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Goodbye Professor Tombrello
This morning I awoke to the horrible news that Caltech Physics Professor Tom Tombrello had passed away. Professor Tombrello was my undergraduate advisor, my research advisor, a mentor, and, most importantly a friend. His impact on me, from my career … Continue reading
I have a friend in Minsk…
Unlike the usual university plagiarism policy which is typically something bland copied from another university, the University of Bergen has explained the problem, and consequences, of plagiarism with Hollywood-level production values. (Be sure to click on “CC” for the English … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Funny Ha Ha, Teaching
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Why the laity hope Einstein was wrong.
Although reputable news sources pointed out that most scientists think some more mundane explanation will be found for the too-early arrival of CERN-generated neutrinos in Gran Sasso, recently confirmed by a second round of experiments with much briefer pulse durations … Continue reading
Make Em Laugh, Make Em Cry
Scenes from today’s CSE 322 (introduction to formal methods in computer science) final: Continue reading
Schools Out For Winter
The final has been administered: Continue reading
Will the Real Reason For Quantum Theory Please Stand Up?
Michael Nielsen has a nice essay up explaining Why the world needs quantum mechanics: Conventional wisdom holds that quantum mechanics is hard to learn. This is more or less correct, although often overstated. However, the necessity of abandoning conventional ways … Continue reading Continue reading
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WTFA to LOLCAT Conversion
What I drew on the whiteboard during today’s final: Continue reading
School's Out For Summer…Almost
Today is the final exam for the course I’ve been teaching this summer. So I need some reading material for when I’m not watching the students take their exam. Here are two fun ones I just downloaded (one via Alea): … Continue reading Continue reading
Teacher of the Year
For a second straight year, the winner of the U.S. Teacher of the Year, is a University of Washington graduate. Of course I’m not supposed to say that, as not bragging is an sacred northwest tradition. (Did you know that … Continue reading Continue reading
CSE 322 Week 2: Nondeterminism Rocks
Last week, in the class I’m teaching, we talked about the basics of deterministic finite automata. In week two we moved on to more interesting and slightly less basic material. In particular we introduced the notion of a nondeterministic finite … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Computer Science, Teaching
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