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Carl Gutwin

Changing Academic Life

How to write CHI papers

Jofish Kaye

Moshe Vardi

Evan Peck

Lindsay Oades

Michael Bungay-Stanier

Ben Kraal

Alex Taylor

Katherine Isbister

Scott Robertson

Margaret Burnett

Elizabeth Adams

Jeremy Birnholtz

Jon Whittle

Gloria Mark

Kirsten Ellis

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This is an older interview when I had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Carl Gutwin from the University of Saskatchewan in 2016 for the How to write CHI papers course (Carl has been papers chair of CHI in the past and has an incredible amount of experience in writing for SIGCHI conferences). Having worked with Carl at the University of Saskatchewan before, I knew that he was going to have some excellent advice for new CHI writers. In fact, it was Carl who taught me the first CHI writing course when I was a postdoc.

This is an older interview when I had the pleasure of interviewing <a href="https://www.cs.usask.ca/faculty/gutwin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Carl Gutwin</a> from the <a href="http://hci.usask.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Saskatchewan</a> in 2016 for the How to write CHI papers course (Carl has been papers chair of CHI in the past and has an incredible amount of experience in writing for SIGCHI conferences). Having worked with Carl at the University of Saskatchewan before, I knew that he was going to have some excellent advice for new CHI writers. In fact, it was Carl who taught me the first CHI writing course when I was a postdoc.

Episode 2 - Interview with Carl Gutwin

Carl Gutwin, a Professor in the Computer Science Department at University of Saskatchewan, describes himself as a gentleman farmer in Saskatoon who happens to be a university professor as well."Even with all the bumps, being an academic is the best job in the world"He talks about (times approximate) …2:40 How he moved into a computer science degree and PhD program8:30 How he decided on a faculty position, and the experiences of setting up a new lab, learning how to teach, applying for grants etc10:50 On being told that “the best part of this job is the flexibility, you can work any 80 hours of the week that you want”12:00 On working in academia while others were making money in the tech boom and how after 3 years you figure things out moreOn always wanting to be a scientist …  where the best thing really is the freedom and flexibility, especially after getting tenure15:40 On the practical things to help deal with the stresses of early career, on making choices and the advantages of being a medium large fish in a medium small pond17:50 On first having grad students and moving to the other side of the desk, being a supervisor21:30 On appearing to be calm, prioritizing work and life – a continuous struggleOn getting the perspective even as a young academic to realize that it really doesn't matter whether you get that paper submitted – there is always another deadline and every paper will find a homeOn dealing with rejection and good old reviewer number 227:50 On now working more of a regular work week and cycling to work in the snow.31:15 And how even with all the bumps, being an academic is the best job in the world … make it through those first three years and things do get better after that … we could make institutional changes … we have the chance to change the way it works … and you just have to decide what you want and go and do it!33:08 PermalinkThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

<h2><a href="http://hci.usask.ca/people/view.php?id=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carl Gutwin</a>, a Professor in the Computer Science Department at University of Saskatchewan, describes himself as a gentleman farmer in Saskatoon who happens to be a university professor as well.</h2><h2>"Even with all the bumps, being an academic is the best job in the world"</h2>He talks about (times approximate) …2:40 How he moved into a computer science degree and PhD program8:30 How he decided on a faculty position, and the experiences of setting up a new lab, learning how to teach, applying for grants etc10:50 On being told that “the best part of this job is the flexibility, you can work any 80 hours of the week that you want”12:00 On working in academia while others were making money in the tech boom and how after 3 years you figure things out moreOn always wanting to be a scientist …  where the best thing really is the freedom and flexibility, especially after getting tenure15:40 On the practical things to help deal with the stresses of early career, on making choices and the advantages of being a medium large fish in a medium small pond17:50 On first having grad students and moving to the other side of the desk, being a supervisor21:30 On appearing to be calm, prioritizing work and life – a continuous struggleOn getting the perspective even as a young academic to realize that it really doesn't matter whether you get that paper submitted – there is always another deadline and every paper will find a homeOn dealing with rejection and good old reviewer number 227:50 On now working more of a regular work week and cycling to work in the snow.31:15 And how even with all the bumps, being an academic is the best job in the world … make it through those first three years and things do get better after that … we could make institutional changes … we have the chance to change the way it works … and you just have to decide what you want and go and do it!33:08 <a href="https://www.changingacademiclife.com/blog/2016/5/31/carl-gutwin-talks-about-his-academic-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Permalink</a> This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - <a href="https://chartable.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chartable.com/privacy</a>

Carl Gutwin on academic life, making choices, getting perspective