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Load balancing, IEEE style

January 17, 2011

I am shocked at IEEE’s solution to manage the load on their servers.  After I pay $200 per year for …

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Using ConTeXt to convert markdown to PDF

January 9, 2011

I am using markdown to write the course notes for a lecture that I am teaching this semester. The notes …

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Look before you leap — especially if you are going to jump over others

June 1, 2010

Today I got 120 odd emails from ISIT. Yes, that is right. 120. All were like this Dear XXXX The …

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Graduate education: Too popular or too obscure to print brochures

May 23, 2010

Chasing a moving target

March 30, 2010

The CDC 2010 deadline has been extended again, this time to April 2nd. First it was March 15th (the call …

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Who cares about the reviewer?

February 11, 2010

I reviewed a paper for ISIT and got an automated reply from the review system. Dear <TPC member handling the …

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A new publishing model for academia

December 15, 2009

Today I received two emails for an invitation to publish a book chapter in a new book project by SCIYO. …

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