Job Search - scratch notes, brainstorming, etc
Nice things about New York City:
1. Help Yahoo achieve critical mass for the NYC Lab
2. Be in the same lab as ecommerce peops (Dave P in particular)
3. Don't need to own a car
4. Speedskating team
5. Everyone should live in NYC at some point
Nice things about Silicon Valley:
1. Geek culture
2. Close drive to Yosemite and Tahoe
3. A 1.5 hour drive to Camelot (and Camelina, my new niece)
4. Clean
5. Not in Dave P's shadow
6. Stanford and Berkeley profs and students to collaborate with
7. Advantages of being at HQ
Recommendation Letters to be sent:
(cf. "glowing blurbs" below if need ideas for nice things to say about me)
1. UT Austin [due Jan 15 for full consideration]
http://facultyjobs.utexas.edu/potential/view_job.cfm?jobID=517
[online system will contact rec letter writers]
2. UMass [asap]
http://www.cs.umass.edu/csinfo/join_fac_staff/joinfaculty.html
email to facrec@cs.umass.edu by asap
3. UC Boulder [by Jan 31 given priority consideration]
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/department/positions/
email to Patricia.Warrick@Colorado.EDU
4. Berkeley [review began dec 15, closes feb 15]
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/AcadPers/RecruitAd.shtml
email to cs-references@eecs.berkeley.edu
5. University of Washington, CSE [by jan 31 given priority]
www.cs.washington.edu/news/jobs.html
[online system will contact rec letter writers]
6. UCLA, CS
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/recruit
[online system will contact rec letter writers]
7. Cornell [due Jan 15]
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Information/JobPostings/Tenure-track/index.htm
[they will contact rec letter writers]
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* jmm suggests talking to paul resnick about google interviewing.
The following books have a lot of potential job interview questions:
(Terence Kelly owns copies)
* Expert C Programming by Van Der Linden
* Programming Pearls by Bentley
* Another book explicitly about job interviews that i can't recall
From Colin: My abbreviated advice is to bone up on recursive programming,
optimization methods, and search algorithms (duh).
Industry Jobs ************************************************************
1. IBM Goldstine Postdoc [application sent dec 31] REJECT
2. Google [job talk on Jan 17]
3. Yahoo Research [job talk on Jan 24]
4. HP Labs [talking Jaap et al] TBD
5. ITA [talking with Justin et al; need to do puzzle]
Faculty Jobs *******************************************************
1. UMass [asap] REJECT
http://www.cs.umass.edu/csinfo/join_fac_staff/joinfaculty.html
email materials to facrec@cs.umass.edu by asap
2. UC Boulder [by Jan 31 given priority consideration] REJECT
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/department/positions/
email materials to Patricia.Warrick@Colorado.EDU
3. UT Austin [due Jan 15 for full consideration] SENT
http://facultyjobs.utexas.edu/potential/view_job.cfm?jobID=517
[online system will contact rec letter writers]
4. Berkeley [review began dec 15, closes feb 15] REJECT
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/AcadPers/RecruitAd.shtml
email rec letters to cs-references@eecs.berkeley.edu
5. Cornell [due Jan 15] SNAILED
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Information/JobPostings/Tenure-track/index.htm
[snail mail vita and email addresses of rec letter writers]
6. UCLA, CS REJECT
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/recruit
[provide email addresses of rec letter writers on online form]
7. University of Washington, CSE [by jan 31 given priority] REJECT
www.cs.washington.edu/news/jobs.html
[provide email addresses of rec letter writers on online form]
Other people who know my research:
DMG students and alum (Junling Hu, Pete Wurman, Bill Walsh, Kevin Lochner,
Shih-Fen Cheng, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Chris Kiekintveld, Julian Schvartzman,
Yagil Engel), Kate Larson, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Ioannis Vetsikas, David Reiley
TODO list:
1. bound thesis distribution
People curious about my job search progress (add or remove yourself): {SPM}
dreeves@umich.edu
bsoule@gmail.com
mreeves@citybluetech.com
laurie.reeves@yahoo.com
andrew.reeves@wayne.edu
klochner@umich.edu
jeffcox@gmail.com
erevesz@hotmail.com
wellman@umich.edu
chengsf@umich.edu
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Industry Jobs I Decided Not To Apply To:
6. ISI
7. Thede's company
8. MSR
9. CombineNet
10. DRW Trading in Chicago
11. RAND
12. Argonne
13. Lehman Bros
14. Amazon
15. Ebay
16. GPA's friend's company
17. Wolfram Research
Faculty Positions I Applied To But That Can't Compete With Yahoo Offer:
1. U of Vermont [apps by Jan 23 fully considered] SENT
