Category Archives: csc

A prof == 200k/year?! http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/imperial-college-professor-stefan-grimm-was-given-grant-income-target/2017369.article

certainly admins care a lot—that’s why we were asked to see the list even before it was released 😉 we are back in 200! also the ups/downs in canada, if that matters: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/university-ranking/article20874276/ “now we have made it; next is how to … Continue reading →

while on their website, happen to see they mean to increase the mil-ratefrom 5 to 7.5, or 0.5% to 0.75% of whatever the base is. cheers btw, are students informed they will be taught by whoever the universityindeed pays to … Continue reading →

typo for dtb a102? http://www.uvicfa.ca/special-view/meetings/ “UVic Faculty Association reminds members that we will holding an OrdinaryGeneral Meeting on September 15, 2014 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at theDavid Turpin Building in Room A102.” hope uvicfa can fix the typo … Continue reading →

as announced, this friday (dec 6) we will have the term project demo andpresentations for csc466/579, from 9:30am in ecs660. each project/team has20 minutes in total, including a 15 minutes presentation (demo included),3 minutes q&a, and 2 minutes turnaround&buffer. ecs660 … Continue reading →

thanks a lot for the coordination and update. also most of ourresearch funding (even that from nserc) should have indirect cost oroverhead directly sent to or withheld by the university, shared betweenthe vpr and dean’s offices. we probably can also … Continue reading →

what do we need to do after the meeting? sorry, i had to leaveearly that day. thanks

thanks for organizing this. could you please put in $20 andsign the cards for me? just went to your office but did not see you. i’llgive you the money this thursday as we meet. thanks. (on sabbatical)

Thanks for sharing the thoughts (did not quote them to keep things shorter😉 dealing with plagiarism needs a systematic approach, i.e., all courseinstructors do things consistently and persistently, as each of us onlyteaches at most a few courses out of … Continue reading →

similar “attempts” on random talks and scigen by mit students 😉 http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/ nevertheless, making students/alumni happier 5 years from now probably ismore important as part of the teaching/learning evaluation. cheers