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325 Goldstein AC PVL
What is Pace
DPS
Dissertation
Research
Like?
THE INTRO
Dr. Ronald I. Frank
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Cohort-Based
At Pace University DPS
Blended
Face-to-face
&
Online
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No Grantsmanship Discussion
No Politics of Research
Many Slides NOT For This
Presentation But For Reading
Later Off-Line, So Sit Back &
Enjoy But Take Notes
This Presentation:
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Some PERSONAL Politics
Some Psychology of Research
Many Slides are comments based
on my personal research and my
observations of others in IBM
Research and here.
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Some format reference material
is at the end.
Now
Meaningless Introductory Joke:
Denigration of PPT
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See E. R. Tufte “The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint”Graphics Press LLC P. O. Box 430 Cheshire CT 06410
PPT
Devil
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001yB&topic_id=1
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From
“The Cartoon Bank”
The New Yorker Magazine Co.
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From
“Robert Rules For Dummies”
by C. A. Jennings,
Wiley 2005, Pg. 297
Why PPT is Better Than Overheads
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Toxic PPT
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The Universality of PPT
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This is Intended As
Helpful Instruction
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325 Goldstein AC PVL
What is Pace
DPS
Dissertation
Research
Like?
THE START
Dr. Ronald I. Frank
☺ Meta comments 5 [1-5]
☺ PPT Denigration 6[6-11]
☺ THIS TOC 4[12-15]
☺ Preconditions For A Dissertation 3[16-18]
☺ RIF + Galactic Meta Observations 12[19-30]Truth (1), Two Misconceptions, & Truth (2)
Getting and Keeping Ideas: [30]
☺ Preface 1[31]How Does Humanity Itself Learn? [31]
☺ Types of Research [Rough Taxonomy] 2[32-33]
☺ Why We Do Research 2[34-35]
☺ What Research Is & IS NOT 3[36-38] 38
30(FM)+94(TXT)+69(APPNDX+1M)= 193
Table of Contents 1/3
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☺ 9 Research Examples (1, 2, & 3 w/Sources) 28[39-66] (1, 2, 3) not IT or DPS [39-66]
☺ 6 Current IT Dissertations (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) 10[67-76](4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 9) are IT or DPS [67-76]
☺ The Process 12[77-88]
☺ Psychology 16[89-106]• Handling Criticism: [Grownup mind set] [90]
• Notebooks (More later) [91]
• Your attention span has been rotted by TV [91]
• Conscious Use of Your Unconscious [92]
• Self Esteem [93]
☺ What IS & IS NOT 5[107-111]
A Dissertation & A Defense
☺ Commentary & Advice 13[112-124]84
Table of Contents 2/3
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☺ Appendix 1 Proposal Outline 2[125-126]
☺ Appendix 2 Research Paper Outline 5[127-131]
☺ Appendix 3 Typical Dissertation Outline 7[132-138]
☺ Appendix 4 Dissertation Production 4[139-142]
☺ Appendix 5 Dissertation Notebook 16[143-158]
☺ Appendix 6 12 Step Writing Process 8[159-166]& Coplien’s Responsa
☺ Appendix 7 William Safire’s ‘Rules’
of Writing [Modified] 8[167-174]
☺ Appendix 8 The Rest of the de Broglie Paper 8[175-182]
☺ Appendix 9 RIF CV 11 [183-193]69
Table of Contents 3/3 (Appendices)
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Preconditions For A Dissertation
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Preconditions For A Dissertation
I. What is the Idea.
Area & Topic
II. Can it be?
Does it already exist?
III. Will YOU be able to prove it?
Does not exist yet
Can exist
Feasibility Study?
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IV. What is your added value?
What do you add to the body of
knowledge?
V. Is it useful?
A. For Theory?
B. For Practice?
VI. Is it important?
VII. Why is it new?
How come nobody did this before?
Preconditions For A Dissertation
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40+ Years of
doing & managing
(i. e. supervising)
Ad Tech & Research
(IBM & ISI)
Including 14 years of
supervising
Pace research students.
May
or N
ed M
cDod
dof W
hoville
(Seu
ss)
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Galactic Meta-Observations:
TWO Truths
&
TWO Misconceptions
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Research is WRITING!
Not all Writing is Research
A TRUTH (1)
If Your English is Weak,
Plan to have Editing Help
For Your Final Versions.
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You write up your ideas.(Hand waving verbalization is a waste of everyone’s time.)
You record and annotate
all discovered and read
references (Endnote / Zotero).
You maintain an idea notebook• which includes your thoughts
• the idea results of all research
• the idea results of all meetings
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You write your Idea Paper(s).(There may be more than one and more versions than one.)
You write your dissertation.
You rewrite your dissertation.
You re-rewrite your dissertation.
You (re)n-write your dissertation.
●●●●
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If you are NOT taking notes
here, you have poor habits
and you just don’t get it.
If you are NOT taking notes
in meetings, you are wasting
the time of the other
participants.
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Misconceptions
Mayor Ned McDodd of Whoville
(Seuss)
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Spending Time & Effort
Get Degree.
WRONG!
A MIS conception (1)
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Spending $$$$
Get Degree.
WRONG!
A MIS conception (2)
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Spending Time, Effort, & $$$$
OPPORTUNITY
To Learn & Get Research Help
During A Limited Time
The TRUTH (2)
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You find your problem.
You find your problem solution.
You write it all up in a
DISSERTATION.
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• Better to get your own ideas that YOU are
interested in
• Can come from you advisor as a last resort
• Don’t fall in love with it. Be ready to change
• Experts (advisor) provide only OPINION –
theirs
• OPINION ≠ LAW OF NATURE
• You must teach your committee and your advisor
• You know the work better than they do
Re: Getting and Keeping Ideas
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Preface
How Does Humanity Itself Learn? RESEARCH !
Scientific Method in The Process. [88]
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Theoretical Experimental
Ba
sic
Ap
plie
d
Early Product
Development
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Types of Research - 1A Rough Taxonomy
DPS DPS Tendency
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Types of Research - 2
Boxes I and II Example:• Basic research in Quantum Communication.• Experimental Research in Quantum Encryption.
Boxes I and III Examples:Theory of Single Photon Transmission.• My Array Structure Theory.
Box IV Example:Magiq Encryption product: http//magictech.com• Design of a Web Service Framework.• Design of QKD Grid Security Framework.• Survey/Data Analysis of Cloud Hardware Vendor’s
Telecom Protocol Choices
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1. Discover new knowledge (new TRUTH)
2. Solve meaningful problems
3. Find new relationships
4. Answer questions worth knowing the
answers to
5. Fulfill a vision
6. Maybe it’s useful
7. Follow your gut
•Lipman Bers’ quote
•Eugene Wigner’s quote
•Albert Einstein’s Razor
Why We Do ResearchHow Does Humanity Itself Learn? RESEARCH !
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Lipman Bers’ quote[Personal Communication]
“There is an infinite number of true theorems.
Work only on important ones.”
[Work on what looks like it will be “useful” elsewhere.]
Albert Einstein’s RazorLet beauty lead you.
"...The ideals which have guided my way, and time after time have given me the energy to face life, have been kindness,
beauty, and truth.“ --quote from "The World as I See It" (1930). Reprinted in Ideas and Opinions, 9.
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
Eugene Wigner’s quote
“The unreasonable effectiveness
of mathematics in the Natural Sciences.”Eugene Wigner (1960) “The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the Natural Sciences.”
Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics 13 (1): Pp. 1-14.
[Mathematics gives the correct model more often than not.]
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What Research IS & is NOT
Characteristics of Research. Characteristics of Projects.
