HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mes10@po.CWRU.Edu (Mark E. Smith)
Subject: Re: questions on curriculum vita
Reply-To: mes10@po.CWRU.Edu (Mark E. Smith)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 08:23:44 GMT


In a previous article, gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan Gilligan 303-497-3861) says:

>It's worth being aware of a valuable resource for all manner of
>academic writing, including curricula vitarum:
>
>Mary-Claire van Leunen.
>A Handbook for Scholars.
>Oxford, 1992 (revised edition).
>
>This book is available in paperback for about $13.00, and contains a
>great deal of useful advice on how to write for academics. Appendix 1
>tells how to prepare a curriculum vitae. Ms. van Leunen has worked
>extensively in academia as an editor (as the editor of the Harvard
>Divinity Review and as technical editor for the Yale Department of
>Computer Science) so she seems to know what she's talking about.
>
>---Jon


In the same vein, there is another book in print with helpful tips as well:

The Academic Job Search Handbook
Mary Morris Heiberger & Julia Miller Vick.
Univ of Penna Press, 1992
paperback =  $12.95

Heiberger is Assoc. Director and Vick is Graduate Placement Counselor
at the Career Planning and Placement Service at the UofPa.  The Acknowledgement
of the text recognized the large number of Faculty at the univ. and other
schools who helped in the contributions.  Many sections contain the 
standard "Common Sense" advice; as well as some interesting insights.
One section covers the vita format for different areas.  Of particular interest
is the suggested timetables and strategies offered.

Certainly worth a look in the bookstore for anyone interested.

~Smith
From: A.J.C.Blyth@newcastle.ac.uk (Andrew J C Blyth)
Newsgroups: sci.research.careers
Subject: Where to look for jobs...???
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:28:11 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

The following people replied to my original posting

jar@edu.wisc.ece.banach (James A. Rose)
mitchm@edu.nwu.acns.casbah (Mitchell Maltenfort)
GUSEV@edu.rutgers.mbcl
mark@EDU.UCSD.cs (Mark Anderson)

The replies split down into two group, the first group recommended some
newsgroup and the second recomended some journals.


1. Newsgroup.
The following where the list of newsgroups that where surgested.

misc.jobs.offer
sci.research.careers
bionet.jobs
ba.jobs
aus.jobs
uk.jobs
ca.jobs

My problem and I am sure that this holds for other people is that
only a few of the newsgroups listed above appear in the UK. So I
am sure that only a few will be visable your your own site. I am
also sure that there are a lot more ***.jobs news groups as each
region of the internet seems to have its own.

What some kind sole(s) could start doing is posting the ones that
appear interesting (postdoc's etc) to misc.jobs.offer as that is
the one newsgroup that I am sure that most people get.


2. Journals

The following was the list of publications that was surgested. This
list I feel sure is avaiable to a wide range of people that read in
internet news.

Communications of the ACM
IEEE computer
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Newsletter "The Institute"
The Chronicle of Higher Education

My only question about the above list is how do you get hold of the
"The Chronicle of Higher Education". So if some kind sole could
mail me telling me how, then I would be most greatful.


Well I hope that all the information contained in this posting is of
help to people, I certainly think that it has been of help to me.


Andrew

___________________________________________________________________________
                                Andrew Blyth
Department of Computing Scienece   Telephone : +44 91 222 6053
Computing Laboratory               Fax       : +44 91 222 8232
The University                     Email     : A.J.C.Blyth@newcastle.ac.uk
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: rb0f@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (RICKY S. BLUM)
Newsgroups: sci.research.careers
Subject: Re: Second Undergraduate Degree, or transitional master's
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:50:41 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <BtAwJ9.Bpp@cgl.ucsf.edu>, gough@cgl.ucsf.edu (Craig gough%Kollman) writes:
>I've posted this in a couple of other newsgroups and 
>received some useful replies, but I could still use some more 
>advice: 
> 
>Can anyone offer some advice on obtaining a second baccalaureate 
>degree in a different field?  It seems that there are very few 
>universities thadmit students for a second degree in a different 
>field, and very few that offer a "transitional" master's degree 
>program.  (The latter would actually be preferable).   
>My background is in chemistry, and I wish to proceed 
>in the areas of math/physics/computer science/electrical engineering.  
>I would say my strongest interest is in new algorithms for 
>simulation of scientific problems.   
>
>Thanks,
>Craig Gough
>gough@cgl.ucsf.edu
>
I advise you to go for a Master's degree.  Many schools will admit you, but 
will require that you plan your courses carefully to fill in any gaps in your 
background.  Such is the case here at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA). 
I also think some professors will find your background to be an asset for 
their research.  

