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No, it's not a cookbook; it's a reflection on saying "yes" to a big service job

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Sep 26, 2021
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This week I accepted a new service job in my research community: I’ll be the general chair of one of the major conferences in 2022. It will likely take up a significant amount of my time over the next fifteen months.

Generally speaking, academics are evaluated on three main things: their research contributions, their teaching activities, and their ser…

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