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📚 Did you know? 📚 The first-ever academic conference focused on inductive inference, known as the "Solomonoff Conference on Inductive Inference," was held in 1956! 🎓✨ This groundbreaking event brought together brilliant minds to foster collaboration and innovation in scientific research, paving the way for decades of knowledge sharing and advancement. Academic conferences like these are essential in driving progress and fostering global cooperation in science and technology. They serve as a platform for scholars, researchers, and students to connect, exchange ideas, and push the boundaries of human understanding. 🌍🔬 At Edmates, we encourage lifelong learning and exploration—whether through academia or hands-on research. Let’s continue to build a future where knowledge knows no limits! #DidYouKnow #Edmates #StudyAbroad #StudyAbroadConsultants #InternationalEducation #ScientificResearch #AcademicExcellence #Innovation #InductiveInference #GlobalCollaboration 

Strategic growth in non-thesis Master's & research PhD programs is key to reimagining graduate education. 👏 Hear Dr. Colin Potts from Missouri University of Science and Technology break it down in this episode of Mastering the Next with host Dr. Ray Lutzky, PhD. Take a peak into their insightful chat below ⬇ 🎧 https://lnkd.in/gs6wCuNW #HigherEdMarketing #HEMktg #GraduatePrograms

interested in computational material science? check out this awesome workshop. I will be there!

NSF is investing $1.2 million in a pilot effort to catalyze diverse partnerships among U.S. institutions of higher education and industry innovators. The 18-month effort will be led by Halo, an artificial intelligence-powered technology platform that helps corporate research and development teams more efficiently connect with scientific partners and bring new innovations to market faster. Halo will initially focus on matching industry researchers with academic scientists in materials science and engineering at emerging research institutions, institutions of higher learning that receives less than $50 million in federal research expenditures. “Academic-industry partnerships fuel innovation in key technology areas, leading to more opportunities for the U.S. to be globally competitive in science, technology and engineering on the global stage,” said Erwin Gianchandani, NSF assistant director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships. “To foster these partnerships that lead to innovation, it is imperative that researchers across a wide range of universities and companies connect with industry through a centralized platform that makes it easy to identify areas of mutual interest.” Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4au0dTj 📷: Nathaniel Su, The University of Akron #higherlearning #NSFfunded

I want to add a little in between to really smooth out my story. I promise I will return with the lessons I learned as a postdoc tomorrow… Finishing a PhD is even more of an individual experience than starting one. To begin with, not everyone that starts a PhD finishes one. Some people choose to pursue different opportunities, some people do not feel supported in their program, and in rare cases the person is not prepared for the challenge they have taken on. Next, the people that do finish might take less time because they are being helped or they are truly brilliant beyond most of our comprehension. Then there are the rest of us, we either finish in an average amount of time or longer. Research takes time, how much is almost entirely determined by the problem. So I cannot speak to most of the people that successfully defend their dissertation, let alone to those whose paths diverged. My journey though had evolved into an odyssey. Despite once thinking I wanted to learn molecular gastronomy, I was in the weeds of nonlinear spectroscopy and chemical dynamics. In my final semester at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, while I was preparing for my defense, I was living alone with my dog. Aleksandra had already moved across the country to take a position at Stanford University, and I was looking for a position that would reunite us. I found a posting for a position at Berkeley Lab that felt remarkably familiar. I had recently heard a great talk by Frances Houle in which she described her research as leveraging multiscale simulations based on stochastic Monte Carlo Kinetics. This was all fancy pants way of saying that she could perform kinetic simulations of extremely complex systems that most people assume to be impossible. I reached out to her to thank her for her talk, but really to ask if she was the one that posted the position at Berkeley Lab. OK, so in graduate school, I learned a little about networking and a little about paying attention during seminars. I found a way to be reunited with Aleksandra Jakubowski. Brooklyn College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Berkeley Lab #AcademicJourney #CareerTransition #ChemistryPhD #IndustryJobs #PhDLife #ResearchJourney #GraduateSchool #ScienceLife #CareerGrowth #PostdocLife #ResearchLife

