Monday, August 27, 2007

A funny joke

狼来了,经过山洞,见兔子面前放台笔记本电脑,噼噼噼的乱敲。 狼说:“兔子!干嘛呢?” “写论文!” 狼想:“世道真变啦,兔子也能写论文?”。 “啥题目?” “论兔子比狼厉害!” “你有病吧?” “你进洞瞧瞧!我收集好多资料!” 狼进洞了,半天没出来。天近黄昏,兔子收拾起笔记本电脑,回山洞了。 洞中一只狮子正在剔牙。 见兔子进来,拍着胸脯狂笑:“早跟你说了,不在乎你写什么题目,什么内容,关键是 ,你导师是谁!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Research is a joke?

Just read the chapter of Quasi-Newton Methods and came across this paragraph:
"The first quasi-Newton algorithm turned out to be one of the most creative ideas in nonlinear optimization. .... An interesting historical irony is that Davidon's paper was not accepted for publication; it remained as a technical report for more than thirty years until it appeared in the first issue of the SIAM Journal on Optimization in 1991."

It seems that high-quality work is more difficult to publish.

However, computer science still generates thousands of papers each year. How many paper will be remembered after 5 years?

Fast food is everywhere. This also includes "fast paper". Ridiculous!