As a game of self-motivation, I used to frame and hang rejection letters on the wall and remove them only after getting even.
Today while cleaning my office I found the very last one sitting in a corner. Looking at it feels like a guy bumping into his high school crush who rejected him years ago but now appears totally fat and ugly.
With amused satisfaction, I threw the letter away but kept the frame. Time to fill it with another motivation.
You should be able to understand and implement an existing research paper (e.g. SIGGRAPH) or software system (e.g. a renderer/simulator) as well as reproduce the corresponding results.
Otherwise, you are not ready for a research or even a development position.
As a reference point, my first HKU PhD student, Jun Xing, once managed to reproduce 3 SIGGRAPH papers in a span of about 5 days (for sports).
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Dear airlines:
Passengers would be much happier if they can enjoy the in-flight entertainment uninterrupted by your announcements about delays.
🙂
Coauthors revealed a secret in a recent paper that gave us all street credits.
:v
(It is in plain sight for anyone to see, so I won’t tell.)
On Ada Lovelace’s birthday, I would like to thank the all-girl trio – Jolly, Min, and Yanlin, for helping me teach the (100+ students) introductory programming class.
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