Intensely personal activity Teamwork allowed
Discovery of new knowledge Use of known knowledge
Probable societal benefits Benefits aimed at sponsor
Publication of discovery Publication not necessary
Creative in nature Derivative in nature
Don’t know if it can be done Know it can be done (P>.5)
Public activity & results Proprietary activity &
results
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What Research IS
1. NOVEL: Create a NEW
Contribution
2. VALID: Prove results correct
3. VERIFIABLE: Repeatable Reliable
Robust Results
You and others should be able to
repeat your analysis/process or a
different process and get your
results. [\Your Data Must Be Publically Available]
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What Research is NOT
Characteristics of NOT Research
Loud Assertion w/o reference Presentation of the Known
Argument by Authority Opinion (even expert)
Fact without reference Reference without vetting
Literature Search Library “Research”
Work of others (incl. advisor) Verbal Presentation
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9 Research Examples
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9 Research Examples Sources.
1. de Broglie’s Paragraph [Notice it in Nature]
2. My “Why IS That?” [Notice it in a Form]
3. Malcolm Cohen (Navy/Civilian, A4 Crashes) “Applied
Research”, [Notice it in Real Physical World]
4. & 5. Web Services &/or XML Languages, “Applied
Research”, [Notice it in Current Technology]
6. QKD “Applied Research”, QKD in GRIDS.
[Notice Application of OTHER Technologies to IT]
7. Semantic Web Tech Applied to Med Record
Conversion [Notice Application of OTHER IT
Technologies to non-IT problems]
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9 Research Examples Sources.
8. What the Cloud Implies for Data Center Hardware Vendors
(Analysis of Trends in Data Communications Technology)
[Market Analysis by Survey]
{TOTALLY MISSED POWER IN THE RUSH TO FINISH}
9. Proposed New Metric for allocating Bandwidth in OFDMA
Optimization Model. [Extend other’s work]
Or YOU Could Create A New Technology
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A. First three of these are NOT DPS-like
1. They are Mathematical/Physical in nature
2. DPS-like is often not mathematical but could
involve some basic statistics or optimization
B. 4 - 9 ARE DPS but not specific to it
C. The commonality is the difficulty defining
the problem and finding the solution [80/20]
D. You will be getting more DPS-like examples
in this Research course
9 Research Examples.
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9 Research Examples
Das Ei Des Columbus - The Egg of Columbus[I learned it in a Scientific German Course] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_columbus
1. Columbus Returns & Reports Discovery
2. Committee of “Great Men” Reviews Results
3. “Trivial and Obvious”
Go west and run into land – no big deal.
4. Columbus: “Make an egg stand on end.”
But First A Reminder About Critics
Notice below, the18 years from 1905 to
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Let us consider a material moving object of rest mass 0m
moving with respect to a fixed observer with a speed c ( 1) .
According to the principle of the inertia of energy, it should possess
an internal energy equal to 2
0m c . On the other hand, the
quantum principle suggests associating this internal energy with a
simple periodic phenomenon of frequency 0 such that 2
0 0h m c ,
c being, as usual, the limiting velocity of the theory of relativity and h Planck's constant.
[Theoretical Physics]
(Translated from Comptes rendus, Vol. 177, 1923, pp. 507-510)
2
0 0[ ] [ ]
. .! 1905
E h photoelectric effect and E m c relativity
Eins Both are by Einstein teins Nobel Prize in
This is the wave nature of matter (has a frequency!)
Schrödinger’s Wave Equation came after, in 1925
Lousy
notation
uses
for
velocity,
and
for
frequency
Hey! Get
a Nobel
Prize for
seeing an
“obvious”
thing:
E = E
0
#1 de Broglie: One Paragraph Thesis
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You can get a lotfrom a little algebraand some thinking.
Einstein (1905):
1. E = m0c2 [based on relativity 1905]
E is the rest energy of a particle (Joules)
m0 is the rest mass of a particle (kg)
c2 is the square of the universal constant c
the speed of electromagnetic radiation in vacuum
(m/s).
2. E = hν [the photoelectric effect 1905][Planck-Einstein]
[Einstein’s Nobel Prize 1921]
E is the energy of a quantum of electromagnetic
radiation – a photon-(Joules)
h is a universal constant (Planck’s)
ν is the frequency of the electromagnetic Radiation (Hz)
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[Notice it in Nature]
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Einstein (1905):
3. c = λν [relativity 1905]
c is again, the universal constant, the speed of
electromagnetic radiation in vacuum (m/s).
λ is the wave length of the radiation (m)
ν is the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation
(Hz = sec-1).
Louis de Broglie’s algebra (1923) [18 years after Einstein]
Comptes Rendus, Vol. 177, 1923, pp. 507-510.
http://www.davis-inc.com/physics/broglie/broglie.shtml
(last accessed 8/15/2012)
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• Set E = E, i.e., set [1] = [2]:
[m0c2 = E] = [E = hν] (Joules).
• Substitute for c using [3] and factor the terms
m0(λν)2 = m0(c)(λν) = hν.
• Divide both sides by ν ≠ 0 (E ≠ 0):
m0(c)(λν) = hν [m0(cλ) = h].
• Divide through by c ≠ 0 (E ≠ 0):
m0(λ) = (h/c), which is a universal constant
Conclusion [Louis de Broglie’s Nobel Prize 1929]: A rest mass
m0 has an associated wavelength (λ) (particle - wave duality).
For differing m0 cases, m0 and λ vary inversely.
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9th Grade Algebra
Some Rough Modern Estimates:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
(last accessed 8/15/2012)
• (h/c): ≈ [2.209 × 10-42 kg m].
• relectron ≈ 2.8179402894(58)x10-15 [m]
NIST CODATA
• λ1kg mass: A 1-kg mass (m0 = 1-kg) has a wave length λ of
(h/c)/1 ≈ [2.209 10-42 m]/1, which is much
smaller than an electron (~7.8x10-28 relectron)
• λelectron: ≈ [2.425 × 10-12 m].
≈ 430 times larger than the electron’s
classical diameter (= 2 relectron)
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Prince Louis de Broglie
1. He added some more analysis of what is
the particle’s wave frequency
2. He analyzed a particle of light (slightly
incorrectly) using basic relativity
3. He analyzed an electron in a circular
orbit and showed the same results as Bohr
& Sommerfeld (the Old Quantum Theory)
and said he had derived optics of particles
elsewhere – which he did
4. All in 4 pages [basic idea in 1st paragraph]
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The rest of the 4-page paper is in Appendix 8
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Prince Louis de Broglie
1. He was prepared in QM & Relativity
2. He was free to be “stupid – clever”
3. It took Einstein’s intervention to get him
his degree (faculty of “Great Men”
thought it was nonsense)
4. It took 5-6 years until experiment proved
him right (electron optics).
5. His article 1923; Schrödinger’s Wave
Equation 1925; his Nobel Prize 1929
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[m0(c2) = hν] [ν = m0(c
2)/h] = [(ν) ~ m0 (constant)]
Roger Penrose points out*
When matter eventually evaporates [m00 ν0]
1) There will be only a sea of VERY low energy photons
2) Photons are time-less
3) There will be no frequency (ν) - so
4) There will be NO CLOCKS [no tic-toc]
(must have mass to have a clock) - so
5) There will be NO TIME (Time will not exist)
* “Cycles of Time” by Roger Penrose (A New Model of the Universe) Alfred A. Knopf, NY 2011
All of this was done with 9th grade algebra.
Another Interesting Result*
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I noticed a strange relationship for the N-D
cube array of length n. [I also have ABD in Math - NYU]
This relates arrays to
the binomial theorem.