http://www.cs.uvm.edu/
email to cssearch@cs.uvm.edu
5. U of Maryland College Park [due Jan 16] REJECT
http://www.cs.umd.edu/department/info-for-prospective/faculty.shtml
[online system will prompt rec letter writers]
10. Duke University, CS, AI REJECT
www.cs.duke.edu
11. Lehman College (CUNY), math & CS [review begins Jan 20] SENT
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu
email material to Robert.Feinerman@lehman.cuny.edu
13. University of Utah, school of computing SENT
AI, theory, systems
www.cs.utah.edu
email materials to Mr Chris Coleman - coleman@cs.utah.edu
15. University of Wisconsin, Madison, CS [no later than Jan 23] REJECT
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/faculty_recruiting.html
email materials to recruiting@cs.wisc.edu (though they say snail)
16. Utah State University, CS conf number 554495 SENT
sw engin, database systems, bioinformatics, AI, parallel etc
jobs.usu.edu
[provided email addresses of rec letter writers on online form]
17. University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA [open till filled] SENT
http://engineering.pacific.edu/faculty/Job_Openings/job_openings.html
(they don't ask for research and teaching statements, strangely)
email materials to Dr. William Ford - soecssearch@pacific.edu
18. UT San Antonio, preference for software engineering SENT
http://www.cs.utsa.edu
email materials to search@cs.utsa.edu
Faculty Positions I Decided Not To Apply To:
1. NC State [looking for new CS dept head, but otherwise no fac pos listed]
2. Northwestern [no faculty openings listed on cs website]
3. Arcadia, arcadia.edu, PA, pref to networking candidates,
teach night classes
4. Boston University [due jan 15]
building of systems (ie os, distributed), mgmt & analysis of data
http://www.cs.bu.edu
5. Drexel University, software engineering
www.cs.drexel.edu
6. Eastern Washington University
School of Computing and Engineering Sciences
www.ewu.edu/compsci
7. George Mason University, CS
analysis of algorithms & interest in interdicsiplinary areas
jobs.gmu.edu
8. williams college, CS, Jan 1
9. University of Oregon, CIS
networking, programming languages, distributed informatics.
www.cs.uoregon.edu
10. Grinnell College, Math & Comp Sci
www.cs.grinnell.edu/2006-tenure-track-cs.html
11. Hofstra University, Dept of Engineering
www.cs.hofstra.edu/engineering
12. Florida Atlantic University, Comp Sci & Engin
www.cse.fau.edu
13. Indiana University at South Bend, CS/Informatics
network security, algorithms, compilers, and health care informatics.
www.cs.iusb.edu
14. John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), Math & CS
Ai, data mining, computer/ntwk security, discrete math, etc
15. Mary Washington College, CS
http://www.umw.edu/computer-science - teach 12 credits per sem
16. Mississippi State University, Comp Sci or Softwware [sic] Engineering
AI, scientific computing, networking, high performance computing,
17. Montana State University, CS
..., modeling & simulation, distr computing, programming langs, ...
www.cs.montana.edu/search
18. Nova Southeastern University, Information Systems
www.scis.nova.edu
19. Oberlin College
www.oberlin.edu/HR
20. Presbyterian College, CS, one year full-time faculty pos
MIS, Visualization & Animation, GIS, ..., game theory and AI.
www.presby.edu
21. Purdue University at West Lafayette, CS
all areas, in particular: sw engin, operating systems, hci
www.cs.purdue.edu
22. Tennessee Technological University, CS,
sw engin, information assurance and security
www.tntech.edu/jobs
23. University of Denver, CS
entertainment computing, interactive simulations & games,
bioinformatics, trustworthy computing, spatial data, sw engin
www.du.edu/secs/
25. Union College, CS
computer architecture, graphics, robotics, os
http://cs.union.edu
26. U illinois @ springfield, CS
27. University of Iowa, CS
algorithms, AI, datamining, graphics/HCI, informatics, security, etc
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/hiring
28. University of NTexas, Computer Engineering
VLSI, embedded systems, secure arch, machine learning & visualization
http://www.cse.unt.edu/
29. University of Southern Mississippi, School of Computing
30. UT Pan-American, CS
www.cs.panam.edu
31. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, CS, information systems
32. Univ NC at Charlotte, SW & IS
HCI, sw engin, trusted sw devo
www.sis.uncc.edu
33. Univ NC Wilmington, CS, SW Engin, Jan 9
http://www.uncw.edu/csc/position.htm
34. University of West Georgia
jobs.cs.westga.edu
35. Indiana State U, math & CS
http://math.indstate.edu
36. Penn State Harrisburg, CS
sw engin, compilers, prog langs, arch. Others may also be considered
Postdocs -- None of Which I Decided To Apply To:
1. Southampton with Nick Jennings (due Jan 31 presumably)
send CV and cover letter to Nick.
