I want to write a meaningful program that never ends. Teaching/Researching Evocomp, Alife and AI at @UofTsukuba .
Love game programming. He/They
Nov 6, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Today we have the #ICPC Japanese domestic online contest #icpcjp. Because of the pandemic, 4 months later than its usual late june date. Tsukuba University is fielding 6 teams this year (three 1st year teams). You can follow the standings at icpcsec.firebaseapp.com/standings/
There was a small scare in the beginning because the teams could not access the server for about 2-3 minutes after the start time, but everything seems to be fine now.
Aug 4, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday I was advising a student on writing a paper. I tell this advice to my students over and over again, so I thought I might as well make a thread about it:
tl;dr: "Your paper does not need a twist on the third act, so be upfront about what you want to say!"
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People seem to like writing sequentially. Start with the premises, build on those, explain, and arrive on a conclusion.
For academic writing, I think this is bad. I recommend students to show the core idea ASAP (by the end of the 1st page), then explain how they got there.
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