A collection of Mihai’s random thoughts on varied topics. Purposefully not a blog. Some of them appear on Medium . The opinions expressed here are (obviously) not endorsed by the University of Maryland.
Title Date originally written Scientific microaggressions September 28, 2024 Worrying that chatGPT can pass an exam is missing the point August 14, 2023 Why don’t more people look like me? January 24, 2023 Faculty who are not attending diversity conferences are missing out! July 24, 2022 The uphill battle towards changing culture August 27, 2021 Academic leaders must innovate, just not in the way you think April 13, 2021From boats to microbes: the story of my academic career July 9, 2020 Why now? What next? June 4, 2020 It is time to privatize intercollegiate athletics May 20, 2020 Sailing and academic leadership August 9, 2019 Academic metamorphosis – Faculty Voice 33(4) 2018 November 9, 2018 The front porch October 30, 2018 More guns won’t help April 1, 2018 Machine learning is not artificial intelligence April 1, 2018 Propaganda works January 26, 2017 Healthcare is a moral, not an economic issue January 16, 2017 Diversity matters December 16, 2016 Bioinformatics textbooks, where to? September 22, 2016 Thoughts on Open Access June 22, 2010