by Colin | Aug 12, 2024 | news, projects, team, training |
One of the pleasures of returning to Oxford after a few decades spent far away is that I get to support younger versions of myself, helping them to gain experiences that I wish that I had myself as an undergraduate. A case in point is the undergraduate research...
by Colin | Dec 30, 2015 | papers, projects |
When you talk do you just make stuff up as you go along, or do you plan ahead? And what does your grammar have to say about that? Three new findings about planning ahead while speaking tell a surprisingly consistent story. They take us from a long-standing worry about...
by Colin | Apr 5, 2015 | news, projects, soapbox, team, training |
We recently received a $3M training grant from the National Science Foundation (again!). We’re thrilled, surprised, and a bit daunted. And we’re also getting lots of questions. What makes for a strong funding proposal? And what does it take to build a successful...
by Colin | Nov 28, 2014 | news, papers, projects |
If I’m hurriedly packing to go home to Blighty for a few days, I’ll likely pull out a raincoat. It’s a safe bet, right? But if I have a little more time on my hands, I might look up the detailed forecast, and find that it’s more likely to snow (a rare event in the...
by Colin | Sep 28, 2014 | news, projects |
A conversation in a subway station with a senior professor when I was a frustrated graduate student really stuck with me. I think I must have been lamenting my bad fortunes in the conference submission game. I figured that the star professor didn’t have to deal with...
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