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Title: An Academic's Observations from a Sabbatical at Google: How experiences gained in industry can improve academic research and teaching.
Authors: Barker, Adam1 adam.barker@st-andrews.ac.uk
Source: Communications of the ACM. Sep2018, Vol. 61 Issue 9, p31-33. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Subjects: Experiential learning, Academic-industrial collaboration, University research, Computer programming, Research methodology
Abstract: The author discusses how experiences within his industry as a participant in the Google Visiting Faculty program influenced his academic research and teaching. Topics include the differences between and motivation for writing code in academia and industry, the need for research to address real-world problems faced by industry and the complex production environments and constraints systems operate in, and collaboration between academics and industry to help determine which problems to work on.
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