Best of luck.

R. Blum
Elect. Eng. and Comp. Sci. Dept.  

P.S. These views are my own.
Newsgroups: sci.research.careers
From: erspert@athena.mit.edu (Ellen R. Spertus)
Subject: Re: Getting Faculty Position. What is the secret ?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:50:07 GMT

In article <92Jul29.154929edt.305@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> gh@cs.toronto.edu (Graeme Hirst) writes:
>In article <1992Jul24.215939.20329@wuecl.wustl.edu> rr2@cec2.wustl.edu (Rajamiyer Ravichandran) writes:
>Turn-offs:
>
> --  Arrogant recommendations that implicitly invoke the reputation of
>the school or the advisor.  "*All* students in the Stanford / MIT /
>whatever Department of Neurochemistry are wonderful, because that's the
>only kind we ever have, and you should bless the day he offered himself
>to you for hiring."  Or: "I am a world leader in my field and all my
>students are wonderful . . ."  (Of course, arrogant recommendations are
>never quite this explicit, but the message often comes through.)

Actually, they do get pretty explicit.  Here's a quote from my
recommendation for graduate school written by my former manager:

    I have known Ellen for a year and a half and she has worked
    for me in the Advanced Development Engineering group at X.
    At X, we design and develop innovative, state-of-the-art
    software and hardware products and are very selective in our
    hiring.  Therefore, not only is it a challenge to obtain a
    position within X, but the working environment is very
    competitive and demanding as well....

I'm sure the MIT admissions committee was way impressed (sarcasm).  Oh
well, at least it was better than the letter from my undergraduate
advisor who wrote, "Ellen, ... he".  Actually, I did all right with the
letters, so things like that must not hurt too much.

					Ellen Spertus
Newsgroups: sci.research.careers,alt.grad-student.tenured
From: riedl@hannibal.cs.umn.edu (John Riedl)
Subject: Re: Second Undergraduate Degree, or transitional master's
Organization: /home/xerxes/faculty/riedl/.organization
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:01:47 GMT

In the computer science department at the University of Minnesota
we've recently made several changes to make it easier for students
with a B.S. in a different area to start graduate school in computer
science.  In the past we've had some very good students from
non-computer science backgrounds, and we're happy to encourage others
to apply.  A M.S. takes more work if your background is in a different
area, but it is very much an option.

John Riedl
Xref: sparky sci.research.careers:656 alt.grad-student.tenured:28
From: gough@cgl.ucsf.edu (Craig gough%Kollman)
Newsgroups: sci.research.careers,alt.grad-student.tenured
Subject: Second Undergraduate Degree, or transitional master's
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:18:45 GMT
Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, UCSF
Originator: gough@socrates.ucsf.edu

I've posted this in a couple of other newsgroups and 
received some useful replies, but I could still use some more 
advice: 
 
Can anyone offer some advice on obtaining a second baccalaureate 
degree in a different field?  It seems that there are very few 
universities thadmit students for a second degree in a different 
field, and very few that offer a "transitional" master's degree 
program.  (The latter would actually be preferable).   
My background is in chemistry, and I wish to proceed 
in the areas of math/physics/computer science/electrical engineering.  
I would say my strongest interest is in new algorithms for 
simulation of scientific problems.   

Thanks,
Craig Gough
gough@cgl.ucsf.edu
From: rsherme@diamond.nswc.navy.mil (Russel Shermer (R43))
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: Navier Stokes Equations
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:27:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NAVSWC DD White Oak Det.

In article <1992Aug11.030250.11103@math.ucla.edu>, rfedkiw@redwood.math.ucla.edu (Ronald Fedkiw) writes:
|> If anyone knows of a good reference to find either of the following,
|> please let me know...
|> 
|> (1) Axisymmetric Compressible Navier Stokes Equations
|>     (the incompressible isn't much help)
|> 
|> (2) Need some sort of approximation for the size and structure
|>     of the boundry layer created when solving (1) or even
|>     the 2-D compressible Navier Stokes equations for
|>     flow past a blunt body
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> 
|> Ron
|> 
|> --
|> Ron Fedkiw (rfedkiw@redwood.math.ucla.edu)
|> 
|> A plan is made by someone who is sitting and thinking ...
|> while others are doing.


