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Will scientists at YC Research continue the common pattern of academic research/publications? Or are there some grander plans to disrupt traditional research?
by go1979 11y ago
Will scientists at YC Research continue the common pattern of academic research/publications? Or are there some grander plans to disrupt traditional research?
- gdb 11y ago(I'm working with Sam on YCR.) It's pretty important that YCR groups have strong ties with the existing research communities — research collaborations tend to have a multiplicative effect. So I'd expect to see papers coming out of YCR. However, I'd also expect to see many other forms of communication (e.g. blog posts, code releases, etc). In general, we'll tune our efforts to achieve the best research results and impact, rather than to fit the existing incentive systems.
- pramodliv1 11y agoI love the accessibility and content of blog posts by members of Recurse Center. It would be amazing if scientists from YCR publish informal, yet rigorous posts for newbies.
- go1979 11y agoI was at SOSP until earlier today. During the Q&A of the Chaos graph processing system, there was discussion of a previous exchange between Frank McSherry and the authors of the work ... what was REALLY cool was that parts of the original exchange happened on Twitter and via blog posts and we were hearing about it at the conference some time later :)
- hugh4 11y agoUnless YC is promising to fund these researchers for life they'll pretty much have to, or else they'll never get back on the treadmill once the YC money runs out.
- sackofmugs 11y agoThat's not true. University professors have sabbaticals, and can also go on extended leave for multiple years and return just fine.
- Fomite 11y agoProfessors on sabbatical are expected to produce things that matter to academia.