Grad School: The Right Place

If you like where you live, if you like what you do,
If you like what you’re seein, when you’re lookin at you,
If you like what you’re sayin, when you open your face,
Then you got the right feeling, you’re in the right place.
Monsters of Folk – “The Right Place”

In November, I delivered two lectures to student organizations on campus and realized that I really miss teaching. Despite the amazing flexibility of a career in research and development, I won’t be able to find fulfillment until I am working with students. The only way to realize that goal is to become a professor, and in order to realize that I need a PhD, so I applied to graduate schools in December.

After visiting the available options, I’ve decided to continue my studies at Indiana University, pursuing the Joint PhD In Cognitive Science and Computer Science. All in all, IU just feels like the right place. I’m well-positioned to make a lasting impact, both in my own studies and in the community, and there’s no break for moving to a new city and building a new professional network. Plus, there is a large amount of social and financial stability in Bloomington, which helps maintain my sanity.

As for now, I’m off to Lyon, France to give a presentation titled “Containing the Semantic Explosion”, covering work with the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. An abstract and slides will follow later this week.

1 Comment

  1. Larry Murdock

    Home, is where I want to be,
    but I guess I’m already there.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVrVY540xdc

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