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Academic Career. Abdalla Gamal Abdalla Teaching Assistant Scientific Computing Department Ain Shams University. Guess Who. Albert Einstein. Guess Who. Albert Einstein. Guess Who. Isaac Newton. Guess Who. Ahmed Zewail. Guess Who. John Von Neumann. Guess Who. Bjarne Stroustrup .
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Academic Career Abdalla Gamal Abdalla Teaching Assistant Scientific Computing Department Ain Shams University
Guess Who Albert Einstein
Guess Who Albert Einstein
Guess Who Isaac Newton
Guess Who Ahmed Zewail
Guess Who • John Von Neumann
Guess Who Bjarne Stroustrup
Guess Who Linus Torvalds
Guess Who Alan Turing
Academic Career Importance • Nation Development • Why do you think we are a “Developing” Country • Top 500 Universities ? We have 1 !!!!! • Human Development • When is will the time to live on the moon come? • Power • Could they really use satellites to see the color of my.. eyes? • Market • The #1 interview question : where did you graduate from?
The Wrong Reasons • The Image • So you and Zewail where high school friends? • Academic Image VS Other Career Image • Academic Titles • Mr. Professor Dr. Eng. General. • Multi Master/PhD • Zewail • Einstein • Teaching • Really!!!!!
The Right Reasons • Research • New Ideas • Investigation • Formal Methods • Internet makes research easier • Love your research • What is successful research
What’s in it for me? • Does research bring good money? • Does teaching bring a lot of money? • Do people get better jobs after they get their PhD? • Can I build a business based on my research? • Does every girl meet her prince charming and they live happily ever after ? Maybe and Maybe Not
Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center • Research Center • Hiring • CMIC Academic Grants Program
I Don’t Think I Can • Studying and Reading any more • That’s not everything • Teach • You are doing it • Know a lot of technologies • Would you really need them? • What if they are technology specific?
I Don’t Think I Can • Be a genius • You don’t need to be • How do you know you are not a genius? • Code quicksort=: (($:@(<#[) , (=#[) , $:@(>#[)) ({~ ?@#)) ^: (1<#)
Academia Is About • Passion • Studying • Creativity • Patience • Teaching
Market VS Academia • Your Choice • Where do you see your self in 5, 10 , 20 years? • Bad Academia VS Good Market • Bad Market VS Good Academia
Conclusion • No Academics = No Progress = No Sunlight • Academia is about research. • You will do studying and teaching, but that is not all. • Research always will lead you to success. • Sometimes, research can lead to a lot money and fame.
Thank You Questions!!