I should ideally start talking about my first conference by talking about my presentation, but me being me, I will talk about some observations I made :)
1) Blue shirt seems to be the obvious choice of the panelists, presenters and attendees.
2) Professors dont really bother about how they come dressed (even if it is a conference)
3) Academic rule 1 : you become a professor only if you wear formals with white sneakers and carry a backpack.
4) I dont know what some people learn from the workshops; helps grad students like me, but, these workshops are more of a PR platform for the professors. (ofcourse it depends on the level of the conference)
NOTE: I might change my opinion tomorrow.
On a more important note, I had a good first day. Spoke to a lot of new people from my field. Got some answers to questions that had been haunting me. I think I can take my research to a nice new level from here. I have to be more selective and cautious now and at the same time be more efficient.
Sat through a discussion which led to nowhere even after about an hours discussion as the professors were talking about something which is really really very relative (the concept of privacy and trust). Looking forward to tomorrows presentations. (definitely not the registrations)
The theory of mexican food tasting better as one goes down south is TRUE. I had amazing mexican food today. Irvine seems to be the anime capital of America :D
Cheers until tomorrow
Kashyap
1) Blue shirt seems to be the obvious choice of the panelists, presenters and attendees.
2) Professors dont really bother about how they come dressed (even if it is a conference)
3) Academic rule 1 : you become a professor only if you wear formals with white sneakers and carry a backpack.
4) I dont know what some people learn from the workshops; helps grad students like me, but, these workshops are more of a PR platform for the professors. (ofcourse it depends on the level of the conference)
NOTE: I might change my opinion tomorrow.
On a more important note, I had a good first day. Spoke to a lot of new people from my field. Got some answers to questions that had been haunting me. I think I can take my research to a nice new level from here. I have to be more selective and cautious now and at the same time be more efficient.
Sat through a discussion which led to nowhere even after about an hours discussion as the professors were talking about something which is really really very relative (the concept of privacy and trust). Looking forward to tomorrows presentations. (definitely not the registrations)
The theory of mexican food tasting better as one goes down south is TRUE. I had amazing mexican food today. Irvine seems to be the anime capital of America :D
Cheers until tomorrow
Kashyap
