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  On how to shorten a paper (or where do I begin cutting?). A few years ago, my favorite journal unexpectedly imposed page limits on submissions. Suddenly, authors were expected to tighten their work up & submit more parsimonious work. The request evoked panic. I wasn't ready to lose any precious words I had written. So, I submitted an over-the-length paper. It was promptly returned. I wanted to publish the paper, so what did I do? I slashed pages from the manuscript. First, I eliminated hanging words. Hanging words refers to the extra word or two in a sentence that extends into the line. It can be tricky slicing them, esp. if you are already a tight writer. I have cut as many as two pages from papers by doing so. Second, I revisited the method. Authors tend to overexplain their analysis - both how they did it and how to interpret the results. Usually, I go through and remove extra words. In doing so, I notice where my tone goes from explanatory to didactic. I delete the didact...

Tips for Protecting Your Research Time: Collaborate with colleagues and set group deadlines for completing work. Develop a daily writing habit. Exercise and keep reasonable work hours to boost creativity. Incorporate grant submission and conference presentation deadlines into your calendar to turn internally imposed deadlines into externally imposed ones. Be strategic about how you divide your time across research, teaching, service, and mentoring. Protect your research time by making your commitments public and visible. Create accountability mechanisms so that research-related tasks become as pressing as those related to service and teaching. Work from home to create clear boundaries between research time and other kinds of work. Escape through structured writing retreats.  原文 Making Time for Research      Joya Misra and Jennifer Lundquist  "One common recommendation is for faculty members to block off research time each week, not allowing other forms of work t...

Cecil was doing office hours when I stopped by his office. I greeted him and started the chat.  Cecil's view on teaching He believed that the teaching load should be based on the number of enrollment rather than the number of courses . Cecil said that the BIT department at S&T has a particular situation.  He told me that teaching classes with 50-plus students are nothing compared to other places. He used to teach 150 undergraduate students at the University of Oakland.  Cecil Sharing Teaching Resources and Philosophy Cecil teaches every course with full hands-on: IoT and Networking courses Cecil suggested using Cisco Packet Tracer -- https://skillsforall.com/topics/cisco-packet-tracer?utm_source=netacad.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=packet-tracer&userlogin=0 This can be only for demonstration  Cecil told me to feel free to use his teaching exercises for my courses, which are available on:  https://cecilchua.online/ I can use it ...

  Talk with Registration Office: Marita Raper Class Size Having a distance section Make IST 3333 offered every semester  All three are determined by Dr. Chiu. Literally said and clarified by Marita Raper on Jan 20, 2022. My IST 3333 has 48 students and they want to have a distance section and want to take it in spring as well.

 07/29/2021 Hi Shaila, I start by thanking you for your great thoughts on our BI&A diffusion paper. Naveen and I discussed over the phone at noon. I summarized our conversations below.  In the previous email, Naveen said that "I will delete your files from the folder". However, in the phone call, Naveen changed and said that "I will delete your files in the shared folder once you share the folder and your codes with me ... And Shaila will delete the files".  Naveen told me that he did not know he should be responsible for handling experimental design and endogeneity. He explicitly said that you told him that you let me "take care of handling endogeneity methods, propensity score matching, look-ahead propensity score matching". I believe what he said is wrong.  If I know how to do it, why bother others?  We invited him to join the project only to handle experimental design and endogeneity. If he does not handle it, we will n...