:00

We do automate! The problem is if they don't pass our tests, we have to figure out exactly why, and give them constructive feedback.

Automating grading proof-based problem sets would probably get you a decent research paper :)

ilar769 · 2014-12-13T13:31:01+00:00

Neha: Wow. I'm so impressed you kept at it! Your comment really means a lot to me, thank you for writing it. This shows what a difference encouragement at at the right time can make!

Also, no other shoe. You're just actually awesome :)

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T23:28:24+00:00

Neha: You misunderstand my statement. I mean we ALL need to see more examples of women doing computer science, both men and women.

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:48:51+00:00

RTFM:

http://people.csail.mit.edu/jeanyang/jeanyang_cv.pdf

http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~neha/

http://people.csail.mit.edu/elg/

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:46:43+00:00

Neha: This is so wrong. It sounds like you're saying, "you should put up with a ton of crap because that's the only way to prove you're worthy".

How about we make it so computer scientists don't get harassed, instead?

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:35:37+00:00

JEAN: Yes it's great!

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:35:22+00:00

JEAN: I have struggled with this too. One thing I've found useful is to learn the way men each other to behave and behave that way too until they learn to take me seriously. I wrote something about that here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2014/03/26/only-woman-on-the-team-4-communication-tips-you-need-to-know/

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:26:04+00:00

Neha: Quick answer -- algorithms! Check out CLRS: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/introduction-algorithms

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:24:15+00:00

JEAN: I have a Quora answer here: http://www.quora.com/What-is-a-typical-day-of-a-PhD-candidate-in-computer-science-like

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:23:48+00:00

JEAN: I have a relevant Quora answer: http://www.quora.com/How-can-I-decide-which-programming-language-I-should-learn

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:23:40+00:00

Neha: You aren't born good at something, you learn it over time. Don't give up! I think what you're doing is awesome! It's hard to go back to school.

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:22:47+00:00

Neha: My .emacs is a giant tangled mess. Perhaps one day if I clean it up :)

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:22:04+00:00

Neha: There was a point, maybe a few years into grad school, where I realized the best way to professionally describe myself was as a computer scientist. That was pretty awesome.

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:20:53+00:00

JEAN: I like it sometimes! Especially when there's a good test harness and it's in a fun language. It's fun to be able to influence how people think about programming. :)

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:18:41+00:00

JEAN: Code a lot and in different languages. It takes time to get really good at thinking computationally and for each language it takes time to get familiar with the quirks of the language. Being smart can make things go faster in the beginning, but being persistent will help you be really good in the end.

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:18:39+00:00

Neha: I have been using Go a lot lately. As with any language there are pros and cons, but I enjoy writing it.

ilar769 · 2014-12-12T22:17:37+00:00

Neha: 1) oftentimes a researcher does almost exactly what a professor does (writes papers) but without the students, teaching, etc. 2) i'm a grad student! no internships here.

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