A reviewer, in one of those off-hand little low-level comments they leave, which one is sometimes tempted to ignore as one works on a revision because they're not _strictly_ actionable, has absolutely nerd-sniped me. What does "higher-order" in "higher-o...| www.williamjbowman.com
After a successful virtual PLDI, some of us expressed support for more virtual conferences in the future, and some expressed dissent and concerns. The result was an interesting discussion on Twitter, which is essentially impossible to follow. I summarize ...| www.williamjbowman.com
I've been unhappy with metrics lately, watching academics (of all people) apply metrics without interpretation. I'm losing my mind over it. This was free written in one sitting don't @ me....| www.williamjbowman.com
Posts tagged 'academia'| www.williamjbowman.com
I'm in the middle of liaising with the UBC library to attempt to negotiate joining ACM Open. It's not going well. While US universities appear to see cost increases of 2x--3x, Canadian universities are seeing costs of 10x--20x. And our budgets run much ti...| www.williamjbowman.com
In this post, I describe a proposal to redevelop the Construction Science introduction course to use hammers, a standard and state-of-the-art industry tool that students should have experience with....| www.williamjbowman.com