Jeff Bezanson PhD

[stevengj]

One of the core Julia authors, @JeffBezanson, has become a problematic developer. He needs to graduate from MIT, ideally by January 2015. Dependencies:

• [x] Thesis proposal.
• [x] Thesis outline.
• [x] Meeting with thesis committee.
• [x] Rough draft sent to advisor(s).
• [x] Schedule defense.
• [x] Final draft sent to committee.
• [x] Defense.
• [x] Alcohol.

This is a priority issue, to ensure that arms are not broken and to guarantee long-term viability of the Julia project.

cc: @alanedelman, @jiahao, @StefanKarpinski, @ViralBShah, @samanamarasinghe, @gjs

Edit (VS): This issue is closed with the following thesis. I am putting it up here, since many people will be interested in finding it. https://github.com/JeffBezanson/phdthesis/blob/master/main.pdf

[ScottPJones]

Is it limited to 5 letters of support? Also, the real number of people who think he deserves it is at least a few orders of magnitude larger!

[ghost]

@JeffBezanson: Congratulations!

@alanedelman: I think @jpfairbanks has a good point, Jeff should get nominated for the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.

[hayd]

@JeffBezanson Well done and well deserved!

@ScottPJones "In addition, at least 3, and not more than 5, supporting letters should be included from experts in the field who can provide additional insights or evidence of the dissertation’s impact."

[ScottPJones]

Maybe Gerry will write him one (after he's added the s-expr mode!) :grinning:

[fabianlischka]

Hacker News front page :-) Congratulations, Jeff.

[JeffBezanson]

@nicola-gigante You're right, I will add hyperref.

Thank you to everybody again. All of your appreciation is the ultimate prize.

[owenversteeg]

@jiahao It's because they have EXIF rotation data which browsers don't care about. Most of the time. Chrome only cares about EXIF data if the picture is its own window. Right click and "Open in new tab" to see them the correct orientation.

You can use an EXIF metadata stripper to take that off and rotate them the "proper" way.

[ViralBShah]

+1 for the ACM dissertation award nomination.

[ViralBShah]

Nomination deadline is Oct 31, 2015.

http://awards.acm.org/doctoral_dissertation/nominations.cfm

I don't like it that ACM requires a copyright transfer to them and exclusive publication rights. It is still valuable and prestigious in any case.

[tsyber1an]

Congrats!

[ScottPJones]

Exclusive publication rights!?! I've got dibs on an autographed copy (or two... need one to sell on e-bay in 10-15 years, another to keep for myself :grinning:)... got to get that before it's locked up by the ACM! (Of course, that probably means that it would be available on the ACM's digital library for members)

[alanedelman]

once dissertation is handed to me to sign I have every intention of nominating the dissertation for various awards :-)

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Scott P. Jones notifications@github.com wrote:

Exclusive publication rights!?! I've got dibs on an autographed copy (or two... need one to sell on e-bay in 10-15 years, another to keep for myself [image: :grinning:])... got to get that before it's locked up by the ACM! (Of course, that probably means that it would be available on the ACM's digital library for members)

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[ScottPJones]

No comments from @JeffBezanson... I hope he's celebrating (more checking off his last box), and hasn't been locked in a room somewhere by GJS until he gets an s-expr mode working!

[dikshie]

Congratulations!

[mbaz]

Congratulations, @JeffBezanson!

[milktrader]

(belated) Congrats!

[JeffBezanson]

Update: just submitted the document. The submitted version is https://github.com/JeffBezanson/phdthesis/tree/876be73a5aab9b034fac3eb9ea9d8f96713f786f .

I'm sure it's deficient in many ways. Oh well. Hopefully there is nothing really bad in there.

[johnmyleswhite]

Nice. Congrats on truly finishing your PhD.

[Keno]

Congratulations, Jeff! Great accomplishment. I'm sure you're glad it's over.

[StefanKarpinski]

[timholy]

I've already found your thesis fills some holes in Julia's documentation, so it's clearly going to be quite useful. All documents come with flaws; the rest of us are impressed by the strengths! Congrats!

[milktrader]

And thank you for sharing it!

[ssfrr]

Woot! Congratulations on finishing the defense and thesis, and all the other work that they signify and represent. It's nice to have this milestone to recognize all the things you've accomplished. I hope you're proud!

[ViralBShah]

@JeffBezanson I hope you are planning to take a few days off to chill and celebrate, or perhaps you are planning to celebrate with type system overhaul or something. :-)

Nice that the new pdf has hyperref - for those wanting to browse. We should also get it up on the julia publications list.