Today I gave a talk on "The Softer Side of Research" to a group of highly technical researchers at the
Institute of Infocomm Research in Singapore. I was taking a chance with the topic, since I usually give this type of group a technical talk. But even though the talk announcement went out with only one day's notice, the room was so packed that they had to bring in extra chairs to accommodate everyone. The audience seemed very engaged, and I was
quite thankful about that. Judging from the looks in their eyes, the researchers almost seemed hungry for tips on the softer side. I found this hunger interesting.
What do you think about getting tips on "the softer side"? Are you hungry for it? Is this easy or hard to come by? Based on the title, what kinds of things would you like to hear about in such a talk?
The I2R audience: I wanted to open up this blog entry to get feedback on the talk and continue the Q&A. Based on your interest, I think I'll probably be giving the talk again so I'd love to get your feedback on what you thought about the talk, what you liked, what you didn't like, and how I could improve it. In addition, please add any additional questions you have. I may answer some of them here, or even create a new blog entry on your question over time.
I included the content of my talk in
my next post, so feel free to provide your comments there as well.
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