[Theoretical Computer Science]
N-D Cube
of Length nCell Count
Binomial
Expansion
Sum of
smaller (3)
length arrays
of all (4)
dimensions
0 to N
This is a new geometric truth
about array decompositions.
#2 RIF (Me) [No Nobel Prize-Yet]
NOTICE !!
TRICK!1
2
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[Notice it in a Form]
10 0
1 1
1 1
([ ] )
[( ) ]( ) [ ]
N N N
n
i N i Ni N i i
ni i
T n n
N Nn T
i i
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0
1
0 0
1 1 1 1
1 All smaller arr
[ ] ( ) ( )
( ) ays
i NNN N i N i
n
i
i N i NN i i
n n
i i
NT n n n
i
N NT n T
i i
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000 00
0
000 0
1
0
Step down by 1 in lengt
1 1 1 1
h
1
1 1 1 1 .
1k N k
n
k
k
n n
k
NT n n n n
k
NT n n T
k
0 0 00 0 0 0
1 0 1 2
Recursing
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 .T T T T etc
# DimensionsSKIP
n n n n n( , , , , , ) is the "Shape List"
( , , , ,..., ) .N N N
nn n n n nn T T for short
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00 0
0
Lemma 1
1 1 1 [ integer ].kT k T k
111 1 11
0
0 11 0 1 0 1
1 1 0 1
11 1 1 1 1 1
1 11 1 1 1 1 1 by Lemma 1.
0 1
k k
n
k
n n n n
T n n n nk
T n n T T T T
1 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 2
1 0 1
0 0
Recursing again, we get
1 1 2 1 by Lemma 1. Yielding
, which is: Lemma 2.
n n n
n
T T T T T
T n T T
1 0 1
0 0
2
n
Lemma
T n T T
Grounding
Scalars
Getting the form of a
1-D, n-element vector
in terms of NULL arrays
Vector Representation
SKIP
DO THIS
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CREATING A (2, 3) ARRAY BY THE OUTER PRODUCT OF VECTORS
0
0
0 0 0
0
0
0 0 0
[ integer i, j 0]
ii
jj
i j i ji j i j
T
T
T T T
0
0T 1
0T2 2
0 0,0T T 3 3
0 0,0,0T T
1 2
4 5
3
6
1
2
3 4 5
This means 6 Cells (0-D Scalars), 5 (1-D) Vectors, 1 (2-D) Thingie.
Polynomial
Manipulations
Polynomial
Manipulations
Use Vector Representations
2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 3 6 5 1( , )T T T T T T T T
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3 ERA / NERA Representations
12
1
13
4
A
CF
Shape List
Index
List
[1, 1, 1] [1, 2, 1]
[1, 1, 2] [1, 2, 2]
[1, 1, 3] [1, 2, 3]
Polynomial
D
B
Egg Crate
9
E
Dual
View
(1, 2, 3)
Counting Rep.
3
1,2,3 (1 2 3) 6T x x
0 1 2 3
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
(1 2 3) 6 11 6
1 2 3
x x T T T T
T T T T T T
1
2
3 4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11
1110
RED is new (mine) (D, E, F).
Holds for NERAs too.
(Non-) Equilateral Regular Array
Cell
Count
What is not obvious is that I
PROVED the polynomial is true
for any finite dimensional
continuous or discrete NERA.
My New
3 New Reps
12 New
Relationships
0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 2 3
0 0 0 0
1 2 3 1 2 3
1 2 3
6 11 6
( ) ( , , )x x
T T T T T T
T T T T
3
1 2 31 2 3 1 2 3 6( , , ) ( , , ) ( )T x x
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A
Research
Program
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There is
an array
structure
algebra.2005-2016
(2x3x4)
"Dual" View
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THE MASTER EQUATION
(Example cf. Appendix 11)
There are 24 scalar cells. [0-D]
There are 26 vectors: [1-D]
6 vectors front to back
12 vectors top to bottom
8 vectors right to left
There are 9 matrices (planes): [2-D]
2 horizontal planes top to bottom
3 vertical planes left to right
4 vertical planes front to back
There is one 3-D Entity. [3-D]
There are no higher D Entities. [4...-D]
2x3x4 Full Decompostion to Null Arrays
T0
0 (24) + T0
1 (26) + T0
2 (9) + T0
3 (1)T3
(2, 3, 4)=
12v+8(l-r)+6(f-b)
SKIP
3 2 1 0
2 3 4
9 21 24
x x x
x x x x
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1. What if N (dimension) is negative or complex?
2. What if n (length) is negative or complex? (DONE)
3. Master equation allows + & - of arrays - what’s this
mean? [- = Annihilation!] (DONE)
4. Generalization to ragged arrays?
5. What about arrays of arrays [= set theory]?
6. What about continuous arrays? (DONE)
[Master equation does hold!]
7. Quantum computing?
8. OLAP Data Arrays ?
9. Is there a structure algebra? (DONE)
RIF: A Good Topic Should Be Rich in Further Questions
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1. I worked in APL R&D on and off for over 8 years.
2. I worked on this problem on and off for 10 other years.
3. I generalized cubes to N-D Bricks (NERAs ERAs).
4. I found a master equation in null arrays (by initially by
recursion) and then vastly simplified the derivation.
5. I developed an explicit cell count algorithm for all sub
arrays’ cells.
6. I developed code in APL, C++, and Java to show it.
7. I found potential applications in Hyper cube machine
architectures and data mining OLAP. [& Big Bang Mimic]
[& Fermion Mimic]
8. I found MANY theoretical extensions (see the Research
Program above).
RIF: Work on what you know & like
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[Private Communication] [Applied Physiological Psychologist]
He is a “Perceptologist ”
• Some A4s crash (randomly) for no apparent cause
• Catapult off carrier & go immediately into water
“Data”
• “Artificial Horizon” gauge problem was fixed
[Therefore not the gauge]
Survey Data
• Artificial Horizon gauge not trusted
• Crashes only on moonless nights
[Therefore no visual cues – so what?]
#3 Malcolm Cohen – Problem [No
tice it in
Rea
l Ph
ysic
al W
orld
]
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Malcolm Cohen’s – Theory*
[Personal Communication]
• Douglas Skyhawk – (A4) has noted reliability
• Pilots can’t see outside and don’t trust gauge
• Some perception causes stick forward into water
• It has to be a positional perception miscue
* Cohen, M. M., Crosbie, R. J. & Blackburn, L. H.
“Disorienting effects of aircraft catapult launchings.”
Aerospace Medicine, 1973, 44:37-39.
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limbin
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all
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Malcolm Cohen's Theoretical
Model Based on Pilot's
(Psychological) Perception
Pilot
Gravity
Catapult
Force
Resultant
Vector
(Perceived
Gravity)
Actual
Motion
Pilo
t
Res
ultan
t
Vec
tor
(Per
ceiv
ed
Gra
vity
)
Per
ceiv
ed
Motion
'Correct' by
stick down
to level out.
Actual effect
is to dive
into water.
Toward Earth
Corr
ect by
stic
k dow
n
to le
vel o
ut
Real World
Perceived World.
What Pilot
Thinks.
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Malcolm Cohen’s - Solution
• Train pilots to understand incorrect perception
• Train pilots to trust artificial horizon gauge
Result
• No more crashes due to this cause
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Six Current IT Dissertations
#4 Web Services
#5 Web Services (ABD-STILL OPEN)
#6 QKD Application to GRIDS
#7 Semantic Web Technology
#8 What Cloud Implies for
Data Center Vendors
#9 New OFDMA Metric & It’s
Application (Wireless Nets)
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Research Ideas
In Computing
Are Evanescent
There is a limited time to get
it done before it is well
known and not new.
