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 Ahnâ€™s post against research papers. (von Ahn [...]

By: Web Designing Quotes

Web Designing Quotes — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:09:08 +0000

Good ideas can be summarized in a single paragraph, but good research canâ€™t. You canâ€™t evaluate the quality of research without a paper, though the degree to which is true will depend on the discipline involved.

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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.