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Math Talk: Preparing Your Conference Presentation, Gizem Karaali
Math Talk: Preparing Your Conference Presentation, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
If you are a typical reader of this blog, then you recently wrapped up your finals week and then dutifully made a summer plan. And then came the summer. Your plan may have involved working on a manuscript, preparing for a qualifying exam or a new course coming up in the fall, drafting a grant proposal, learning a new language (human or machine), eating kale in four different forms, and perhaps some fun times under the sun. Some, like me, also made plans to travel to conferences and give talks. Gearing up to get ready for my first conference of …
Why You Need A Summer Plan, Gizem Karaali
Why You Need A Summer Plan, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
In the last decade, for many times, I have tasted first-hand the end-of-summer blues I described above. I have spent many early spring months dreaming of all that I would be doing when the summer arrives, only to realize that it was already September and I had not much to show for for the months in between. I have also observed many of my peers going through similar things, and I just assumed for years that this was how it had to be. But then some time in the middle of the tenure track, I decided to try approaching my …
The Fundamental Principle Of Productivity: What They Don't Teach You In Graduate School, Gizem Karaali
The Fundamental Principle Of Productivity: What They Don't Teach You In Graduate School, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
But through the years, I have read many books, ranging from self-help guides to creative writing manuals, attended workshops, frequented relevant websites, and reflected upon my own personal experiences. As a result, I have collected together a few ideas and tools on productivity and time management that have been working well for me. In this post I want to share with you the most basic of these principles, with the hope that it may assist you in your life, at whatever stage you are. Whether you are a graduate student, a postdoctoral researcher, a junior mathematician on the tenure track, …