Conferences -- An Owner's Manual
History and Overview
2022-06-30 v1
Authors:
John E. McCarthy
Abstract
I share my opinions on how to get the most out of conferences. I have some advice on giving talks, but most of the essay is devoted to the much larger share of the conference not spent giving talks: attending talks and socializing.
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@article{arxiv.2206.14688,
title = {Conferences -- An Owner's Manual},
author = {John E. McCarthy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.14688},
year = {2022}
}
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