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Manuscripts
Today I was talking with a colleague and realized that I have five papers to attempt to write in the coming year. Three in the general field of informatics support (on about to be submitted), one on the data management pilot project that I am leading. I give a talk on that one in a few weeks. And last, a collaboration on case studies in DM. It’s going to be a busy year. And I can’t tell you how convenient (although statistically improbable) that I would be converted to tenure-track this year. Just so all this work “counts,” especially since I will be first author on at least two of…
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Day in review Sept 9, 2015
The workday began well enough. I spent some time fixing my citation managment database for the meta-analysis that I am involved in. I am thrilled to say that the working relationship between the PI and I is good. So far, he has been prompt in conversations and responding to email. He has been clear in his communications, deadlines, and goals. The tenor of the relationship has been positive and one of equals. Not bad for a first run. The next month will be heavy on work, but worth it do get it done. I hope to have the majority of it done by the end of the year. The pilot…
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Conference season
It the end of April and I feel that I have been running since March, mainly because I have been running since March. I’ve taken to calling this conference season because of all the associations and groups that are holding theirs between the months of March and June. It feel like everyone got spring fever at the same time and started scheduling. My last conference is tomorrow, a one day symposium locally that discusses the current environment of scholarly communication. A week ago I was in Minneapolis at a two day conference talking about research data preservation. That one was fabulous and I can’t wait to go next year. It…