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>Ahh yes, just what we need. Thesis-by-tweet... Look, a lot of things don't need 100 pages of text. Of course, as a researcher, what you don't want to do is to
by tormeh 11y ago
>Ahh yes, just what we need. Thesis-by-tweet...
Look, a lot of things don't need 100 pages of text. Of course, as a researcher, what you don't want to do is to make your research easy to read, because people may then assume that it was easy to do and therefore not impressive.
- dustintran 11y agoThe conundrum during all research talks.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoNo, just add complicated-looking figures and you're fine.
- shasta 11y agoIf you're simple, clear and first, you're going to get plenty of citations, though.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoFor CS? Not in your thesis, but maybe in a paper based on the thesis.
- sampo 11y agoIn natural sciences, thesis is based on papers. In CS, paper is based on thesis.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoBoth actually. Its just that your thesis won't get many if any non-self citations, even if it is really good. People will cite your paper, which they bother to take time reading (hopefully).
- pvaldes 11y ago> As a researcher, what you don't want to do is to make your research easy to read Mmmh.. Disagree. This is the same idea as those software that nobody wants to explain you what does exactly, and therefore don't get a lot of customers using it after the novelty wears off. This is a red flag for mediocrity for me. Of course you should aim to get so many readers as possible.