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NSERC Competition Week
I am heading to Ottawa next week for NSERC Competition Week to judge NSERC Discovery grants in Mathematics & Statistics. Colleagues have asked me about how this works. I am reblogging an article I wrote from last year, which summarizes how the week unfolds. I’ve updated a few points, but the structure and function of the…
Mashup: PBS Infinite Series, NSERC, and Anna Magnani
January is one of my busiest months behind September. I’m focusing my energy now on NSERC evaluations, writing my book on graph searching, pursuing my research program, and working with graduate students. I’m also Associate Dean and teaching a course, so things are hectic (the question really is, when are they not?). For this blog, I…
Judging NSERC Discovery Grants
As a follow up to my earlier blog about the Competition Week at NSERC, in the present post I share insights into the judging process for Discovery Grants. NSERC received hundreds of applications evaluated by the Mathematics and Statistics Evaluation Group (EG) 1508 this year. The role of the 34 mathematicians and statisticians on the EG was to vet these…