The 5th Annual GradFUTURES Forum of Princeton University Graduate School started yesterday with an engaging fellowship fair and resource showcase, and Clio Hall awards and reception. Had many conversations with students and colleagues about STEM grad ed and broadly scientific research, advancements in professional development and work ahead. Incremental progress can be slow but some initiatives can inspire collective energy and action such as the Night Science Initiative by Profs. Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher. Which brings me to my next highlight for #GradFUTURES Forum- Night Science: creativity in scientific research on April 12, 10-11 am (online). Through workshops and courses, editorials, and the popular Night Science podcasts, Itai and Martin explore the creative side of scientific thinking. They are firm advocates of teaching the creative scientific process in graduate and postdoc training, as creativity is an acquired skill, not innate talent. They encourage graduate students and postdocs to embrace innovative thinking and apply an entrepreneurial mindset toward bold, disruptive research ideas.   Over the past year, it’s been an honor collaborating with Itai and Martin to bring the concepts and tools of Night Science to the Princeton community. This year, Itai and Cliff Brangwynne, Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute collaborated to teach a 1-day #Wintersession Night Science workshop. Through Itai and Martin's virtual GradFUTURES Forum talk on April 12, 10 am we look forward to sharing the Night Science ethos and tools broadly. The talk is co-sponsored by Princeton Entrepreneurship Council (shoutout to Anne-Marie Maman!) Open to all! (RSVP links in comments) #scientificthinking #creativity #innovation #STEM #phd #postdoc #professionaldevelopment

✈ Collaborative minds at work: A delegation of scientists from the Tübingen Hector Research Institute visit the University of California, Irvine 🌎 Nine scientists from Tübingen ventured to California to visit fellow scientists at the UCI this month. The visit aimed to foster collaboration, exchange innovative ideas, and collectively advance our understanding of #educational #research. The discussions covered a spectrum of topics from digital education, teacher professional development, and students' learning processes from elementary school to higher education. Plans are underway for continued collaboration, joint research projects, and establishing networks that transcend the borders. #EducationalResearch #GlobalCollaboration #ScienceAndEducation #UCI #KnowledgeExchange #InnovationInEducation

Take heed! This is an important part of the journey! If you do this step, your success in the NSF SBIR/STTR Programs increases significantly! As a past NSF reviewer, I can tell you that I-Corps is SO important during the discussion! And you heard it from the one and only Dr. Carla Pavone!

What's up, Prof? I think most people have just a rough idea of what a professor 👨🏫 does all day. That's why I've decided to post from time to time this semester about what my week looks like. Here we go for week 19: ⚡ Flashback: Last week I had the pleasure of welcoming a new member to my research group. 📅 Monday: Some lectures and project meetings 📅 Tuesday: Lectures, I have to leave early for some private appointments 📅 Wednesday: Meetings with my PhD students, preparing some stuff for the Munich Datageeks e.V. 📅 Thursday: Public holiday in Germany 📅 Friday: I'll extend the weekend to spend some time with my family 💡 Highlight of the week: It's a short week again, nothing special this week #whatsupprof #professor #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #lecture #research Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt

With Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships closing on Monday 22 April, TRI has reached out to past recipients to hear about their success. TRI-based Professor Jyotsna Batra from QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (pictured) and Dr John Lee from The University of Queensland shared some of their tips: DO - keep it simple - think about your end-user so the research has a clear application - know what industry needs - approach industry partners and start the application early - identify research milestones clearly - justify your budget - be persistent (neither Prof Batra or Dr Lee secured a fellowship on their first attempt) - take on feedback and learn from your mistakes. DON'T - use jargon or be highly technical - leave it to the last minute - be too ambitious - be genetic or unfocused - neglect feedback. More about the Industry Research Fellowships: https://lnkd.in/e87pqmN