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I really agree with this, but think that we'll see even more of a split than just math/application. I got my PhD in Information Systems and Technology, which fused a social science…

Sounds pretty similar to Apple's earlier attitude about 3rd party developers being parasites on 'their' platform. While (of course) they do own it, the 3rd Party developers are par…

Re: part-time. I was able to finish part-time, but did a ton of work full-time for the first couple of years. My research suffered, but because my job linked with the research, it …

Re: age. This is a big deal. Younger ( 50, your odds of a full-time teaching appointment are not good.

I just finished up a PhD in Information Systems & Technology, which is related to CS, but much more user-land/application-land oriented. Be careful which type of program you apply …

He's obviously made significant contributions, but I find his distain for industry off-putting. I wish we could separate computer science into theoretical v. applied research to cl…

Actually created an account to write this... What surprises me is not as much Apple's move (though it is truly ridiculous), as some apologists' responses. Talking about how "Adobe'…