No one consults when doing research and does not communicate with students. UNC assistant professor has a two-year history of teaching struggle

What kind of experience is it to be an assistant professor in a world-famous university ？ Assistant professor of computer science from the University Colin Raffel Shared some of his feelings with us .

Colin Raffel He is an assistant professor in the Department of computer science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , I also spend one day a week in Hugging Face As a teaching researcher , Get into UNC Before that Google Brain I have been a research scientist for four years .

Colin Raffel Our main research area is machine learning algorithm , These algorithms are used to learn from limited labeled data , Including semi supervision 、 Unsupervised and transferable learning .

The main content of the blog is as follows ：

1、 I have been an assistant professor for two years , There is no one to consult

Unlike doctors or industry researchers , You no longer have a mentor to guide , Or the boss gives you advice . In a way , Your Dean is your leader , But the relationship between the dean and junior teachers is usually non-interference . in fact , The best person to give you direct feedback is your lab member , After all, they know best how you work as a leader .

2、 Consult more senior professors , Ask your students more

First , When you seek advice from an older Professor , They seem particularly generous . I will email other professors , Ask them for advice . for example , A few months ago , I

Notice that a successful Professor leads a relatively small laboratory , So I sent him an email , Ask him about his strategy for choosing the size of the Laboratory . little does one think , He replied to me , The reply was very detailed .

In addition to other professors , I also try to get students to give me some feedback , I keep 「 entanglement 」 they , Until you tell me something negative .