1)  I think the equation you want can be found in Landau and Lifshitz,
"Fluid Mechanics" but I just looked and can't seem to find it. 

\dot\vec{u} = -(\vec{u} \cdot \vec{\nabla}) \vec{u}
-\frac{1}{\rho} \vec{\nabla}\ P
+ \frac{1}{\rho} \mu \nabla^2 \vec{u} + (\eta +
\frac{\mu}{3})\vec{\nabla}(\vec{\nabla} \cdot  \vec{u})

Sorry it's in LaTeX, but I think you can figure it out. 
nabla = del,  and cdot is the vector dot product.
Notice that for,
\eta = -1/3 \nu  (isentropic condition, I believe)
the equation collapses to the incompressible form.

2)  I believe that the shape and size of the boundary layer is HIGHLY
dependent on both the geometry of the object and the Reynolds number.
If you go through journals like the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and
Physics of Fluids, you'll find  an abundance of papers studying boundary layer
phenomena for a variety of situations.

             ---Russ
From: jshea@lclark.edu (Jackson Shea)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Grant Manager
Keywords: software, grant
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:34:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Aug19.023454.299
Distribution: usa
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

My department is currently using _Grant_Manager_ for the maintenance and
on-going monitoring of project grants as well as our departmental budget.

If anyone out there has experimented with Grant Manager AND have found 
something even BETTER, please drop me a line.

Thanks in Advance.

jshea
From: bng@tropel.gca.com (Baldwin Ng)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: ********  MICROWAVE HAZARDS *******
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:54:23 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I am sure that many of you have heard the fact that radar guns
used by highway police are now suspected to cause cancer to
police who are frequently exposed to MICROWAVES.

My question is: ARE MICROWAVE OVENS (when used very frequently)
                ALSO CAPABLE OF CAUSING CANCER??

I suspect that microwave ovens have some kind of a shield to
cutoff most of the radiation, but a small portion is still
leaked through and radiates to the user, right??

Thanks,
Baldwin

PS: Please reply to ng@moe.optics.rochester.edu
From: yq01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Yulin Qin)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Looking for a post-doc or RA position in neuroscience
Date: 17 Aug 92 11:31:22 GMT
Organization: Doctoral student, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


           Looking for a post-doc or RA position in neuroscience
 
	I am a graduate student in the department of psychology at Carnegie
Mellon University, with Herbert A. Simon as my advisor, and will get a
Ph.D. soon.
 
	The research I have done focuses on higher level cognition, which leads
to my desire to understand how cognition may actually be physically
implemented in the human brain. I am very eager to engage in
neuroscience research and gain experience in this field. Thus, salary
and other benefits are of secondary concern to me. What I primarily want
is a chance to learn and work in the area of  neuroscience after I
graduate from CMU. If I cannot be a post-doctoral fellow, I would like
to be a research assistant or something like that. 
 
	My publications, with my advisor and professor Tom Mitchell (computer
science, CMU), are related to the following areas:
	1) Scientific discovery (Cognitive Science (1990). 14, 281-308.);
	2) Human and machine learning (Proceedings of the Fifth Florida
Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium (1992). 235-239);
	3) Mental imagery and problem solving (Proceedings of the Twelfth
Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (1990). 646-653; 
Working Notes of AAAI Spring Symposium on Reasoning with Diagrammatic
Representations (1992). 18-23; Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (1992). 1050 - 1055).
 
	I have a Master's degree in computer science (Artificial Intelligence
and Statistical Pattern Recognition), and have a strong training and
five years experience in applied statistics (e.g., experiment design and
analysis).
 
	Detailed resume and sample publications will be be sent to anyone who
are interested in my application. Suggestions for where I may be able to
find a position in neuroscience are very much appreciated.
 
Yulin Qin  (Mr.)
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone (412)268-6284
E-mail: qin@psy.cmu.edu
From: rsherme@diamond.nswc.navy.mil (Russel Shermer (R43))
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: Neophyte seeks grantsmanship help
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:08:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NAVSWC DD White Oak Det.

