[Lilab] Announcements for the new quarter

[Wei Vivian Li]

Hi All,

To better arrange our projects and prepare for future research, here are
some plans starting from next quarter. Feel free to let me know if anything
is unclear.

*1. Meetings*

   - Please summarize a to-do list right after each 1-on-1 meeting. We will
   refer to this to-do list at the beginning of our next meeting. Any items
   not completed in one week should automatically be carried over to next
   week's list.
   - To better keep track of research progress, please summarize your
   results using dated slides or written notes (depending on the nature of the
   work). Avoid using temporary R sessions or presenting with code scripts.
   - Most of you have been doing the above routinely or occasionally, and I
   hope everyone can make them a long-term habit.
   - If for some reason you need to reschedule individual meetings or
   cannot attend group meetings, please try to let me know at least one day in
   advance (except for emergent situations).


*2. Emails*

   - There is an expectation that you reply to other group members'
   (including me) emails within the same business day. If the email asks for
   research related questions or results that you need time to gather
   information, you can simply respond with the estimated time needed.
   - Please use the group mail list as a venue to share research resources
   or seek help from other group members.
   - When you reply to the group emails, please use "reply to all" unless
   you have a personal message only to be shared with a specific person.


*3. Journal club*

   - After Kiano's presentation on April 4, we will use our group meetings
   to discuss a series of papers on "knockoffs", a type of statistical methods
   designed to control false discovery rate. Unlike the discussion on
   bioinformatics papers that focus on the main ideas of the methods, we want
   to discuss the technical details of the theory underlying knockoffs in
   depth, so we can understand the method and think about how it can be useful
   in bioinformatics. A separate email will be sent out about the references.
   - For the above reason, we don't have to finish a full paper each time.
   Each time, we will cover as much as we can, and the next presenter can
   start from where we stop last time.
   - To study this topic, we will change group meetings in the Spring
   quarter to weekly meetings.
   - Even though our journal clubs in the Spring will focus more on the
   above statistical methods, you should continue to read bioinformatics
   publications to keep up with the literature. This includes publications
   very relevant to your own research and those reflecting important
   developments in the larger fields. If you read any publications that
   describe a generally useful idea or demonstrates good academic writing,
   please share them via the group mail list. To give you some motivation
   for the reading, I would expect *at least 3* emails from each student in
   each quarter.

Best,
Vivian

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Wei Vivian Li

Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
University of California, Riverside
vivianli.org
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