Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)Verticality, Triangle, Circle, Square, and Lessons from Aikido for Academia: Class Assignments…In my last offering of CSE 484, the undergraduate computer security course at the University of Washington, a student asked me how I…May 5May 5
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)Research Projects are Like Fractals — No Matter How Close We Look, We Can Always Look Closer (An…When I think about the research process, I often think about fractals.Sep 1, 2023Sep 1, 2023
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)On Preparing an Elevator Pitch as a PhD Student: Challenges and StrategiesIt can be challenging to prepare an elevator pitch as a junior PhD student — as someone just embarking on a research career. Nevertheless…Aug 22, 20231Aug 22, 20231
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)Lululemon, Life Directions, and the PhD ProcessWhen I think about direction-setting and the PhD process — and life in general — I often think about Lululemon’s 10-year “vision and…Jul 22, 2023Jul 22, 2023
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)The PhD Process: Tools for Making Order out of Chaos and ComplexityResearch brings order to complexity and chaos. As part of the PhD process, one learns tools, methods, and strategies for creating such…Jul 15, 2023Jul 15, 2023
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)Advice on Advice (The PhD Process, and More)All advice that is given is probably true and great advice from the perspective of the person giving it. That doesn’t mean that it is the…Jul 5, 2023Jul 5, 2023
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)The PhD Process, Measuring Progress, Procrastination, and Unlocking the Next Research Step…Research productivity can’t — and shouldn’t — be measured while doing research. Or, at least this statement is true under a natural…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)In-Class Active Learning ExamplesThe following notes capture some of my early (to me) thoughts about active learning. I wrote these notes in 2014, in an email to other…Oct 26, 2022Oct 26, 2022
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)The Art of Research Paper Writing and the Research Iceberg AnalogyHere, I discuss the application of the “Research Iceberg Analogy” to the art of writing a research paper.Apr 9, 2022Apr 9, 2022
Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)On Comparing with Others and the Research Iceberg AnalogyIt is tempting for researchers — including PhD students — to compare their individual progress and journey with the progress and journey…Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022