Illustrated guides to Olympic sports
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Reuters, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, has visual guides to all of
the…
*Tags:* Catherine Tai, illustration, Olympics, Reuters
Mr. Matching
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I visited Stockholm this summer after the EURO Conference. While in
Stockholm, I visited the Nobel Prize Museum to celebrate the achievements
of the laurea...
On Serving on Boards, Including Board of Directors
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As an academic, one is engaged in research, teaching, and service and,
also, public outreach, if that is your interest and forte. Service can take
many f...
Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity in Academia
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It is up to all of us to make academia a better place. As we take on roles
as members of tenure committees, doctoral committees, editorial boards,
departme...
A Sorting Adventure in R
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As part of an R application on which I have been working, I need to grab
some data from an online spreadsheet keyed by a column of labels, add a
column w...
Copilot for R
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It was my great pleasure to present last week to the NYC Data Hackers on
the topic of Copilot for R. If you haven't come across Copilot before, it's
like a...
Paying for a place in line at Disney
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For a long time, one of my favorite service examples to discuss in class
has been Disney’s FastPass system. In a nutshell, the program allowed
guests to wa...
Optimization Games for the Young (Part 2)
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post in which I tell a story that
motivated me to start creating games for children and young adults to get
them exc...
Pitfalls of Algorithmic Decision Making
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While browsing through my Feedly timeline during the weekend my attention
was drown by a blog written by Jitendra Subramanyam of Gartner. The title, *Pitfa...
From Zaire to degree apprenticeship graduate
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Last week our second group of degree apprentices, including our first 3
females to complete (representing 23% of the cohort) received their final
qualifica...
Snooker: Celebrating 40 years at the Crucible
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In 2017, Snooker celebrated 40 years at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
It moved to this venue in 1997, which is now recognised at the start of the
mode...
New blog site for It Depends
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This the old site for It Depends. You can still access the posts. For the
new site and new posts visit: http://itdependsblog.blogspot.ca/ Thank you,
Ian
Coaching Academics?
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A longtime reader and sometime correspondent of mine recently posed some
questions to share with FSP readers (if you are still out there). These
questions ...
Knitting is a binary exercise
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I follow a knitting blog called Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
During this month she is writing a daily letter to “Non-Knitters who love a
Knitter”...
(Rated) PG-13 for Ugly Cast
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PG-13 for Ugly Cast is a blog created and maintained by my son, Ben. I
encourage you to check it out. It’s very funny. If you like it, tell a
friend. Th...
How to quake proof a supply chain
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After a long hiatus, we return with a post. This one on Toyota’s plan to
quake proof its supply chain over the next five years. (Baltimore Sun,
9/6/11). T...
How many newsvendors?
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Last October in India, I was traveling with my father on a day-train from
Bangalore to Chennai. About halfway into the journey is a station called
Jolarpet...