Comments on: Luis von Ahn: on doing research vs. writing papers

By: Publish or Not « Digital Management Theory

Publish or Not « Digital Management Theory — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:33:24 +0000

[...] in Uncategorized by compositionfrombelow on April 18, 2009 Over at The Valve, Bill Benzon, via Academic Productivity, pointed to CMU comp science heavyweight Luis von Ahn’s post against research papers. (von Ahn [...]

By: Web Designing Quotes

Web Designing Quotes — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:09:08 +0000

Good ideas can be summarized in a single paragraph, but good research can’t. You can’t evaluate the quality of research without a paper, though the degree to which is true will depend on the discipline involved.

By: コンタクトレンズ

コンタクトレンズ — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:55:53 +0000

Your blog got the simplicity dude and I really like this. So first time I came to know about the creator of reCaptha and credit goes to you for enhancing my knowledge.

But strange to see that he is using blogspot.

By: Academic publications as spam — The Endeavour

Academic publications as spam — The Endeavour — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:46:31 +0000

[...] tip: Academic Productivity via @IanMulvany ? [...]

By: jose

jose — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:52:44 +0000

So many interesting tidbits, that post is pure gold. Example (in the comments):
“We are doing “Deadline-Driven Development”, and, although it might have benefits, it just seems old-fashioned and lacking purpose…”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:13:05 +0000

Great Post Dario! Von Ahn clearly agrees with what we’ve been saying in this blog for a while, good to know.

By: a guest

a guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:59:10 +0000

Whether von Ahn’s idea is practical depends on the incentives academics have for publishing in the first place. As long as academics work in a system that fosters ‘publish or perish’ and a system that ranks the quality of journals, von Ahn will be considered an idealist. People desire tenure and higher status. Incentives motive people to behave in a certain way and, therefore, publishing research in journals will be with us for the foreseeable future.

By: academic papers as spam. : infomusings

academic papers as spam. : infomusings — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:51:36 +0000

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By: shane

shane — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:59:56 +0000

Good ideas can be summarised in a single paragraph, but good research can’t. You can’t evaluate the quality of research without a paper, though the degree to which is true will depend on the discipline involved.