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1. XML based.
2. Standards based.
3. “Applications” require defining general
languages for new uses
[language architecture == vocabulary].
4. Requires understanding of an application
domain. Often used for app integration.
5. Limited window of opportunity for
dissertation level work [was 2-3 years].
NOW SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).
(NO LONGER Conjectural) [Applied Information Systems]
#4 & #5 Web Services &/or XML Languages
[Notice it in
Current Technology]
At That Time
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1. WS / XML based – Industry Integration.
2. Standards based – some not yet in place
3. Needs many specific languages – some exist
4. Small restaurants as a real example
5. Dozens of DFDs and Use Case Diagrams
6. Very intricate NEW/USEFUL architecture
7. Literature search was global (UN a player)
#4 Product Costing Framework
Generalization == Best Price Subassemblies
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1. WS / XML based – Enterprise Integration
2. Standards based – plus one new one
3. Needs one or two specific languages
4. Accounting Standards as a real driver
5. ~4/Ea. DFDs and Use-Case Diagrams
6. Straight forward architecture
7. Literature search was US only
8. Virtual close is a valuable side effect
9. Lacked confidence in self & topic
10. Lacked skill to concentrate just on nugget
therefore did not understand his own idea
#5 SARBOX Compliance Architecture
Enterprise Accounting / Auditing Integration NOT FINISHED
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#6 Apply QKD to GRIDS
1. QKD Secure Message Transfer (1 Hop).
2. Grid uses X509 Certificates (PKI)
3. Problem with PKI is secure transfer of
passwords in Grid
4. Idea: Use QKD to transfer PKI passwords
5. Hierarchical Certificate Authority (CA)
6. Single hop to users in CA domain or
between CAs
7. Successful Feasibility Study
[No
tice
Ap
plic
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f OT
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Te
ch
no
log
ies to
IT]
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non-IT problems]
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#7 Automatically Transform
X Med Record1 -> Y Med Record2
1. X Med Record1 sent to Y needs translation to Y’s
Med Record2 format.
2. Industry Std. XML: XML Experiments FAIL
3. Adapt Medical Ontology Research, Rules-Based
AI, Create an Experimental Model Thesaurus
4. Install Tools, Build Model System Based on
Semantic-Web Standards(!) & Do Experiments
5. WORKS!!
6. Industry should start massive tech development
7. Hard to get it understood. Med don’t Grok S-W
Tech, S-W Tech don’t Grok Med.
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System Shell
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1. Background was DB & Warehouse Manager & Corp
Consultant for large national consulting firm (TRAVEL!!).
2. Learned current state of EMR technology
3. Learned XML, AI Ontology Theory, & Rules-Based AI
4. Found Ontology Tool (Stanford Protégé)
5. Found Java Rules-based system builder (JESS)
• Learned current state of AI Rule-Based Systems
• Learned JESS (Clips in Java) from Sandia Labs
6. Hands-on XML coding experiments
7. Hands-on Ontology Creation
8. Hands-on Rules Creation in JESS (called by Protégé)
9. Made model ontology/rules & Thesaurus that worked!
#7 Student’s To Do’s2
Lapto
ps
Document Standard
Architecture
A
working
Model
We got
Her a
Pace
License
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#8 Analyze Data Communications
Technology for its implications for
Data Center Hardware Vendors.1. Taxonomy of Current Data Comm. Tech Trends
(protocols [ex: fibre channel over IP, etc.])
2. Survey Largest Vendors (using a well known
model of innovation)
3. Poor literature search [focus only on hardware]
4. Analyze Results
5. In rush to finish – totally missed importance of
POWER use in all technologies – the MOST
important consideration for venders. [In Books!]
6. Got credit for dissertation (doing research) but
could have been much better.
[Market Analysis]
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#9 Analyze OFDMA and Suggest New
Metric for Bandwidth Allocation.
1. Analyzed recent proposed methods of bandwidth
allocation.
2. Proposed new metric (user satisfaction)
3. Proposed model for effectively computing it (LP)
4. Ran simulations in Mat Lab that showed it should
work.
5. Compared to some recent literature
6. Weakness in literature coverage caused
protracted rewrite.
[Extend other’s work]
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The Process
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• You should be able to articulate your idea in a
short statement.
oFirst the general “Area” & Background
oThen the focus within that area.
• You should then detail the idea defining all
terms – in detail.
• You should then outline what you expect to
contribute & how you will be able to do it.
• You must understand the context of your idea
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Doing a dissertation is itself a project:
apply your project management skills.
•Lay out a Gantt chart (back of the envelope)
•Do a work breakdown structure
•Constantly monitor actual against baseline
•Do an earned value analysis
• (value added vs. time spent vs. plan)
•Don’t estimate your time to completion
based on your writing schedule.
•Research time has to be factored in.
Nic
e b
ut
not
req
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ed.
Sort o
f a J
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f.
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Writing about your own contribution is
not a matter of just describing an idea.
It is a matter of proving it or showing
how to do it.
Ideas are ~~$0.10/dozen.
Usefully articulated and proven ideas
are not common.
Implemented ideas are rare.
Accepted ideas are extremely rare.
1/Lifetime = “Brilliant”, 2 or more = “Genius”
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It is up to YOU to find a problem.
It is up to YOU to convince your
advisor and committee that it is
worth doing and worth THEIR time.
It is up to YOU to convince your
advisor and committee that it is done.
It is up to YOU to convince your
advisor and committee result is worthy.Drs. don’t seek approval, they know & prove. Drs. don’t “piss & moan”, cry, yell, or try extortion.
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We are here to help – not to do.
If you can’t find a problem, we will
make suggestions, but you choose.
Learn from your advisors but don’t
worship them.
It is up to YOU to do the work.
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It is up to YOU to schedule.
It is up to YOU control the process: i.e.,
initiate meetings, set goals, set criteria.
It is up to YOU to find help if needed.
It is up to YOU to recognize hand-
waving bull.... from insightful analysis.
Drs. don’t suck up, they don’t have to. Drs. don’t try to fake it, they boldly take large slips in schedule.
If you spent a lifetime being sloppy, we
can’t cure you. Repent oh ye sinners!
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Computing is a different discipline:
1. Journals & Books: yes, but not primary.
2. Conference proceedings most important.
3. Standards documents. Most are $$$$$.
4. The “trades” show latest directions.
[trade press newspapers and magazines]
5. Internet white papers (commercial).
6. Society & Internet scholarly sites.
7. “Lay” basic SciTech: “Science” & “Nature”
“The Source Literature”
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Warning About
“DATA”
Many uses mean SURVEY DATA
1. A few DPS dissertations use surveys
2. Most DPS dissertations do not
3. “DATA” might mean relevant examples
4. “DATA” might mean similar systems
5. “DATA” might mean previous work
6. “DATA” might mean environmental vars
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From a
Typical
Social
Science
Research
Methods
Book*
*Practical Research 7th Ed. (2001) by P. D. Leedy & J. E. Omrod, Merrill Prentice Hall, ISBN-0-13-960360-3
**Practical Research 8th Ed. (2005) by P. D. Leedy & J. E. Omrod, Merrill Prentice Hall, ISBN-0-13-110895-6
[May not apply to your research]
}{ **
**
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1. Define the Question or Problem
2. Define Over-All Goal
• Subdivide to N parts
a. Posit solution part i
b. Find solution part i
• Repeat for all i in N
3. Evaluate Total Solution vs. Goal
• Might find new problems facets
• If Satisfied – Submit Thesis
4. Else Go to 1 using new insights
Loop
Within
Spiral.
