Conferences and travelling: the glamorous and not so glamorous truth
Abbie Jones -
One of the interesting features of academia is the amount of travel to conferences and other events. I am recently started my third year of my PhD, and so far…
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Academic Conferences: Small versus Big
Shola Adenekan -
By Shola Adenekan Academic conferences are as much about learning a new culture as they are about presenting your research ideas and networking for prospective career openings. As a PhD…
Presentation skills
Catherine Armstrong -
As regular readers of this blog know, I have been attending several conferences over the past few weeks. This has given me an intensive insight into how to give a…
Conferences: how to choose between them
Catherine Armstrong -
This time of year many scholars are packing their bags and heading off for conferences around the world. It is an exciting time giving the chance to present research and…
Conference papers and presenting a good one
Catherine Armstrong -
I recently attended an excellent conference full of interesting papers with fascinating informal chats with colleagues that provided a lot of food for thought for my own work. However, one…
AAIM 2009
Haris Aziz -
International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM) is intended to provide a forum for researchers working in design and analysis of algorithms, game theory, and combinatorial optimization…
AAMAS 2009
Haris Aziz -
It looks like I will be going to the home country of John von Neumann and Paul Erdos this May to present at AAMAS 2009. The official description of AAMAS…
Algorithmic Decision Theory
Haris Aziz -
Every two years, DIMACS and LAMSADE (at University Paris Dauphine) organize a workshop on algorithmic decision theory. This year it happened to be in Paris. The workshop was jointly held…
Opportunities in Singapore
Haris Aziz -
Recently, I was asked to forward a career events advertisement to others. I thought it would be relevant to post the information here since I have previously covered the banking…
Funding For Travel
Haris Aziz -
Concerns about funding for conferences and workshops have been a ongoing theme in my conversations with other graduate students. This is especially the case in the UK where doctoral students…
