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Apr 7, 2025

The “Most Important Course” for a Computer Science Student: Creative Writing

As a computer science professor, I am often asked: what is the most important course for an undergraduate computer science student?

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Oct 10, 2024

Finding Cross-Disciplinary Research Projects

How does one go about finding cross-disciplinary research projects? In this post, I discuss several paths that I have found fruitful.

Image of two spirals swirling together. The text says: Cross-disciplinary research is like the swirling together of two spirals: (1) Each discipline is a spiral (2) When the spirals intertwine, new ideas and sometimes even new disciplines are born

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Oct 4, 2024

The Japanese/Chinese Zodiac, the Seasons, Time, and Academia

Many people are probably familiar with the Japanese (and Chinese) 12-year zodiac. But, the inner teachings of the zodiac may not be known…

Title: THE SEASONS, TIME, AND ACADEMIA. Winter image and the text: WINTER, REST AND REJUVINATE; NIGHT, SLEEP; RESEARCH RECEPTIVITY AND CREATIVE EXPLORATION. Spring image and the text: SPRING, PLANT AND SPROUT; MORNING, RISE; RESEARCH DIRECTION EXPLORATION / FORMATION. Summer image and the text: SUMMER, GROW; DAY, ACTIVE / WORK; RESEARCH DIRECTION IMPLEMENTATION. Fall image and the text: FALL, HARVEST; EVENING, WIND DOWN; RESEARCH PROJECT CULMINATION / PUBLICATION.

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Oct 1, 2024

Advice for Undergraduate Students, Being Okay with Not Knowing the Future, and Reflections on My…

In March 2022, I had the honor and pleasure of presenting at the Allen School Community Luncheon for admitted undergraduate students. I…

Image of a mountain with the base covered in fog. The text says: A life journey is like climbing a mountain when the base is covered in fog. Eventually, the path becomes clear, but at first one may not know where they are going.

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Sep 24, 2024

Advice for Academic Conference Presentations: Strategically Populate the Last Slide with Key…

The last slide in a presentation is what is left up during Q&A and is what audience members will read even if they miss part of the talk.

This image provides an example of a last slide in a conference presentation talk. The content of this slide is also presented in words in the associated blog post, available at https://yoshi-kohno.medium.com/, in a post titled “The Last Slide in an Academic Conference Presentation: Strategically Populate the Last Slide with Key Contents”.

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Sep 17, 2024

Publishing in New Research Domains and the “Building a New Island” Analogy

Publishing in a new research discipline is like creating a new island by throwing rocks into the ocean. Eventually, the island becomes…

Image of an island in the ocean. Publishing in a new research area is like creating a new island by throwing rocks into the ocean. Eventually, a new research area emerges. Still, it can be challenging along the way.

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Sep 14, 2024

How to Ask for Letters of Recommendation to PhD Programs

Asking for letters of recommendation to PhD programs can be confusing and stressful. This post is intended to demystify the process.

Picture of many envelopes. Text: How to ask for letters of recommendation to PhD programs. Asking for letters of recommendation can be confusing and stressful. This post is intended to demystify the process.

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Sep 10, 2024

The Goal of a PhD Program is Not to Write and Publish Research Papers

The goal of a PhD student does not need to be “publish papers”. Rather, a PhD program should center the growth of students as researchers…

Image of a long trail. Title: The Goal of a PhD Program is Not to Write and Publish Research Papers. Text: A PhD program should center the growth of individuals as researchers. The publishing of research papers is an often, but not always, side-effect along the research journey.

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Sep 3, 2024

How to Write a Teaching Statement, Thoughts on Teaching, and Faculty Applications

A small tree represents the foundations of a teaching statement — all that the job applicant is at the time they prepare their teaching …

Title: Academic Teaching Statements. Contents: Image of small tree. First text bubble: You and your past experiences serve as the foundation for your future teaching and mentorship. Second text bubble: The teaching statement reflects and builds upon that foundation and describes a “tree” that will eventually grow.

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Aug 26, 2024

The Research Mosaic Analogy: The Mosaic Art Approach to a Dissertation and Research Portfolio

A dissertation is like a mosaic art piece built from multiple tiles, where each tile is an individual research project / paper…

This composite image looks like a sea gull. If one zooms in, each tile is itself a photo. The text: The mosaic art approach to a dissertation and research portfolio. Multiple/distrinct research projects (tiles) can be combined into a research portfolio (mosaic). Image from J2thawiki via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_mosaic#/media/File:Mosaicr_seagull.jpg. Main image derived from “See through you” by Steve Jurvetson. CC BY-SA 2.5 license.

Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)

Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)

Professor and McDevitt Chair in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown University. https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~yoshi/.

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