Comments on: Towards the timely destruction of the modern academic research culture http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/21/towards-the-timely-destruction-of-the-modern-academic-research-culture Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:16:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Peevishness and Science http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/21/towards-the-timely-destruction-of-the-modern-academic-research-culture/comment-page-1#comment-154 Peevishness and Science Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:39:42 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=139#comment-154 [...] Bill Tozier wants you (baby) - you, and some new approaches to academic project management: Wanted: Two or three smart folks, at least two familiar with C++, for a quick suite of experiments involving the genetic programming of optimization algorithms, probably using the PushGP and Pushpop systems for automatic code generation. The project will be run at least a little bit “agile”, meaning we will have frequent quick and to the point meetings online, we will obey 100% shared ownership of all code, will stress unit and acceptance tests (and will discover what that implies in a research setting), and try at every turn to make sure that the stuff we’re doing brings us as close as possible to the thing we want. [...] And at the same time, we’ll be trying to discover a useful and formal agile research methodology. [...] [...] Bill Tozier wants you (baby) – you, and some new approaches to academic project management: Wanted: Two or three smart folks, at least two familiar with C++, for a quick suite of experiments involving the genetic programming of optimization algorithms, probably using the PushGP and Pushpop systems for automatic code generation. The project will be run at least a little bit “agile”, meaning we will have frequent quick and to the point meetings online, we will obey 100% shared ownership of all code, will stress unit and acceptance tests (and will discover what that implies in a research setting), and try at every turn to make sure that the stuff we’re doing brings us as close as possible to the thing we want. [...] And at the same time, we’ll be trying to discover a useful and formal agile research methodology. [...]

]]> By: Bill http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/21/towards-the-timely-destruction-of-the-modern-academic-research-culture/comment-page-1#comment-143 Bill Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:33:11 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=139#comment-143 Some. There's a bit of the "I need to invent it myself" and "sharing is cheating" complex coming in from their recent undergraduate days, too, I think. Plus the "that doesn't sound much like what we do around here" stuff, which is pretty prevalent across all tiers of the hierarchy (except for my boss; hi boss!). Ultimately, it comes down to "who the hell is this Tozier guy?", I betcha. My plan is to have an informal chalk-talk recruiting seminar now and then. With cookies. But even that won't dry up the ideastream.... Some. There’s a bit of the “I need to invent it myself” and “sharing is cheating” complex coming in from their recent undergraduate days, too, I think. Plus the “that doesn’t sound much like what we do around here” stuff, which is pretty prevalent across all tiers of the hierarchy (except for my boss; hi boss!).

Ultimately, it comes down to “who the hell is this Tozier guy?”, I betcha.

My plan is to have an informal chalk-talk recruiting seminar now and then. With cookies. But even that won’t dry up the ideastream….

]]> By: Alex http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/21/towards-the-timely-destruction-of-the-modern-academic-research-culture/comment-page-1#comment-142 Alex Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:15:33 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=139#comment-142 Have you tried giving the ideas away to other first/second-year students still trying to find The Project that will subsequently consume their life for a few years ? Seems like that would be a receptive audience [if they can get past the instinctive "Not Invented Here" reflex]. Have you tried giving the ideas away to other first/second-year students still trying to find The Project that will subsequently consume their life for a few years ? Seems like that would be a receptive audience [if they can get past the instinctive "Not Invented Here" reflex].

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