Thursday, January 31, 2013

How to Build a Great Model -- Insights from Hal Varian

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I have chaired 16 doctoral dissertation committees and tomorrow my 17th doctoral student will be defending his dissertation. In academia, w...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Dream Course

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The invitation came through email from a chaired professor and I was very intrigued.   The invitation stated: It is our pleasure to invi...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

How Much Would You Give to Your College or University -- Mayor Bloomberg of NYC Has Given Over $1 Billion to His

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I am a big fan of NYC and also of its long-serving mayor, Michael Bloomberg, under whose leadership such changes to NYC (now permanent) as t...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Are Your Students Getting Jobs at the Best Companies to Work for?

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Have you ever envisioned your dream job? I regularly ask my students where would they like to work after graduation and I ask this questio...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Happy Birthday to Grand Central Terminal in NYC and Model Trains

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Who doesn't love trains? Just two weeks ago, we were in NYC and took the MetroNorth Train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal, wh...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Are You Up to the Challenge? Big Data and SBP 2013 Conference in DC

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For the past several years I was on the SBP (Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction) Conference Committee and enjoyed...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Academic Blogging as Outreach -- Celebrating 4 Years

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This week, I am marking  4 years of writing on this blog with my first post back in January 19, 2009 noting the new Presidential administra...