Top 10 reasons I love the Grace Hopper Conference

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing has many fine features. Here, I outline some of my favorite ones.

How to write a conference paper

A step-by-step guide for publishing a conference paper.

Finding balance, one weekend at a time

A report on my academic resolutions, after the first week of class.

We need better PR

Reflections on students' perceptions of CS

Playing games in school?

While skimming Slashdot this morning, I found a link to this article, which describes a new public school in NYC (set to launch next month, if memory serves) with a curriculum based entirely on games.  In a nutshell, the school appears to be eschewing the traditional subject-based school curriculum for something more interdisciplinary and creative, …

First day of class

I'm sitting here in my office right now, with about 15 minutes to go before I head on down to meet my first class of the term.  For the first time in....well, ever....I actually feel pretty comfortable about my classes.  I feel a bit nervous (which is always a good thing), but not panicked or …

(Academic) New Years Resolutions

The start of the school year is the new year for academics, which means it's time to make some new years resolutions!

Sunk costs

I go up for tenure this year (as in, right NOW), and as part of the hazing process, I have to write a prospectus.  A prospectus is kind of like a mongo personal statement/teaching philosophy/research statement/where do I see myself in ten years sort of thing, all in 10 pages or less.  Good times.  Anyway, …