Writing
All
The
Way.
LoopSpiral
To
Higher
Level
Of
Insight
Similarity to the Scientific Method
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Hypothesis
Falsification
Test
Prediction
Verification
Ignorance
Observation
Prediction
The Scientific Method [State Diagram]
HypothesisObserva-
tions
Inconsis-
tent
Modify
Hypothesis
Ignorance
Consistent
THEORY /
KNOWLEDGE
Ronald I. Frank 2005
VisioDocument
Tests
vs.
Hypothesis"PROOF"
State Diagram
Similarity to the Scientific Method(Loop within loop)
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Psychology
Appendix 2 Psychology
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[Grownup mind set]
• WE DON’T HOLD YOUR HAND
• YOU DO THE WORK
• YOU DON’T ASK PERMISSION
• YOU PROVE YOUR POINT
• YOU DETERMINE DIRECTION
•Subject to advisor agreement
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Tricks of the trade - 1
1) Notebooks:
• Wear clothes, shoes, and your notebook [cf. App. 5.]
• ?? $25 pocket recorder in your pocket & at bedside ??
• Don’t rely on memory
2) Your attention span has been rotted by TV
Experiment: Watch TV for 10 Minutes w/sound OFF
• Count scene changes / in an old movie
• Count scene changes / in a commercial
[very much shorter!]
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Tricks of the trade - 2
Conscious Use of Your Unconscious
• Jacques Hadamard “The Psychology of Invention
in the Mathematical Field” (~$9)
Dover ISBN 0-486-20207-4
• Henri Poincare “Science and Method” (~$16)
Dover ISBN 0-486-243269-6
• Arthur C. Clark “The Collected Stories” (~$18)
“Technical Error” Pg. 68
Tom Doherty Assoc. Book ISBN 0-312-87860-5
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Self Esteem
Shopping Cart
• A middle aged woman conceived of a folded
pocketbook w/frame & wheels that becomes a
shopping cart (city type).
• Family and friends ridiculed idea.
• Did nothing.
• 20 Years later it became a $million seller.
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Notice that this is very like iterative
refinement in software development.
Beware the ANXIETY BLOCK in
getting started. Just write something
to start and “Plan to Throw One
Away” as Brooks says in Chapter 11,
MMM.
JUST DO IT (WRITE IT).Do (WRITE) something, anything – it doesn’t matter. Don’t think, do (WRITE).
Once started, correct your mistakes.
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Once Started:
Beware AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR
Procrastination is well known. BUT
Substitution is more insidious:
There are always more important or
more pressing activities to substitute
for your dissertation work.
JUST DO IT (WRITE).A little bit of continuous progress doesn’t interfere with life. YOUR life includes your dissertation.
See step 1 in Appendix 6 [162]: Write for 15 minutes a day.
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Vietnam Anxiety Study1
Battlefield Soldiers
had LESS anxiety than
Doctoral Graduate Students
Because grad students were
passively fighting themselves, but
soldiers had weapons to actively
use fighting their enemies.1
Science Magazine (AAAS) during the Vietnam war.
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Once Started: Beware Loss of Faith.
At some point you will despair of ever
being able to add anything new.
JUST DO IT [or find a new problem]This is another form of anxiety block.
Research is faith-based field-toil.
HAVE FAITH.
GO GET DOWN AND DIRTY.[Learn about the guts of the problem.]
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Beware the Platonic Ideal.
GO GET DOWN AND DIRTY
and THEN you will see many
problems.
It is the worst kind of Hubris to think
you can just read and understand
technology without doing it hands-on.
You don’t just read and find a problem.
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Once Problem is Found, Persevere
“It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.
But above all, try something.”
Attributed to ? [GUESS]
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
At the beginning of his experimental approach
to solving the Great Depression,in an address to
Oglethorpe University May 22, 1932
Quoted in Walter Savitch “JAVA” Pg. 343.
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Try Out Ideas - Experimentally
“Let us try it, and if it doesn’t work, we won’t
use it.” [Plan to throw one away]
Attributed to ? [GUESS]
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George Martin(The Beetle’s Producer)
The idea to use the signature string quartet on the iconic Yesterday
Quoted by Paul McCartney
in Journal News USA Today 3/10/16 Pg. 6B
On Martin’s Death.
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DO NOT EXPECT YOUR ADVISOR
TO WORK ALONG SIDE OF YOU.
It is your dissertation and your work.
Your advisor is your ADVISOR,
Not your co-worker.
YOU DO YOUR OWN WORK
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I. Bernard Cohen: About Your Dissertation
[He Had Many Many Dissertation Students]
[Science and Mathematics Historian]
[First American Doctorate in the History of Science]
Quoted in a memorial article by one of his students: “I. Bernard Cohen (1914-2003)” By Judith V. Grabiner in the MAA Focus
Vol. 23 # 6, August/September 2003 pg. 24.
*
“ Don’t get it perfect; get it done.” *
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Ron Frank: About Loving Your Problem
Your problem is not YOUR problem.
Your solution is not YOUR solution.
It is a problem and a solution that will get you
through (not a Nobel or a New Business).
Be EMOTIONALLY prepared to drop it,
change direction, or change emphasis.
Most folks don’t do
what they started out to do.
Be passionate about your area but don’t fall in love with your idea.
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The State of FlowMihály Csíkszentmihályi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29]
RIF• You get up with a new idea almost every day.• It pops into your mind often.• You can't wait to work on it.• Everything else is “in the way”.• You are making steady progress.• You are sure you are making progress.• You sit down to write without a plan and it just flows out.• It is the most interesting thing you have ever done.• It is fun.• It is pleasure.• It is joy.• It is satisfying.• There is a nagging feeling when you are not working on it.• You feel sad, empty, and relieved when it is done.• You want to continue it.
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What IS and IS NOT
A Dissertation
&
A Defense
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Well Planned Attack on A Problem
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• A dissertation is written for a mixed audience:
1. For like-minded experts (so provide details)
2. For interested lay folks (so provide basic intros)
• A dissertation posits a fact, question, or problem;
then proves, answers, or solves it.
• A dissertation states the central answer/solution as a thesis.
1. Which must be clearly proved beyond a doubt.
2. Assertions without proof are not accepted.
3. Your opinion is LESS than worthless.
• A dissertation uses only the provable or well known.
1. Every assertion/statement must be clearly vetted.
2. Even minor assertions without vetting are not accepted.
3. Your vetting of a statement is LESS than worthless.
What A Dissertation IS & IS NOT1
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• A dissertation is not a time-limited process.
1. Writing has to cohere, so leave time to go over and over your
writing. Write simply. KISS.
2. Producing the final hand-in is itself a lengthy process.
• The general outline of a dissertation is tripartite:
1. Introduce the fact/problem/question (short section)
2. Discuss what is already known (a little longer)
3. State and prove the fact/solution/answer (the main section)
a. Everything else is supporting frill
b. The details of your hard work are irrelevant
c. How you found the solution/answer is tangential
d. Keep your eye and writing focused on the three parts
e. Length is not a meaningful metric (de Broglie).
f. Make a clear conclusion.
g. You can indicate work left to be done in the future.
What A Dissertation IS & IS NOT2
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• A defense is a process not an all or nothing meeting.
• A defense is an ask and answer session: faculty ask.
• A defense could be a set of committee meetings ever improving the
dissertation.
• Take notes because you probably will have to change something.
• A defense is not just a PowerPoint presentation.
• A defense is not a timed session that has to end by a set time.
• Working hard or writing a lot are irrelevant as a defense.
• You do not earn a pass by hard work or by loud assertion, but by
force of your logic and the clarity of your writing and thinking.
