In teaching so far, I have relied almost exclusively on textbooks and other people’s lecture notes (Jeff Erickson comes to mind, again and again) for providing materials to my students. Yes, I would recommend this to anyone who has not been teaching for too long. Preparing lecture notes that are hand-out-to-your-students worthy is time consuming! [...]
August 14, 2010
Experience Theory Project and Prezi
I’m participating in the Experience Theory Project at the University of Washington right now. ETP is an event for undergraduates with talent and interest in theoretical computer science, sponsored by the theory groups at the University of Washington and Microsoft Research. The purpose of the event is to exchange ideas about exciting results and research directions in [...]
October 27, 2009
Job talks
I recently found out that when I gave my job talk at Oregon State University last year, I was being recorded. I was hesitant to post it, but I hope that, despite this far-from-perfect performance, it might be useful to those on the job market this year. Note that Oregon State is not a theory [...]