Manoj Twarakavi

Get me ☕️ and let's start talking!

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

🐶 “As long as I can start the race, I know I can finish. You can’t outrun a dog. A dog will chase you forever.”

🥇 Quincy Hall (@QuincyHall400) speaks after his EPIC comeback to win 400m GOLD.

Here's what he told reporters:
“It means a lot. Like I said, I’ve been putting a lot of work in. It’s my second year running the 400. Last year, I told you guys I was going to get better and better this year. And I guess I got Olympic gold. Olympic champion.”

On finding that extra energy for the finish:
“That’s what I’m known for. I’m known to finish. If you don’t get far away to the left, I’m going to catch you. Every time.”

“As soon as they shot that gun, I knew I had it.”
#Paris2024 #Olympics #Athletics

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

🏆 We're thrilled to announce the recipient of the 2023 #ACMTuringAward: Avi Wigderson! Wigderson is recognized for his foundational contributions to the theory of computation. Join us in celebrating his incredible achievements! Learn more here: https://t.co/UfEpOFgBN2 @the_IAS

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

—Stephen Hawking

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

Edsger Dijkstra was born on this day in 1930. He received the 1972 #ACMTuringAward for fundamental contributions to programming as a high intellectual challenge & for eloquent insistence & practical demonstration that programs should be composed correctly.https://t.co/FlQU9hWo1K

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

Congratulations to Jack Dongarra, who receives 2021 #ACMTuringAward for pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and libraries that enabled high performance computational software to keep pace with exponential hardware improvements for decades." https://t.co/RxTTGaZ7Mx

[Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra]

At the end of my career, I will not care at all what my h-index is or how many papers I published. However, I will care tremendously whether I was a good mentor and had a positive impact on the lives of others.

I want to live those values every day from now until then.

[Peyman Milanfar @docmilanfar]

Academic trivia #637

“Cyber-Physical Systems”: no-one, not even funding agencies, knows what it means; but everyone’s been writing proposals to solve it for 20 years.

[Manoj Twarakavi @manojtwarakavi]

@lauritzthamsen Great! This is an amazing contribution to the community.

[Manoj Twarakavi @manojtwarakavi]

Pro Tip: Avoid late night meetings unless urgent..it can mess up your already volatile sleep schedule!😪😴
#AcademicChatter #ResearchLife

[Overleaf @overleaf]

Meanwhile, we are up and running! 😍 😁 #TeXLaTeX #Overleaf

[Tamer Özsu (mtozsu.bsky.social) @ozsu]

A response from my colleague to the recent public letter opposing vaccine mandates at @UWaterloo. Worth a read: https://t.co/1eF4A4Ax7l

[(((ل()(ل() 'yoav))))👾 @yoavgo]

annoying habbit of academia which I am really trying to avoid (though it is oh so pervasive, its really hard):
talking/thinking in terms of "what's your next paper" and not "what do you want to figure out / achieve". we really are turning into publication-producing machines. sad.

[Manoj Twarakavi @manojtwarakavi]

A very deserving award. Their contribution to Computer Science is unparalleled. I remember reading their books on Algorithms & Compiler Design (fondly called as the "Dragon Book") during my college years, which were a treasure. Congratulations!👏🏽

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

Columbia's Al Aho & Stanford's Jeffrey Ullman receive the 2020 #ACMTuringAward for fundamental algorithms and theory underlying programming language implementation & for synthesizing these results in their highly influential books. https://t.co/wApf2h4W4Q @CUSEAS @StanfordEng

[Manoj Twarakavi @manojtwarakavi]

Thank You @IEEEPerCom for such a wonderful learning experience! I thoroughly enjoyed all the conference presentations. My favorite workshops were PerHealth & SPT-IoT. The keynote by Dina Katabi (MIT) was amazing!!

Cheers to the #PerCom2021 team!👏👏👏

[Manoj Twarakavi @manojtwarakavi]

Hopefully an in-person event!

[IEEEPerCom @IEEEPerCom]

The #Percom2022 will be organized in Pisa, Italy! Only time will tell if it will be virtual, hybrid, or in real life - see you anyway, in a way or other! 👋👋👋

[Missouri Department of Commerce & Insurance @MissouriDCI]

Missouri is activating Phase 1B - Tier 1 of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. Tier 1 of Phase 1B focuses on protecting those who keep us safe, including law enforcement, fire services, & public health professionals, among others.

Visit https://t.co/NLgc6PZoW6 to learn more.

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

One way to make your mark as a researcher is to discover new things. But even more valuable is to question existing knowledge. Throughout my career I've been surprised by the speed with which castles of traditional wisdom tend to come crashing down if you poke them the right way.

[Missouri S&T @MissouriSandT]

We are proud to be the recipient of the largest single gift in the history of Missouri higher ed! Alumnus Fred Kummer, a 1955 civil engineering grad, and wife June donated $300 million to a new foundation to support S&T: The Kummer Institute Foundation. https://t.co/RUdII4WuK0

[Kevin Leyton-Brown @k_leyton_brown]

Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson win the Nobel in Economics! Hugely important recognition for the importance of auction theory, and particularly for the social benefit of combinatorial auctions. Well deserved!