What A Dissertation Defense IS & IS NOT
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Commentary & Advice
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IT’S BEST TO WORK IN
AN AREA YOU ALREADY
KNOW AND LIKE
OR
WILL HAVE FUN
LEARNING
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Plan for reading / learning
equivalent to 9 graduate
credits (in one year)
Literature search is NOT
Research!
Research is CREATIVE!
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HAVE FUN
OR
You May Not Finish
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Have a Vision
•It does not exist (show this)
•It can exist (argue this)
•It should exist (argue this)
•Make it exist (do this)
Feasibility is enough
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Prepare for Failures and
False Starts Along the Way
• Cape Canaveral, was Cape Kennedy
• Is again Cape Canaveral
• Which was called “Cape Carnival”
Because of all of the early
spectacular rocket failures.
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A GOOD TOPIC SHOULD
BE RICH IN FURTHER
QUESTIONS
so
YOU CAN CONTINUE
PUBLISHING
IF YOU WANT TO
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You don’t “get an idea”
and just write it up.
You start doing &
WRITING and get ideas![RIF 2004,5]
Your real problem is to
find how you can create
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Being able to state
a topic or an idea
does not mean that you
know what
you are talking about
- or better –
that you are talking about
what you know.[RIF 2003]
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About Dissertation Questions / Problems
1. Finding them is ½ the effort
But more than ½ the emotional
pain because you are lost
2. The answer is ½ the effort
But more than ½ the fun
3. Writing and production is ½ the effort
But most of the real pain
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Previous Questions / Problems
1. Where do babies come from?
2. Why blood?
3. What are stars?
4. Why are stars?
• 25 WHYs and you get to GOD
5. Why is the sky blue?
6. How can legacy systems be
integrated (Web Services?)
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Einstein: About Research
Quoted in Scientific American September 2002 Vol. 287 No. 3 (a special issue on Time) in the Antigravity column by Steve
Mirsky.: “Einstein’s Hot Time” pg. 152.
*
“ If we knew what it was we are doing,
it would not be called research.” *
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Do NOT Run A Dissertation Without
Continually Checking In With Your
Advisor.
Especially if you are creating surveys or
designing experiments or doing statistics beyond
you previous experience or knowledge.
You could be totally wasting your time. You
could be going on an (expensive) ego trip to
NOWHERE.
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Appendix 1 Proposal Outline
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Proposal Outline [Not Unique][Short]
1. The Problem and its context [== Literature Search]1.1 Statement of the problem
1.1.1 List of sub problems
1.2 Problem context [Include USE CASES / DFDs]1.3 Limitations of scope
1.4 Definition of terminology
1.5 Importance of the work
1.6 The relevant literature and background [see 4 below]
2 Proposed Solution (components and schedule)
2.1 Solution description [== Your “value add”]2.2 Methodology and Work Breakdown Structure
2.2.1 Repeat for each sub problem
2.3 Initial schedule [Baseline for planning & monitoring]
3 The Researcher [YOU] (qualifications and background)3.1 What preparation does researcher already have
3.2 What new knowledge or skills are required
4 Bibliography [Reference EVERY assertion you made]
5 Appendixes (supporting peripheral detail)
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Appendix 2 Research Paper
Outline
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1. Header
• Topic
• Title
• Author(s)/Institution
2. Executive Introduction
• "Tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em"
• What will be the central contribution
• Where does this fit into the Universe (context)?
3. Problem Statement
• "Tell 'em“
• Use Cases
(For Reporting On Someone Else’s Paper OR For Your Own)
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4. Current State of the Art/Science/Business
• "Tell 'em“
5. Solution to Stated Problem
• "Tell 'em“
• What is the central contribution
• Use Case
6. Methods Employed in Solution
• "Tell 'em“
7. Results & Conclusion
• "Tell 'em"
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8. Future Direction
• "Tell 'em"
9. Summary
• “Tell 'em what you told 'em“
• What was the central contribution
10. References
A. Every major statement or assertion needs proof or
reference
1. Peer reviewed journals
2. Textbooks & Theses (especially recent versions)
3. May use URLs but with land based source addresses
[Indicate date YOU last accessed it]
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10. References (cont.)
B. Your opinion must be clearly delineated as such and is weak
C. Your assertion without proof is useless and not accepted
D. Commercial products and consultancies are weak to useless
• Except for proof of current state of the Business
11. Appendices
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Appendix 3
Typical Dissertation Outline
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1. Header
• Topic
• Title
• Author(s)/Institution
• Your Copyright Notice
• Committee Signature Sheet
2. Abstract (<350 Words)
• "Tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em"
• What will be the central contribution
• Key Words for indexing
3. Preface (Background of your work)
• Acknowledgements
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4. Table of Contents
5. List of Figures [One figure can be the list of trade marks
used]
6. List of Tables
7. List of Most Important Equations (if needed)
8. Introduction
• Problem Statement
"Tell 'em“
Use Cases
• Flow of Development
Where you are going
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• Methodology Overview
How you will get there
• Review of previous work (outline only here)
9. Background Material (if needed)
• To better understand the problem - previous work
• More detail on the current state of the art (if needed)
10. Solution to Stated Problem
• "Tell 'em“
What is YOUR central contribution
Use Cases
• Methods Employed in Solution
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11. Results & Conclusion
• "Tell 'em“
• So What (the importance of the results)
12. Future Direction
• "Tell 'em“
• Future research items
13. Summary
• “Tell 'em what you told 'em“
• Again: what was the central contribution and its value
• Where to go from here
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14. References
A. Every major statement or assertion needs proof or reference
1. Peer reviewed journals
2. Textbooks & Theses (especially recent versions)
3. May use URLs but with land based source addresses
[Indicate date YOU last accessed it]
B. Your opinion must be clearly delineated as such and is weak
C. Your assertion without proof is useless and not accepted
D. Commercial products and consultancies are weak to useless
• Except for proof of current state of the Business
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15. Appendices
A. Supporting material only if it is hard to get
B. Proofs or other mathematical work incidental to main flow
C. Incidental historical information (for cultural literacy)
D. Code or worked examples if too big for main text flow
E. Releases if you are using other’s work
F. List of the tools you used if they were unusual or if their
output is central to your conclusions (it this latter case
maybe it should be a Reference instead)
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Appendix 4
Dissertation Production
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Production of Text 1/2
1. Use Strunk & White, (& Chicago Manual of Style), a good NEW
Dictionary, and a good NEW Thesaurus (CD version is OK or even
better) [Online dictionary & thesaurus sources ok]
2. Get your TOOLS early, learn, and use them all along.
• Word and PowerPoint {the Pace Dissertation Format}
• Endnote/Zotera (bibliography) {the Pace Dissertation Format}
• Visio (DFDs, Use Cases, UML, ERDs)
• Math => MathType.
• Acrobat WRITER (in office now, learn how to use it) (for
mandatory PDF final version). The product may be needed for
some imbeds not handled well by Office [e.g., MathType].
• H/S Data Connection (to committee & libraries)
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Production of Text 2/2
Have a really good machine YOU OWN, OS, software,
and printer set up BEFORE you start. Keep it stable.
• Video & pictures require HUGE Ram & HDD.
• YOU and only YOU own, control, and use it.
1. Backup often ALL files (set of 3 generation sets).
• Keep at lest one set off-site, best is 2
2. Get a BIG Thumb drive for moving copies to Pace
3. Try out 24 lb. bond on your printer early many
cheaper printers can’t hack it OR [Kinko$/Fedex$]
4. Learn how to change ink & fix jams
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Production of Final Artifact
1. Be prepared to print a lot
• Electronic files don’t get well read
2. The final hand-in can take weeks
• AFTER you are done.
