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Svezia

Cosa scrivere? Dal primo del mese sono a Göteborg, e ho cercato quasi ogni giorno di carpire nell’aria, nei colori, nelle forme, nella gente di questa città qualcosa di interessante da raccontare su questo blog. Ho fatto fatica. La stessa fatica che sto facendo ora a scrivere questo post, proprio perché forse non ho nulla [...]

Posted on 25 August 2010 † Matteo § Italiano § Personal ‡ Comments (3) °

Elements of Ph.D., Volume 6

Probabilistic assumption on enlightenment: “At some point, you’ll get it.” Strong suggestion to beat the almost instantaneous decay of enlightenment: “Write it down. Fast.” Posted from Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden.

Posted on 24 August 2010 † Matteo § English § University ‡ Comments (0) °

What about that blog posts series on MapReduce/Hadoop?

Yes, what about it? From a first sight, it may look like I didn’t even start my summer project. This is far from true, and please let me explain. Cheesy Excuse: I’ve been busy… Better (?) Excuse: I’ve done some research in the area and I have multiple research projects involving, in one form or [...]

Posted on 13 August 2010 † Matteo § English § MapReduceHadoop ‡ Comments (0) °

Some more info about what is a Ph.D.

My fellow Brown Ph.D. student (although he is going to defend pretty soon) Justin Yip shared the following page (not his work): The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.. The Related Links on that page look interesting too. P.S. I strongly suggest this list of productivity tips for grad students, something I should implement myself (pretty [...]

Posted on 09 August 2010 † Matteo § English § University ‡ Comments (0) °

A (CS) Graduate School Survival Guide

I read the following essay every once in a while. It’s funny and has a number of good hints: “So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.!” a.k.a. “Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn’t learn until later.” Given the (extremely variable) speed at which academic pages disappear, I [...]

Posted on 03 August 2010 † Matteo § English § University ‡ Comments (0) °

De Fotografia

Evabbeh, bisogna ammetterlo: Bruko spacca. Oggi ha scritto proprio quello che volevo leggere. Nota a margine: ricordiamo che ha frequentato RISD, l’accademia d’arte di Providence che divide la collina con Brown… =)Posted from Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.

Posted on 01 August 2010 † Matteo § Italiano § Misc ‡ Comments (0) °