Monthly Archives: August 2017

Some Stories of Journals Behaving Badly

Posted on August 28, 2017 by annahaensch

Hoax papers have a long and time-honored history. Ten years ago a group of students from MIT wrote a program that randomly generated totally nonsensical computer science papers. One of their bogus papers was accepted by a conference and it … Continue reading →

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Back-to-School Blogs, 2017 Edition

Posted on August 21, 2017 by evelynjlamb

Today, I’m taking my chances with traffic and driving up to Idaho to try to get in the path of eclipse totality. (Fun fact: according to my back-of-the-envelope calculations, if everyone in the country went to the path of totality, … Continue reading →

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With Profound Sadness

Posted on August 14, 2017 by annahaensch

It was an incredible day in 2014 when Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to win the Fields Medal. I remember feeling absolutely overwhelmed with emotion and thinking to myself, alright, beginning today winning the Fields Medal is officially something … Continue reading →

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Conversations with Women of Color in STEM

Posted on August 7, 2017 by evelynjlamb

I online-met Williams College mathematician Pamela Harris last year through Lathisms, a Hispanic Heritage Month project that highlights Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians. She was one of the organizers of the effort, and I spoke with her and another organizer, Gabriel … Continue reading →

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