3. The mandatory PDF of a your large .docx
with many diagrams, figures, and other
imbeds can take a long time to run.
4. CAREFULLY CHECK ALL IMBEDS FOR
PROPER CONVERSION.
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Appendix 5
Maintain a
Dissertation Notebook(Writer’s Notebook & Process Log)
Mandatory
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A high school drama
class does a show
about the Universe
with the help of a
University Prof. of
Astronomy.
Other cultures
assume that
students use
notebooks.
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Prof & two
actors & a
playwright
High School
Playwright
Actor
NOTICE:
It is assumed in
Japanese culture
that a high school
kid doing a writing
project would have
an idea
NOTEBOOK
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Date: Since ForeverFrom: Prof. FrankTo: DPS Research SeminarSubject: Maintain a Dissertation NotebookReference: The Real World [Don’t do this = look foolish]
Buy A Bound (NO METAL SPIRALS) Computation [~$13.00] or Lab Notebook [~$23.00] that has a left
margin set off, quadrille paper, and printed pagination.A signature line is also a nice feature.
This is THE ONLY PLACE ON EARTH THAT YOU WRITE, DIAGRAM, OR DOODLE ABOUT YOUR Dissertation.
This is not a class notebook. It is not a personal diary. It is not used for ANYTHING else. It is not your dissertation, only a place to put ideas, thoughts and data.
Notebook 1/11
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Every page is sequentially numbered. Each new topic or coding project starts with a line across the whole page and a date with a short descriptive name in the margin or at top. Never remove pages!!!
You can make margin notes to keep track of the structure of the notes. For example, use circles & dates for TO-DO items. Cross them out when they are completed. If you need to, you can generate an index of topics and dates on the last few pages as you go along. This helps if you are jumping topics a lot. See the Cornell method below.
Advisor and other meeting minutes go in here, as do phone notes & #s and IDs of colleagues. No page-width line is put in until the start of the next topic. Interpolated sections from other topics are marked by a vertical mark in the margin, a blank area, and the name of the topic.
Paper is cheap.
Notebook 2/11
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You can scotch tape in small listings, or other documents from outside sources. See G. M. Hopper’s notes below [150]. There should be no other paper you use to write on - ever. Only IMPORTANT email (decision agreements) get pasted in. Write under your paste-ins what they are, just in case they fall out.
Put your name, advisor’s name, start date and leave a space for end date in the front.
[You may generate more than one notebook.]
Put your address, phone number and email ID on the inside front cover so that when you lose it, the finder can contact you for pickup. Near your info, put a polite request to the finder to return your notebook - it can help. Label the book “Personal and Confidential” just to emphasize how you view it. Offer a small reward for its return.
Notebook 3/11
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If you have a patentable idea, document it in great detail with tutorial comments and immediately get (or leave spacefor quickly getting) two colleagues to read and UNDERSTAND the idea.
Then have them write, sign, and date a statement that they “have read the idea and have understood it”.
This is why the book must be bound, every page numbered, and every item dated - so that there can be no question about the idea pages being inserted at a later date.
The new law gives the patent to the FIRST TO FILE (2011). This write-up is the basis of your initial filing.
You too can win a patent law suit for billions of dollars [lasers] based solely on this kind of documentation of a good idea.
If you pocket-record daily notes, they get written in THAT NIGHT if not immediately.
Notebook
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[1] Journal
[2] Technical
[3] Accounting
[4] Computation
[5] Laboratory
5.3 Notebook Styles[Dr. Ronald I. Frank]
All have permanently bound sewn signatures except
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1. [1] Simple Journal Style {~$18}
Lined with no numbering or preprinting.
[Cambridge 33401 Large]
[National 56-301 “Record” - very thin.]
2. [2] Simple Technical Notebook Style {~$2}
Quadrille* with no numbering or preprinting.
[Any stationery store Quadrille notebook]
[Moleskine small is truly pocket-sized.] {~$15}
[Moleskine medium] {~$18}
[http://www.shiptheweb.com/Gifts/Catalog/Moleskine_Notebooks_1297.html]
3. [2] Simple Technical Notebook Style {~$15}
Quadrille* with no numbering or preprinting.
For wet field-work. Water-proof paper & pens.
[374-MX] [http://www.RiteintheRain.com/]
Notebook
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4. [3] Accounting Style{~$19}
Lined and paginated, no preprinting.
[Avery 56-211] [National® Black Texhide® Record @ Staples]
5. [3] Accounting Style (Large) {~$39}
Lined and paginated, no preprinting.
[Avery 56-231] [National® Black Texhide® Record @ Staples]
6. [4] Computation Style {~$18}
Quadrille* and paginated, no preprinting.
[Harvard-MIT COOP Computation Book]
[http://thecoop.com/ Search Computation]
7. [4] Computation Style (AMPAD 22-156) {~$13}
Quadrille* and paginated, no preprinting.
[http://www.officemax.com/ Search AVE43648]
[http://www.ampad.com/ashop/default.asp . Search 22-156]
Noteboo
k 7/11
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8. [5] Laboratory Style (IBM –Not Sewn) {~”$100”}
Quadrille*, paginated, preprinted for book serialization
and signature. Required Technical/Lab Notebook.
[IBM ZM08-4615-09] FOR AN EXAMPLE ONLY.
9. [5] Laboratory Style (Esselte)
[Boorum & Pease L 21-150Q (or R)] {~$47}
[Boorum & Pease L 21-300Q (or R)] {~$66}
Q=Quadrille*, R=Lined, paginated, NOT preprinted for
book serialization and signature. Thick.
[http://store.officeworld.com/ Search ESS21300Q]
10. [5] Laboratory Style (SNCO) {~$23 w/S&H}
Quadrille*, paginated, preprinted for book serialization
and signature. Can be personalized, #ed, & w/colors.
[http://www.SNCO.com Search Catalog - 2001]
Noteb
ook
8/11
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* I STRONGLY recommend QUADRILLE
[It helps charting and diagramming].
# 10, a [5] is best, with # 7, a [4] a good second.
I recommend type [4] (# 6. or # 7.), or best type [5]
(# 10.) even though they are larger & harder to carry
around.
[2] (# 2 & # 3) are smaller and handier but not
paginated, or preprinted like # 10.
# 3 is virtually the only choice for wet field work
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Staples Catalog 12/2010
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http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingsystems.htmlLast accessed 10/19/13
Which takes you to 5 good methods
Good method:
App 5.4 Taking Notes – How To
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/cornell_note_taking.docLast accessed 10/19/13
Sample document from method 1:
Good method source:
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App 5.5 Adm. Grace M. Hopper’s–“Bug”
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g-hoppr.htm
Notice: [1945] Pre-numbered quadrille paper
notebook. Dated & topic header by time.
Pan
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Appendix 6
Stanford 12-Step
Writing Process
Annotated with
Coplien’s Thoughts
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From the
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) MAILING LIST
(desk-top faculty development one hundred times a year)
Sponsored by
THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL)
http://ctl.stanford.edu
More directly:
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml
12 Step Writing Process
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PUBLISH AND FLOURISH;
BECOME A PROLIFIC
SCHOLAR
{Cope == Prolific not good per se}
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Step 1. Write daily for 15 to 30 minutes. Agrees.
Step 2. Record time spent writing daily, share records weekly.
Do what works for you.
Step 3. Write from the first day of your research project.
Always start with a discovery draft.
Step 4. Post your thesis on the wall, then write to it.
Step 5. Organize around key sentences
(first sentence in the paragraph). Agrees.
