tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post828576452972275100..comments2024-03-29T08:55:55.727-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Another Reason to goto FOCS: Theory Day!Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-39874268697731205282009-10-14T01:18:12.853-05:002009-10-14T01:18:12.853-05:00Kamal, no offense but you're hardly unbiased. ...Kamal, no offense but you're hardly unbiased. Having done my undergrad at Georgia Tech, I can tell you that it's a very, very unfriendly place. I think there are a lot better places than Georgia Tech ACO. E.g. CMU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-56427154198011952282009-09-23T14:20:45.724-05:002009-09-23T14:20:45.724-05:00Does anyone call it the "AC-zero" progra...Does anyone call it the "AC-zero" program?DaveMBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-55373759796549169162009-09-23T13:40:00.069-05:002009-09-23T13:40:00.069-05:00For those of us who cannot go (it's in the mid...For those of us who cannot go (it's in the middle of the semester, etc.), I hope they would make videos of the talks available later on.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226933018680959889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-14386017061464223512009-09-23T11:54:09.109-05:002009-09-23T11:54:09.109-05:00Please flame me for my dependency on smart default...Please flame me for my dependency on smart default editors for all these typos. This comment posting window is default but dumb editor.Kamal Jainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-85219989601153206572009-09-23T11:47:32.621-05:002009-09-23T11:47:32.621-05:00This certainly makes it worthwhile to consider to ...This certainly makes it worthwhile to consider to go.<br /><br />Georgia Tech ACO program is one of the best out there for budding theoreticians. It is full of flexibility. A student could choose an advisor for any of the three participating departments, and what turned out to more important to me is that one could complete the required coursework entirely consisting of special classes, which are generously offered at G. Tech. I already had a (relatively) strong background on the broader CS and Math subject areas, so the ACO program puts me at a speed by not requiring the standard classes.<br /><br />There were some lose requirement to take broader CS classes, which I took, but later learned that the director incharge of the program (Prof. Duke at that time), did not care much about it. He just signed my course requirement completion form by saying, "Oh, I know you". I regret that, because I toiled hard hard for those systems classes which did not turn out to be needed (ACO program requirement official said at that time, one has to take any two classes not related to ACO program in one's own home department -- that was the only coursework requirement).Kamal Jainnoreply@blogger.com