Here's a survey I once thought to take, but hadn't gotten around to:
Context: I'm just curious, but the title (taken from the song "Proud Mary", of course) was inspired by a nighttime rendition of "Proud Trippy" (Firefly-style) in
I have been a faculty member in Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) at
k_state (Kansas Stete University) since July, 1999. My current job title is "Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences", and I'll officially be an associate professor come September. You know what they say: assistant profs can only assist professors, while associate profs can associate with them...
I earned my Ph.D. from the University ofchambana (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, aka UIUC) in 1998 (July, August, or October, depending on whether you count the date of final defense, deposit, or the university chancellor signing my diploma). For one year I worked as a research scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), primarily known outside high-performance computing circles as the birthplace of
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Some of you are my friends from way back or my students, alumni, and colleagues in real life. I probably know what you do for a living, then. For those who I know only recently through LiveJournal, or have just gotten in touch with again: what do you do for a living? Tell me as much or as little as you like: what company you work for (or if you are self-employed or unemployed); whether you recently changed jobs, or (if it is OK to talk about now) are about to change jobs or are looking for a job; whether your job is part of your career plan; and what made you decide on your present career.
Context: I'm just curious, but the title (taken from the song "Proud Mary", of course) was inspired by a nighttime rendition of "Proud Trippy" (Firefly-style) in
#teunc.I have been a faculty member in Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) at
k_state (Kansas Stete University) since July, 1999. My current job title is "Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences", and I'll officially be an associate professor come September. You know what they say: assistant profs can only assist professors, while associate profs can associate with them...I earned my Ph.D. from the University of
chambana (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, aka UIUC) in 1998 (July, August, or October, depending on whether you count the date of final defense, deposit, or the university chancellor signing my diploma). For one year I worked as a research scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), primarily known outside high-performance computing circles as the birthplace of telnet and Mosaic, the precursor to Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox. I had my own research program in the Automated Learning Group (ALG), which belonged under the "Strategic Technologies Initiative" (STI) division when I joined, was assigned to "Emerging Technologies (ET)" while I was there, and became the flagship of the "Data Mining and Visualization (DMV)" division after I came to K-State.--
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[22:25] (Banazir) # Big wheel keep on turnin' #
[22:25] (Banazir) # Proud Trippy keep on burnin' #
[22:25] (Banazir) # Rollin' #
[22:25] (Banazir) # Rollin' #
[22:25] (Banazir) # Rollin' on the River #
[22:26] (Tripitaka) #Left a good job on a Core World#
[22:26] (Tripitaka) #Workin' for the Feds every night and day#
[22:26] (Banazir) lol
[22:27] (OtherChatter) Core World?
[22:27] (OtherChatter) Feds?
[22:27] * Banazir really thinks "Proud Trippy" needs more Chonese lyrics
[22:27] (Banazir) (It's a Firwefly thang, OtherChatter)
[22:27] (Tripitaka) OtherChatter is Alliance
[22:27] (Banazir) Trippy done caught the Firefly bug
(Of course, I don't watch Firefly, so that's most of my confusion right there.)
Core world: of the Alliance, a 26th-century conglomeration of worlds headed by a sinister government and the "powers that be", namely one Blue Sun Coporation. Think Big Brother meets Star Trek's Federation and throw in a dash of Illuminati.
Thanks,
Banazir
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BTW, I've got a bioinformatics course I will be offering from 01 Jun - 15 Jul 2005, if you or any of your classmates are interested. The prerequisite is CIS 200 (our CS1 course in Java, though I'm taking any veterans of a course that covers structured programming fundamentals).
I'll post the syllabus in the next entry.
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Just a boring soil ecologist, myself. With programming experience limited to C++, a course I took in my sophomore year of high school.
-Kate.
I'm a lecturer in information systems at Griffith University in the Department of Management (in the business school). I started there in April this year after being awarded my PhD in online learning environments in March (there's a link to my abstract and dissertation from the info page of my other journal
what made you decide on your present career.
I decided on my present career because I love teaching and I love learning. Where else but academia can you do both?
Now a question for you: What did you do in the Automated Learning Group (if you can divulge such information)?
What field (at present)?
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see my memories and recent entries for more info
In a nutshell, I sit around and try to blow up software all day.
I'm not a developer and I have zero experience programming (though I've thought about taking some classes from time to time; it'd certainly be helpful), my job is strictly blackbox stuff.