Step 6. Use key sentences as an after-the-fact outline.
Steps 1 - 6
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Step 8. Share later drafts with little-e experts and
Capital-E Experts.
Step 9. Learn how to listen (the reader is always right).
Step 10. Respond to each criticism
(changes in response to each of these reviewers).
Step 11. Read your prose out loud. Cope agrees.
Step 12. Kick it out the door and make 'em say "No."
[perfectionism and fear of rejection].
Carefully chose your venues to drive
down your acceptance rate to 10%.
Steps 7 - 12
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1. Write your name on your piece.
2. Quality before quantity. [Prolific is not good per se.]
3. Notebooks.
Take good research notes. They are just another
research reference.
4. Be a great reader.
5. Write a lot.
6. Know who your audience is.
7. Write with passion.
Coplien’s Broader-Scope Points - 1
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8. Strive for publication in the archival literature (Journals).
9. Craft every work as a masterpiece.
Use the review process for the long view of your
publication goals.
10. Be attentive to good presentation.
11. Be brief.
12. Don't use a word processor.
Coplien’s Broader-Scope Points - 2
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Appendix 7
William Safire’s
46 ‘Rules’ of Writing
[Highly Modified by Others]
Without Attribution!!
Read each one over until
you really understand the joke.
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‘Rules’ of Writing 1/7
1. Remember to never split an infinitive.
2. The passive voice is to be ignored.
3. Do not put statements in the negative form.
4. Verbs has got to agree with their subjects.
5. Proofread carefully to see if you words out.
6. If you reread your work, you can find on
rereading a great deal of repetition can be
avoided by rereading and editing.
7. A writer must not shift your point of view.
8. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
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‘Rules’ of Writing 2/7
9. [Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.]
10. If any word is improper at the end of
sentence, a linking verb is.
11. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
12. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially
in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to
their antecedents.
13. Everyone should be careful to use a singular
pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
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15. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing
metaphors. [Even if a mixed metaphor sings,
it should be derailed.]
16. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
17. Always pick on the correct idiom.
18. The adverb always follows the verb.
19. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague;
seek viable alternatives.
20. [Comparisons are as bad as clichés.]
21. [Avoid annoying alliteration.]
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22. [Don't verb nouns.]
23. [Don't use no double negatives.]
24. [Don't use commas, which aren't necessary.]
25. [About those sentence fragments.]
26. [One-word sentences? Eliminate.]
27. [Never use a big word when a diminutive one
would suffice.]
28. [Parenthetical remarks (however relevant)
are (usually) unnecessary.]
29. [Be more or less specific.]
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30. [Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.]
31. [Analogies in writing are like feathers on a
snake.]
32. [One should NEVER generalize.]
33. [Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.]
34. [Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't
be used.]
35. [Also too, never, ever use repetitive
redundancies.]
36. [Its important to use apostrophe's correctly.]
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38. [Between you and I, case is important.]
39. [Use words correctly, irregardless of how
others use them.]
40. [Understatement is always the absolute best
way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.]
41. [Exaggeration is a billion times worse
than understatement.]
42. [If you've heard it once, you've heard it a
thousand times: resist hyperbole; not one
writer in a million can use it correctly.]
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‘Rules’ of Writing 7/7
43. [Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo
Emerson said, "I hate quotations.
Tell me what you know."]
44. [Puns are for children, not groan readers.]
45. [Go around the barn at high noon to avoid
colloquialisms.]
46. [Who needs rhetorical questions?]
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Appendix 9
RIF CV
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8 “Careers”
Assoc. Prof. Ronald Frank
Pace U. Information Systems Dept.
Degrees in Math, Physics & Computers
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☺ TOC [184]
☺ (1-4) College to IBM & Masters in Math [185]
☺ IBM (Sales & Marketing) [186]
☺ IBM (Ad. Tech & F-T IBM Graduate Fellowship)
Ad. Tech R&D Applied Research R&D [187]
☺ IBM (Ad. Tech, Consultant, IBM Research, &
IBM Research Management) [188]
☺ (4-6) IBM, Immersive Systems Inc., Pace [189]
☺ (7) Dissertation Advising (Research) [190]
☺ (8) My Latest Research Interests [191]
Table of RIF CV Contents
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RIF CV (1-4 in College)1. Freshman Grad course in Numerical Analysis
• Included installing & using 1st IBM computer
2. Johnson & Johnson [Raw Material Inventory Devel.]
3. IBM Service Bureau Corp [Ad Agency Accounting]
4. IBM (on graduation from College)
• Started by teaching IBMers & Customers
What are computers, & programming
• Marketing & Consulting (Small Scientific
Systems) to 10% of US Tech Market
Part-time: Masters in Applied Math NYU Courant Institute.
Passed Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.
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RIF CV (4. IBM cont.)• Sales, Marketing, & Consulting –
National Sci. &Eng. Overlay Territory [>10% US R&D] [Division Award/100% Club]
• Large Sci. &Eng. Customers e.g.,
General Dynamics (Installed 1st 704)
Lockheed
Esso (sic) Research
Bell Labs (Taught Computing)
• Large Govt. Labs (Division Award)
Los Alamos (Introduced PCs)
DOE (Opened DOE to IBM Sci & Eng)
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RIF CV (4. IBM cont. Ad Tech R&D & Graduate Fellowship)
• Advanced Technology R & D
• APL language & applications
• 1st Data-Net Measurement & Management
• Advanced Technology R & D
• 1st Distributed Remote Operation
(used [VM] (Created PRogrammableOPerator)
[Corporate Innovation Award ]
• IBM Graduate Resident Ph.D. Fellow
(Full-time study Applied Math, QM)
at NYU’s Courant Institute [ABD]
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RIF CV (4. IBM cont. Consult & Research Management.)
• National Technical Consultant to customers
(Incl. PC Spokesperson to US Science & Eng.
[HQ Award] Introduced S&E PCs to Industry
• Research (RSM & Manager)
• Low-end (Workstation) APL R&D
• Parallel Systems User Front-End R&D
• 1st Networked Virtual Reality
Multi-venue VR Game
Multi-user VR
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RIF CV (4. IBM cont. Board, 5. Immersive, 6. Pace)
• IBM Corp. Board Consultant Internet & Ed.
• Retired
5. CEO (Software R & D Co.) (‘93-’98)
Immersive Systems Inc.
Govt. Contract - VR Simulations
6. Teaching at Pace (Part time since 1985)
(Full time since 1998)
DPS 2002 by teaching it.
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RIF CV (7. Dissertation Advising)
Dissertation Advising [w/DPS Professionals]
• Web Services [Sarbanes compliance]• Web Services [For industry integration]
• HIPPA [Data compliance/transformation] & [Using Semantic Web Tech]
• Grid Security [Quantum key distribution]
• Mobile IP6 [HLL Model / Analysis] & [Mobile Base & Client Handoff ]
• Data Center Data Comm Protocols used by Hardware Vendors
[Industry Survey]
• OFDMA Improvements [Service Optimization Model]
• Cloud Readiness Modeling [Survey of Critical Tech Factors]
• Recommendation Systems [Stat/Math Models]
• Virtualization Uses In Education [Classroom Experiments]
• Level 1 Optical Switching [Using New Protocols]
• Modelling of Enterprise Architecture [Automation of Modelling]
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RIF CV (8. Latest Research)
8. My Latest Research Interests
• Array structure theory [Discovered new forms]
Working on extensions & applications
[Algebra of Array Structure, Big Bang Model, Fermion Model]
• QKD pedagogy [Teaching Simulator – in Open Source]
• QKD business implications
• Modernizing CS & IT Curriculum
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