On 10/24/12 7:24 PM, "Joe Landman" wrote:
>On 10/24/2012 10:20 PM, Josh Catana wrote:
>> As some working in HPC as an indefinite length contractor in the U.S.
>> this topic intrigues me. Even though the company I contract for has me
>> training their new employees and basically in control of ev
On 10/24/2012 10:20 PM, Josh Catana wrote:
> As some working in HPC as an indefinite length contractor in the U.S.
> this topic intrigues me. Even though the company I contract for has me
> training their new employees and basically in control of everything in
> their environment for the last 3 yea
On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Joe Landman wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 12:40 PM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>> I bet in engineering and math type sciences plenty of funding from
>> companies.
>
> Think again.
>
>>
>> This lady was however in a more social area.
>>
>> So her statement is totally correct.
>
On 10/24/2012 12:40 PM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> I bet in engineering and math type sciences plenty of funding from
> companies.
Think again.
>
> This lady was however in a more social area.
>
> So her statement is totally correct.
>
> I explain this, my words, as a feudal system where you have
On 10/24/2012 03:00 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> But, in any case, I think "Doktor" in Germany (essentially a professional
>> qualification) is quite different from "PhD" in the US (an academic
>> qualification)
>
> Not at all, in hard sciences the Ph.D's are all the same.
The next phase, the habili
On 10/24/2012 04:25 PM, Ellis H. Wilson III wrote:
> Just my (admittedly biased) 2c of course, but I am very interested to be
> corrected here if there are some secret society components to a "hard
> science" PhD I'm unaware of.
The first rule of the secret society is, don't talk about the secret
Some interesting statements here, even though some of them based on hearsay and
anecdotes. Since the discussion focuses on Germany (where I studied, albeit a
few decades ago; things may have changed) and the UK (where I work at a
University), here my 2 cents/pence:
As for the OP: I don't know i
On 10/24/2012 03:00 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> Not at all, in hard sciences the Ph.D's are all the same.
>
> Of course a Ph.D. in computer science is quite different
> from mandatory Ph.D. and postdoc degrees like in life
> sciences and chemistry.
Feel free to elaborate. Having worked for two years
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 04:49:10PM +, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote:
> Partly this might be the differences between the BS,MS,PhD system in
> England and US and the Diplom, Doktor, Professor aspect in Germany,
> especially with a Diplom Ing from a FachHochschulen. All changing of
> course what with h
On 10/24/2012 09:19 AM, Hearns, John wrote:
> .
>
> Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
> work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisations
> involved in HPC usually strictly require an advanced degree if you
> want to be paid.
>
>
> In the UK it is qui
On 10/24/2012 10:50 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> All those conferences i happily visit them - yet in most cases you
> just see governments overrepresented there and a few lost companies
> that want to sell equipment. Now companies are interesting to me yet
> not for the sort of question written d
On 10/24/12 11:49, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote:
> Oh man.. you all are opening a BIG can of worms here..
>
> Testing for certifications has been fairly well discredited because it's too
> easy to set up "certificate mills" and because the certifications tend to be
> single manufacturer specific (e.g. C
On 10/24/12 7:50 AM, "Vincent Diepeveen" wrote:
>
>As for Germany, realize that in vaste majority of IT related
>companies there, you won't even get a manager without PHD degree.
>
>My shelves here are overloaded with PHD thesises from German guys
>which i would qualify as 'management paper'. U
I bet in engineering and math type sciences plenty of funding from
companies.
This lady was however in a more social area.
So her statement is totally correct.
I explain this, my words, as a feudal system where you have to take
care for your own funding,
either find a company to pay for it o
For UK citizens & increasingly EU (where certain restrictions may
apply), there are a wide range of PhD positions advertised. These
generally come with finance from an external funding body, there are
several of these. As Tim says the amount depends upon the funding body,
the department and in
OTOH, when I transfered institutions between MS and PhD, what I learned from
the process (on the administrative side) was that the only hard/real
requirement was that I *pay* for 30 credit hours of research study. Call this
a cautionary tale, in that you need to check out their academic AND
a
Oh man.. you all are opening a BIG can of worms here..
Testing for certifications has been fairly well discredited because it's too
easy to set up "certificate mills" and because the certifications tend to be
single manufacturer specific (e.g. Cisco Network Engineer, Microsoft Certified
Profess
How's this happening in London?
Interesting to hear more on this and dig it out, as a lady who did do
her Master Degree in London,
she came back 20 months ago as to do a PHD degree she had to pay in
London. Her nationality is Dutch.
I then approached a professor here who tried to talk to her.
On 24 Oct 2012, at 16:09, Peter Clapham wrote:
> On 24/10/2012 15:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Hearns, John wrote:
>>
>>> .
>>>
>>> Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
>>> work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisa
On 24/10/2012 15:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Hearns, John wrote:
>
>> .
>>
>> Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
>> work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisations
>> involved in HPC usually strictly require an advance
Don't Panic, we will be announcing it very soon.
--
Doug
> Any word on date/time/venue on this traditional SC event? This will be
> my first pass through Supercomputing and it would be great if I could
> join in what has sounded like good fun in the past.
>
> Best,
>
> ellis
> __
On 10/24/12 10:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> All those conferences i happily visit them - yet in most cases you
> just see governments overrepresented there and a few lost companies
> that want to sell equipment. Now companies are interesting to me yet
> not for the sort of question written down h
All those conferences i happily visit them - yet in most cases you
just see governments overrepresented there and a few lost companies
that want to sell equipment. Now companies are interesting to me yet
not for the sort of question written down here.
The real scientists hardly show up there
On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Hearns, John wrote:
> .
>
> Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
> work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisations
> involved in HPC usually strictly require an advanced degree if you
> want to be paid.
>
>
> In the UK it
Have you thought of joining a professional society?
For instance the IEEE or (again in the UK) the British Computer Society.
then apply for Chartered Engineer status.
The reason I am suggesting this is that quite often in the UK a job requires
a degree OR EQUIVALENT
In Germany things are of co
On 10/24/2012 08:58 AM, Andrew Holway wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have no education. I left school at 16 and, in my mid 20's, somehow
> got into supercomputing and now am doing all kinds of silly stuff.
I hate to put it like this, but a degree is, in effect, a union card. I
know I am gonna get hate ma
On 10/24/12 09:19, Hearns, John wrote:
> Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
> work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisations
> involved in HPC usually strictly require an advanced degree if you
> want to be paid.
>
>
> In the UK it is quite normal f
.
Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisations
involved in HPC usually strictly require an advanced degree if you
want to be paid.
In the UK it is quite normal for people who want to gain qualifications
whils
Any word on date/time/venue on this traditional SC event? This will be
my first pass through Supercomputing and it would be great if I could
join in what has sounded like good fun in the past.
Best,
ellis
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Hello,
I have no education. I left school at 16 and, in my mid 20's, somehow
got into supercomputing and now am doing all kinds of silly stuff.
Thing is, I need some kind of degree in this stuff to do the kind of
work I really want to do. Especially in Germany, organisations
involved in HPC usual
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2012
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