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Date |
Author |
Subject |
Text |
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Wed Oct 13 09:32:57 2021 |
Amy | To-dos for writing thesis | Acknowledge federal funding.
Writing:
Check paragraph structure. Make |
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39
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Tue Aug 27 16:23:34 2019 |
Brian Clark | Box Opening Advice |
You will likely adjust your code
to go from running the 100% to the 10%. Make
sure you actually re-process the 10% with |
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38
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Wed Jul 17 15:07:56 2019 |
Julie Rolla | Amy's Do's and Don'ts When Paper Writing |
Don't use adverbs. Quantify!
Refer
to a figure or table before discussing it
-- not after.
The first |
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37
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Fri Jul 5 15:51:14 2019 |
Amy and Kai | Do's and Don'ts in a paper | Things to say, and not say, in a paper. |
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36
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Wed Jun 20 14:28:47 2018 |
Keith McBride | Running icemc | This is a list of things that should be
expected when trying to make and run icemc.
1. The directory includes a Makefile.arch, |
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35
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Wed May 23 09:17:37 2018 |
Brian Clark | Lessons Learned from a Year in ARA Hardware | Lessons Learned from a Year in ARA Hardware
Test samples, then
build batches. |
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34
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Wed May 16 12:56:15 2018 |
Amy Connolly | Marjorie-isms | Advice about physics from Marjorie:
Always start with the physics!
Triggering
is where the physics is
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33
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Mon Apr 9 00:03:09 2018 |
Brian Clark | Making the Most of APS April Meeting 2018 | Yay, it's April Meeting time! This
is the biggest conference for the high-energy
physics community in the US. |
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Draft
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Tue Feb 20 14:40:15 2018 |
Amy Connolly | nitpicky things for writing | Don't start a sentence with a number.
For numbers less than or equal
to ten, spell out the word. |
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31
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Mon Feb 12 00:17:14 2018 |
Jorge Torres | TProfile (ROOT) error options | Different ways on which TProfile can estimate
and plot errors. |
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30
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Fri Feb 2 20:41:35 2018 |
Brian Clark | Antarctica -- Packing List and other advice | Here are a bunch of my thoughts on prepping
for Antarctica. This mostly pertains to my
experience travelling to the South Pole in |
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29
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Sat Jan 20 13:22:10 2018 |
Suren Gourapura | Links/Advice on Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) | Hello fellow undergrads,
Another thing to check out
is internships with NASA. It's ridiculously |
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Draft
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Sat Jan 13 17:42:03 2018 |
Oindree Banerjee | using git | I am writing instructions specific for
adding code to an exisiting repository such
as this one: https://github.com/osu-particle-astrophysics/BinnedAnalysis |
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27
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Tue Jan 9 20:53:29 2018 |
Suren Gourapura | Links/Advice on Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) | Hi All,
I applied to a few REUs last semester |
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Draft
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Thu Jan 4 09:24:52 2018 |
Amy Connolly | Don't ever do these things | Don't use the word "guaranteed"
to talk about neutrinos from GZK. Although
they are strongly expected to be there, nothing |
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25
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Thu Jan 4 09:10:10 2018 |
Amy Connolly | How to give a job talk | Never underestimate the joy people derive
from hearing something they already know.
- Enrico Fermi |
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24
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Wed Dec 6 18:21:38 2017 |
Oindree Banerjee | updating root on mac | To get the newest root on a mac:
this is what Carl and I went through today
Note that root was installed |
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23
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Fri Dec 1 13:08:51 2017 |
Amy Connolly | Writing letters of recommendation | Pay close attention to the wording of your
stated level of support in the first sentence,
and in the last paragraph. Make sure |
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22
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Thu Nov 30 09:58:14 2017 |
Brian Clark | Preparing For Antarctica | Congratulations, you've been selected
to deploy to Antartica in support of ARA
or ANITA. This mostly covers my experience |
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21
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Wed Sep 27 20:29:01 2017 |
Brian Clark | How to PQ for Antarctica | In order to go to Antartica, you first
have to Physically Qualify (or "PQ").
Here is some advice from my PQ experience |
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20
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Wed Sep 20 10:46:04 2017 |
Amy Connolly | Connections in industry | Check out this seminar series:
http://erdosinstitute.org/industry.html |
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19
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Mon May 22 15:38:12 2017 |
Amy Connolly | Packages/Languages to learn to make yourself marketable | R
Python
Various machine learning tools |
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18
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Fri May 19 16:02:48 2017 |
Everyone | Easy Explanations of Difficult Concepts | Oindree:
Concept used in Brian Dailey
and Sam Stafford's analysis: |
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17
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Wed Apr 26 23:28:55 2017 |
Brian Clark | How to Travel | Below is some advice. The most important
point is that you must file a eTravel request
online at etravel.osu.edu. |
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16
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Sun Apr 23 00:23:21 2017 |
Amy Connolly | Writing a proposal | A few basic principles for writing a proposal,
many of which I got from Scott Gaudi in Astronomy:
1. Make sure that the first sentence |
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15
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Fri Mar 31 15:38:40 2017 |
Everyone | Writing/Presenting a poster | Kaeli's Advice:
Writing the poster:
I generally start off my |
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14
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Fri Mar 3 15:09:40 2017 |
Everyone | ROOT advice | Oindree
I am terrible at ROOT, so I have
started to read the Users Guide on ROOT |
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13
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Tue Feb 28 15:54:42 2017 |
Oindree Banerjee | Antarctica -- Packing List and other advice | I was in Antarctica
for 2 months in year 2016 to launch and support
the ANITA-4 mission. I was mostly at/near |
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12
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Wed Feb 22 22:32:16 2017 |
Everyone | Favorite restaurants in Columbus | Each person can list one favorite
restaurant per category, or add their name
to someone else's entry if you share |
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11
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Wed Feb 22 15:50:16 2017 |
Everyone | Completing a dissertation | |
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10
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Wed Feb 22 15:49:26 2017 |
Everyone | Candidacy exams | Oindree's
advice:
My experience is with taking the Physics |
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9
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Wed Feb 22 15:48:39 2017 |
Everyone | Getting into graduate schools | Kaeli's Advice:
If grad school is something you
want to do, make sure your activities throughout |
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8
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Wed Feb 22 15:47:57 2017 |
Everyone | Writing papers | |
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7
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Wed Feb 22 15:47:40 2017 |
Everyone | Writing proposals | Oindree's contribution:
I am attaching one of my undergrad
research proposals as an example. I got this |
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6
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Wed Feb 22 15:44:19 2017 |
Everyone | How to do well in grad classes | Oindree's contribution:
1. mentally prepare to spend 60
hours a week doing homework, 20 hours for |
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5
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Wed Feb 22 15:43:37 2017 |
Everyone | Job interviews in industry | John Beacom: http://degreeofsatisfaction.blogspot.com/
A good site from a the view of a data scientist
with a Ph.D. in physics about how industry |
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4
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Wed Feb 22 15:43:20 2017 |
Everyone | Academic job interviews | Amy's advice
Remember that they are not always
looking for the "best" person on |
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3
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Wed Feb 22 15:42:30 2017 |
Everyone | Giving talks on weekly phone calls | Oindree's contribution:
1. Have slide numbers on the slides!
So you can say ".. in slide 9 you can |
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2
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Tue Feb 21 11:47:34 2017 |
Brian Clark | A guide to writing good talk slides | This is a checklist we should all complete
when giving talks.
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1
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Sat Feb 18 14:23:09 2017 |
J.C. Hanson | Don't Lose Hope :-) | When applying for jobs, all it takes is
time! Have faith in yourself.
~Jordan |
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