In article <1992Aug10.171555.17553@henson.cc.wwu.edu>, n8946410@beaker.cc.wwu.edu (Cameron Parish) writes:
|> 
|> 	I'm an undergraduate with a pretty-good idea for a possibly-
|> publishable biology project, and I'm starting to look for grant sources.
|> I do have some faculty support, but they're all very busy people, and I
|> expect to be doing all of the grant writing on my own.
|> 	I've never even LOOKED at a grant proposal before, and I haven't
|> got the faintest idea of how to tackle one.  If anyone has any tips, or
|> can point me to a good book on the subject, I'd be very thankful.
|> 
|> Cam Parish


Why are you looking for grant sources?  You shouldn't have to
write a proposal as an undergrad or even as a graduate student.  You should 
only start getting into grant writing as a post-doc.  It is hard
enough for a seasoned principal investigator to write a grant proposal that
gets funded.  You would be wasting valueable time.

The best suggestion I can give you is DONT WRITE ONE.  Are these faculty
members you speak of expecting you to write a grant proposal?  If so, either
they are trying to tell you that your project is a bad idea and that no one
is willing to support it or they are shmucks trying to get you to do their
dirty work.  Doing the project is your job.  Getting you the means to do
that project is a faculty member's job.

Granting agencies measure the experitise of the grant writer.  If you are
a neophyte (as you say) they won't even consider your proposal, even if you
it's a brilliant idea.

Sorry to be so negative.  I've been a party to a number of grant proposals.
I've watched people who were at the top of their field get turned down time
and time again.  Writing a grant proposal as an undergrad would be cruel
punishment.

	---Russ
Newsgroups: sci.research
From: rfedkiw@crenshaw.math.ucla.edu (Ronald Fedkiw)
Subject: Axisymmetric Navier Stokes Equations
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 21:31:54 GMT

I'm trying to do a calculation of the full compressible Navier Stokes
equations for flow past an axisymmetric blunt body.
So, I put the equations into axisymmetric form and multiply
through by 1/Jacobian = r = distance from centerline (of axisymmetry).
I need to do this to put the equations back into conservative form for 
my method.
The obvious problem is that the equations are no longer valid along
the axis of symmetry (where r = 0). The Jacobian here is infinite.
I'm not quite sure what the implications of an infinite Jacobian are,
but from looking at my equations it becomes obvious that they cannot 
be used to solve the flowfield at r=0.

I was wondering what sorts of methods ae in common practice to solve
for the flowfield near r=0.
The solution is important here since this is where the flow passes
through the strongest portion of the shockwave. (It's a normal shock
at r=0 and the heating is high, also this is the where the stagnation
streamline lies.)
So, I need a good method, this might be the most important part of the flow!

Any help is greatly appreciated.

(I've thought about bounding the domain of the grid away from r=0,
 by 1/2 of a grid cell, but what boundry condition would I use?)

Ron Fedkiw

--
Ron Fedkiw (rfedkiw@redwood.math.ucla.edu)

A plan is made by someone who is sitting and thinking ...
while others are doing.
From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: ********  MICROWAVE HAZARDS *******
Summary: Not really an answer, but some background
Date: 19 Aug 92 04:18:34 GMT
Reply-To: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

>I am sure that many of you have heard the fact that radar guns
>used by highway police are now suspected to cause cancer to
>police who are frequently exposed to MICROWAVES.
> 
>My question is: ARE MICROWAVE OVENS (when used very frequently)
>                ALSO CAPABLE OF CAUSING CANCER??

Only a tiny amount of rf leaks out if they're in good shape and 
used properly.  Standing close to the oven all the time, looking
inside to watch your enchiladas bubbling, probably isn't
that good an idea. (Some people are concerned that children
tend to do this.)  There are some major differences between
microwave ovens and speed radar in this respect:

* Speed radar is designed to broadcast; microwave ovens are
  designed as a closed system.

* Radar cops are occupationally exposed -- they're in there 
  beaming away for most of a shift.  Only a handful of people,
  such as cooks in restaurants which buy "their" food precooked
  and then just nuke it onsite, would be exposed for a comparable
  length of time.

