So you’re attending someone’s Ph.D. defense
Attending a Ph.D. dissertation defense? Learn what to expect, how to ask supportive questions, and how to celebrate with thoughtful gifts for the new doctor.
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Thoughts and observations.
Tips for a Ph.D. defense
Prepare for your Ph.D. dissertation defense with practical tips on presentation structure, managing nerves, and keeping your committee and audience engaged.
Begin with the End in Mind: How to Win SBIR/STTR Funding
Your Phase I proposal is really a pitch for Phase III. Write it that way. How to pick topics, talk to the TPOC, and make your proposal a sales document.
15-Peg Solitaire: Brute Force vs. an SMT Solver
Stop telling the computer how to search. Tell it what a win looks like. Solving the Cracker Barrel peg game by brute force, then with the Z3 SMT solver.
Reimagining Claude Shannon’s Theseus in Rust
A little Q-learning, a perfect maze, and two mice running in WebAssembly. How I rebuilt Claude Shannon’s 1950 Theseus mouse in Rust, with a live demo.