Just in time for the 2019-2020 interview season, I’m resurfacing posts with interview advice including asking good questions during interviews and preparing interview talks.
Recent Posts
ACM Fellow
Happy to report that I’ve been named a 2019 ACM Fellow for innovations in algorithms for tensor decompositions, contributions to data science, and community leadership.
Math Impacts Study
I am excitied to announce that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has convened an ad hoc committee of experts to prepare narratives and graphics to identify and illustrate the impact of the mathematical sciences, and I am chairing the committee.
CSE19 Education Talk
At SIAM CSE19, I presented a talk on a DOE Lab Perspective on CSE Education which included specific recommendations for graduate education. Several persons asked for the slides, which are available here.
As a preview, the recommendations are…
- Make side projects integral to the program
- Explicitly develop communication skills
- Require major programming project
- Encourage leadership and teaming
- Develop “soft skills” curriculum
(CSE = Computational Science & Engineering)