* In the cases I'm aware of, the cops who claim that radar guns
  gave them cancer were exposed at close range in more or less
  the same position for a long time.  One (who, I think, was on
  "60 Minutes") used a system in which the transmitter horn was
  behind him, aimed over his shoulder and out the windshield.
  One or two others were in the habit of holding the radar gun
  facing downwards between their legs when not actually acquiring
  a target, so as not to alert motorists with radar detectors.
  Instant-on radar guns may reduce this threat greatly -- the
  older ones were continuously on.

A difference that is not so favorable to ovens is that, I believe,
they use a considerably higher power (several hundred watts) than
police radar guns (a few tens of watts?).

--Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
From: rsherme@diamond.nswc.navy.mil (Russel Shermer (R43))
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: fyi#110: Senate Appropriations Committee Report: High Energy Physics
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:55:53 GMT
Organization: NAVSWC DD White Oak Det.

Posted for:
Public Information Division
American Institute of Physics
Contact:  Audrey T. Leath
Phone: (202) 332-9662
Email: fyi@aip.org

Senate Appropriations Committee Report: High Energy Physics

FYI No. 110, August 13, 1992

Accompanying all appropriations bills is a report written by
committee staff providing the committee's recommendations on how
agencies should spend the money which is appropriated to them.
Although these reports are not binding, federal agencies are
usually quite reluctant to implement policies contrary to those of
the committee which has jurisdiction over their budget.  Both the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees write reports, with a
final "conference report" issued to accompany the final bill.

Below are selected portions of Senate Report 102-344, accompanying
H.R. 5373, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for
fiscal year 1993, as it pertains to high energy physics.  The House
Appropriations Committee has also released its energy and water
development report; see FYI #83 for information on high energy
physics.

High Energy Physics:

Current Funding:                   $627,999,000
Administration request for FY 93:   630,884,000
House bill:                         613,384,000
Senate bill:                        623,384,000

"Because of severe budget constraints, the Committee recommendation
reduces to $25,000,000 the requested funds to construct the new
Fermilab main injector.  This level of funds will provide for the
continuation of this activity at a rate greater than fiscal year
1992 and is also $10,000,000 more than the House allowance.

"The Committee is aware of a proposal to initiate an asymmetric B
meson production facility (B-Factory) at the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center.  The Committee recommends that up to $3,000,000
be spent on engineering work on the B-Factory from within funds
provided to the Center to further develop this proposal for future
submission to Congress.  The Committee restores $2,500,000
eliminated by the House from the physics research program for
ongoing research related to high energy physics but includes the
funds in the operating expenses line in lieu of a new SSC line
entitled "SSC physics research."


###############
Public Information Division
American Institute of Physics
Contact:  Audrey T. Leath
(202) 332-9662
##END##########
From: dchung@efi.com (Daniel Chung)
Subject: [car/automobile] Re: Question about MPG
Organization: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 18:21:27 GMT


     [C^i tiu artikolo, sekve al la originalo, nur havas Nord-Amerikan
dissendon.  Se estos multe da repondo, bonvolu larg^igi al monda.]
-- Irrelavent to English speakers.

     It pollutes to manufacture a fancy car, and to drive, no matter
whether it is a ten-year old car.  I am glad that I found a non-fancy car --
manual transmission (stick-shift), no air conditioning, two (three) doors,
no electric windows.  And I am glad that I can carpool with three other
people now -- average 10 km per person per day per one-way trip.
The car drives about 30 miles per gallon.  Don't ask me about litres per
hundred mile, because the U.S.A.'an use old units.

					Daniel Chung, U.S.A.
Xref: sparky sci.environment:10710 ba.transportation:2025 rec.railroad:6574
From: joshua@Veritas.COM (Joshua Levy)
Newsgroups: sci.environment,ba.transportation,rec.railroad
Subject: Re: The Rebuilding of the Wrecked West Oakland I-880 Segment
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:36:00 GMT
Organization: VERITAS Software

In article <1992Aug17.161507.5091@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whheydt@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt) writes:
>Do you think a BART extension to Livermore would have an effect on
>traffic on the complex from the I80-I580 through the I580-I980-Ca24
>area?

Of course not.  BART runs near 880 for most of its length, and 880 has
the worst traffic of any non-bridge in the area.  

Joshua Levy (joshua@veritas.com)