a glimpse on the academic scholar
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a glimpse on the academic scholarCareer, Challenges and Opportunities
Mohamed Seif, BScJuly 13, 2016
Nile University
Research
Expectation vs Reality
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ResearchExpectation vs Reality
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advice to be bad grad student
bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation∙ Your research
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bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian
∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation∙ Your research
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bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation∙ Your research
3
bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA
∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation∙ Your research
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bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation∙ Your research
3
bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation
∙ Your research
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bad grad student
∙ Concentrate on getting good grades
∙ Aim for PhD class valedictorian∙ Postpone research involvement: mightlower GPA
∙ No employer cares about GPA∙ What matters:
∙ Letters of recommendation∙ Your research
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bad grad student
∙ Graduation after +3 years
∙ Contrary to PhD level
∙ Don’t work on large projects: takeslonger
∙ Have to talk to others, have tolearn different areas
∙ Don’t trust your advisor
∙ Faculty career is judged bysuccess of students
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bad grad student
∙ Graduation after +3 years
∙ Contrary to PhD level
∙ Don’t work on large projects: takeslonger
∙ Have to talk to others, have tolearn different areas
∙ Don’t trust your advisor
∙ Faculty career is judged bysuccess of students
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bad grad student
∙ Graduation after +3 years
∙ Contrary to PhD level
∙ Don’t work on large projects: takeslonger
∙ Have to talk to others, have tolearn different areas
∙ Don’t trust your advisor
∙ Faculty career is judged bysuccess of students
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bad grad student
∙ Graduation after +3 years
∙ Contrary to PhD level
∙ Don’t work on large projects: takeslonger
∙ Have to talk to others, have tolearn different areas
∙ Don’t trust your advisor
∙ Faculty career is judged bysuccess of students
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bad grad student
∙ Graduation after +3 years
∙ Contrary to PhD level
∙ Don’t work on large projects: takeslonger
∙ Have to talk to others, have tolearn different areas
∙ Don’t trust your advisor
∙ Faculty career is judged bysuccess of students
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bad grad student
∙ Graduation after +3 years
∙ Contrary to PhD level
∙ Don’t work on large projects: takeslonger
∙ Have to talk to others, have tolearn different areas
∙ Don’t trust your advisor
∙ Faculty career is judged bysuccess of students
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advice for bad career in research
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:
∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
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bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!
∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:
∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
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bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:
∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
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bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:
∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
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bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones
∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
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bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
6
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
6
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
6
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
6
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
6
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad Career
Equilibrium is the Best Strategy
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bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad Career
Equilibrium is the Best Strategy
6
bad research career
∙ Be THE leading expert
∙ Invent a new field!∙ Be the real Lone Ranger: Don’t workwith others
∙ Research Horizons:∙ Never define milestones∙ Even if technology appears toleave you behind, stand by yourproblem
∙ Let Complexity Be Your Guide
∙ Never be Proven Wrong
∙ Don’t be Distracted by Others (AvoidFeedback)
∙ Publishing Journal Papers IS TechnologyTransfer
∙ Writing Tactics for a Bad CareerEquilibrium is the Best Strategy
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listen from the godfathers
you and your research
∙ Manhattan Project (1945)
∙ Bell Labs (1946 - 1976)
∙ Turing Award (1968)
∙ The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal isan award given annually since 1988 for”exceptional contributions toinformation sciences, systems andtechnology”.
Figure: Richard Hamming(1915-1998)
Source:www2.isikun.edu.tr/personel/onurkaya/hamming.htm
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a phd is not enough!
∙ Sandia National Laboratories (1974 -Present)
∙ Davisson-Germer Prize of the AmericanPhysicist Society for outstandingresearch in Surface Science (1989)
Figure: Peter J. Feibelman
Source:http://victormlgh.blogspot.com/2012/04/phd-is-not-enoughguide-to-survival-in.html
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how to have a bad career in research/academia
∙ ACM President (2004 - 2006)
∙ ACM Distinguished Service Award
∙ ACM-IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award
Figure: David AndrewPatterson
Source:http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/talks/BadCareer
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phd grind
∙ Assistant Professor at UCSD
Figure: Philip Guo
Source:www.pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir/pguo-PhD-grind.pdf
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zero to one
∙ Co-founded: Paypal, Palantir
∙ Funded: SpaceX, LinkedIn
Figure: Peter Thiel
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zero to one
“ZERO TO ONE EVERY MOMENTIN BUSINESS happens onlyonce. The next Bill Gates willnot build an operating system.The next Larry Page or SergeyBrin won’t make a searchengine. And the next MarkZuckerberg won’t create asocial network. If you arecopying these guys, you aren’tlearning from them.” – PeterThiel
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other references
Terence Tao’s Career Advice:
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/
Career Advice at UT Austin:
http://www.engr.utexas.edu/ecac/yourcareer/resumes/5-resumewriting/
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no matter you did!
lowest undergrad gpa of any professor (2.40 / 4.00)
∙ Professor of Computer Science (CS) atUIUC
“Growth is painful. Change ispainful. But nothing is as painfulas staying stuck somewhere youdon’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
Figure: Jeff Erickson
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be patient :)
game of the day
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pgX60AAIYo
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Questions ?
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Thank You !Email: [email protected]
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backup slides
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look a head
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look a head
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look a head
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top 10 tech jobs | 2016
Rank Job Ave. Annual Salary ($)
1 Data Scientist 60,0002 Solutions Architect 72,0003 Software Development Manager 84,666...
......
9 Software Developer 40,00010 Network Engineer 42,500
Useful Link:http://blog.udacity.com/2014/11/data-science-job-skills.html
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