This should be fertile ground for topics for PhD students.
We still have PhD students, yes?
yes, but no faculty to advise them - see below
of course, if we fixed the multicast and the mbone (or used
akamai/inktomi/idigital island, foobarbaz.com) we'd be able to
leverage the internet to advise 75 phds simulataneously
but first we have to fix the bandwidth and multicast and may be that
is the phd that is really needed
We're entering a recession, right? Ostermann was wrong, right?
http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm98/Ostermann/slide2.html
he was right... but the axes need some adjustment
We _do_ need standards in this area.
"i have my standards - of course, for a big enough fee, i will happily change
them" to paraphrase groucho...
j.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:14:02 -0500
From: David Farber <dave(_at_)farber(_dot_)net>
Reply-To: farber(_at_)cis(_dot_)upenn(_dot_)edu
To: ip-sub-1(_at_)majordomo(_dot_)pobox(_dot_)com
Subject: IP: COLLEGES FACE A SHORTAGE OF FACULTY MEMBERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Edupage, March 28, 2001
The number of computer-science doctoral graduates continues to
fall, according to a new report from the Computer Research
Association. About 880 computer-science doctoral degrees were
awarded last year, a decline from the previous year's total of
about 950. In 1992, over 1,100 computer-science doctoral degrees
were given. The main reason for the decline, said Penn State
University computer-science professor and report co-author Mary
Jane Irwin, is the number of potential doctoral students who
instead choose to enter industry because the salaries are so
attractive. Irwin has noticed this trend is especially strong
among foreign nationals coming to U.S. institutions. She said
foreign students "apply to a Ph.D. program, come to the U.S.,
and find out that there are jobs for them even with just a
master's degree. So they change to a master's, complete the
program, and then go out and get a job." The Computer Research
Association report reveals that the popularity of computer science
degrees below the doctoral level continues to rise. Last year saw
a 20 percent rise in the number of computer-science bachelor and
master's degrees awarded.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 27 March 2001)