Ad Astra a publicat ierarhia universitatilor din Romania in 2007 (bazata pe articolele indexate ISI in 2006). Razvan Florian da o serie de detalii, inclusiv link-uri catre preluari mass media, aici. → Read more
Category: research
Econometrics: A few reasons to use Ox over Gauss
…though I am definitely going to try Gauss as well and learn it better than I know it at the moment (and I certainly think one should try many programming languages; each of them could have particular comparative advantages in specific routines etc.).
→ Read more Despre (si pentru…) cercetatorii romani din Romania
Nu este prima oara cand primesc asemenea email-uri (si intuitia imi spune ca nu va fi nici ultima…). Mai precis, am primit pana acum 8 (opt) astfel de mesaje (le pastrez pe toate), in ultimii 3 ani, pe acelasi topic, de la cadre didactice universitare din Romania.
→ Read more Castigatorii “FameLab Romania”
Rezultatele finale (si detalii privind desfasurarea intregului concurs) pot fi consultate aici. Premiantii sunt urmatorii:
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Locul I: Camelia Chira (Cluj- felicitari juriului de la Cluj pentru desemnarea unei finaliste care a ajuns sa bata Bucurestiul si Iasiul 🙂 )
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Locul II: Sebastian Dan (Bucuresti)
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Locul III: Alina Tanase (Bucuresti)
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Premiul de popularitate: Simona Mancas (Bucuresti)
As spune ca juriul a facut o treaba buna in ultima etapa, judecand doar in baza informatiilor referitoare la finalistii competitiei.
→ Read more Academic tenure: to be or not to be?
Excellent post of Steven Levitt on whether giving tenure in the academic environment (in Economics, in particular) makes any sense. Of course- and Levitt should know that, but maybe he doesn’t, since he does not say anything about it- both Richard Posner and Gary Becker extensively talked about this (and about tenure in general, though they did focus on the academic and judicial settings) on their common blog, more than a year ago (they also came back on the topic with answers to comments received on the initial posts, see Posner’s reply to comments and Becker’s reply to comments, respectively).
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