pblk's blog
Sequential coding??
Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:57pm — pblkHere is a link to a very interesting article in the Guardian, Brain activity decoded to play back heard words. The original article is in Science; see Ned Sahin’s website for a link to the article plus lots of other stuff. Two single-sentence summaries of the Science article are provided -- I’m partial to the second of the two.
Granting news
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:30pm — pblkLinguistics is in the blogging news, though I wish it wasn’t. For those of you unfamiliar with N. Ghoussoub’s blog, have a look at his note this week: The Business Development Bank gets into the “NSERC Act”. The entry concerns a grant submitted by our department to NSERC that was rejected by NSERC program staff because of potential relevance for the social sciences and humanities.
The Sword of Damocles
Fri, 01/13/2012 - 8:32pm — pblkWell, who’d a thunk it? After denying that I would ever be head again, Gage’s hypnotic stare somehow undid years of firm intentions on my part and voilà, pblk as head for the next few years. I have definitely been doing a lot of head-scratching recently, and the most important result, I think, is my concluding that the administration of an excellent unit like ours should be possible in a way that is interesting, dynamic and sustainable.