2. Berkeley with Russell on Kriegspiel?
3. Cornell with Halpern on Networks of Strategic Agents?
4. Harvard Postdoc [due Jan 31] current focus more on privacy and security
http://www.crcs.deas.harvard.edu/postdocsolicitation.html
5. Portland postdoc
6. Connecticut College, Trinity College, & Wesleyan U [jan 23+]
2-year post-doc, teach 2 classes a year
http://cs.concoll.edu/mellonfellows.html
7. UCLA, Math [Jan 9]
postdocs in computational applied math, and other stuff
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~search
8. UT Dallas, Engin & CS
research scientist positions; one-year appts
www.cs.utdallas.edu
9. University of Washington, CSE, feb 28
www.cs.washington.edu/news/jobs.html
GLOWING BLURBS:
* Bill Walsh blurb:
"Dan, I just wanted to congratulate you on your wisdom and thoughtfulness
in the redesign of the API last fall. I am preparing a talk here about
the AuctionBot, and it is much easier to understand and talk about the API
in its current state." -- email from Bill Walsh
* Jaap Suermondt blurb:
... Daniel's summer has been extremely successful in terms of
both planned objectives and unexpected synergies.
Daniel designed and implemented an algorithm to compute optimal
strategies in a general class of economic games. He has obtained
results showing that his algorithm is better than existing approaches
in the field.
Daniel set clear goals at the beginning of the summer, and worked with
a number of HPL researchers towards those goals. He accomplished a
substantial amount of work ... and he made progress towards a paper about
his work (to be finished after his return to school).
Daniel's primary project and his broader research are relevant to multiple
departments in STL and his work here has spawned many oppportunities for
continued collaboration.
Daniel is a pleasure to work with and is eager to absorb ideas from
others. He is highly self-motivated, discovers others with similar
interests, and effectively forms a community around his work.
In addition, Daniel forms other communities as well. He quickly became
the center of the SEED community at Labs, and organized numerous
social activities for his peers. The staffing reps who coordinate the
SEED program expressed strong appreciation for his activities and
leadership.
* Bill Walsh thesis acknowledgments blurbs:
"For these chapters, Dan was instrumental in helping derive the analytic
results, and also performed some of the experimental analysis."
"Dan Reeves has always been willing to drop everything else to lend a
hand with whatever problem I bring to his attention."
* Terence Kelly thesis acknowledgments blurbs:
"Daniel Reeves first demonstrated that efficient single-pass simulation of
stack algorithms is possible, thereby inspiring much of my work on the topic
and making possible the results of Section 4.5."
* Scott Page and John Miller:
'Most Helpful' Award at the Computational Economics Workshop at Santa Fe
* Peter Honeyman blurb:
"i observed dan's work this past semester on his 582 project and was
impressed with the scope and thoroughness of his accomplishments. the
project was quite successful and is likely to lead to external
publication. (citi is preparing a technical report describing the
project.)"
* Prof McAsey blurbs from undergrad:
"... 1) he is very clever and tenacious when attacking problems; 2) he can
work both independently and cooperatively; 3) he is enthusiastic and
hard-working. ... His interactions with the other memebers of the problems
group are very professional. He will never attack another student but instead
uses just the right tone of 'I'm not sure this will work, but have you
tried...?' He definitely has his own mind but will listen and even be
persuaded by good arguments that oppose his own ideas. ... He is curious
about much of mathematics and computer science."
Job search resources:
* linkedin.com
* IEEE, ACM
* www.lispjobs.com
* hireability.com
* monster.com
Advantages of HP and of Yahoo:
HP:
1. huge diversity of projects and researchers
2. large, stable research lab
3. many good people (eg, 3 economists from caltech, 1 turing award
winner, etc)
4. interned there and liked the environment and people -- no doubt
I could be happy and productive there
5. tiered system of rewarding publication
Yahoo:
1. more dynamic, exciting research environment
(I'm not putting this into words well but it's key)
2. young lab, getting in on the ground floor, potential to influence the
direction of the lab
3. the technology transfer process seems like it is a joy at Yahoo
and more of a frustration at HP
4. ability to create something (say Yahoo Group Decisions) and put it
out there for the world in short order
5. more excited about the projects I've chatted about with people at
Yahoo (eg, sponsored search, prediction markets at Yahoo vs Tycoon,
econometrics stuff, research quagmires involving business processes
at HP) (not that I wouldn't find exciting research to do at either
place)
Daniel Reeves