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Keynote at ICSME Doctoral Symposium (Madrid, September 25th, 2018): Learning from errors: my academic career

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1. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Learning from errors:
   my academic career
   Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
   Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
   @jgbarah http://github.com/jgbarah/presentations
   ICSME Doctoral Symposium
   Madrid (Spain), September 25th 2018
   Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona (URJC) Learning from errors ICSME Doctoral Symposium 1 / 49
   

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2. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   “Once upon a time
   there was a wannabe researcher
   in the Deep South of Madrid...”
   Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona (URJC) Learning from errors ICSME Doctoral Symposium 2 / 49
   

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3. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Starting
   conditions
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4. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Being in the right place
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5. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Being in the right place
   (lesson)
   Look for exciting stuff
   stuff that will change the world
   even it doesn’t seem that academic
   and understand it
   Look at the future, we’re doing it
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6. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Being at the right moment
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7. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Being at the right moment
   (lesson)
   Play with cool stuff
   Experiment
   Build on the work of others
   Have fun
   Learn by doing
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8. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Having the right mentors
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9. Learning from
   errors
   Jesus M.
   Gonzalez-Barahona
   Starting conditions
   A (very personal)
   story
   Summary
   Starting conditions
   Having the right mentors
   (lesson)
   Network with interesting people
   You understand when you can explain
   Details are (very) important
   Yes, I can
   (English skills are fundamental)
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10. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Starting conditions
    Having the right colleagues
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11. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Starting conditions
    Having the right colleagues
    (lesson)
    Having great people around is very important
    Playing in a team is much more fun
    Together you can reach higher
    Let’s try it
    Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona (URJC) Learning from errors ICSME Doctoral Symposium 11 / 49
    

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12. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Starting conditions
    Having the path paved
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13. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Starting conditions
    Having the path paved
    (lesson)
    The importance of sharing
    The importance of ethics
    The importance of tools
    Have principles, but have also a plan
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14. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    A (very
    personal)
    story
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15. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Labs based on free
    software (1993-2005)
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16. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Labs based on free
    software (lesson)
    Cool stuff may need a lot of time
    a lot
    a whole lot
    But it may pay the effort
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17. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    PhD thesis & Lower Layer
    (1995-2002)
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18. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    PhD thesis & Lower Layer
    (lesson)
    Details are important,
    but getting things done too
    Doing is important
    but focus too
    It’s difficult to identify the main result
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19. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Free software in Europe
    (1997-2005)
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20. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Free software in Europe
    (lesson)
    You can do cool stuff
    at many levels
    with cool people
    It may count as zero for your academic life
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21. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Counting potatoes
    (2000-2001)
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22. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Counting potatoes (lesson)
    Any detail may change a life
    In some moments you’re ready for a change
    and you feel you have been preparing for it
    Switching fields may be rebooting from scratch
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23. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Using data from CVS
    (lesson)
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24. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Using data from CVS
    (2001-2003)
    The are niches of opportunity
    that you can exploit better than others
    but quickly you need to learn new stuff
    Starting in a new research field
    is not always easy
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25. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    CVSAnalY (2002-2015)
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26. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    CVSAnalY (lesson)
    Tools are important and cool
    Tools help you learn the details
    Tools can be done in collaboration
    Good tools don’t guarantee publication
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27. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Macro-evolution
    (2005-2008)
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28. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Macro-evolution (lesson)
    A solid work may take a little while...
    ...with a little help from friends
    and your past experience
    But you need to find the right approach
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29. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Teaching about free
    software (2002-2008)
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30. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Teaching about free
    software (lesson)
    Learning by teaching
    Gaining perspective
    Observing the landscape
    Having a looooot of fun
    Teaching takes a looooot of time
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31. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    FLOSSMetrics
    (2006-2009)
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32. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    FLOSSMetrics (lesson)
    Funded projects bring resources
    They allow for implementing ambitious ideas
    They put together interesting teams
    Funded projects may be (very) distracting
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33. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Studying Wikipedia
    (2007-2009)
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34. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Studying Wikipedia
    (lessons)
    You can explore new fields
    with some advantage
    because you have the right background
    and the right people around
    Did I say that new fields may be like
    rebooting from scratch?
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35. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Reproducibility
    (2008-2012)
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36. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Reproducibility (lesson)
    You can step back for a moment
    look at things from a new perspective
    and find a new use for what you know
    Literature surveys may be fun, but hard too
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37. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Evolution based in data
    (2008-2013)
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38. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Evolution based in data
    (lesson)
    Reproducing past research is fun
    and interesting
    and helps to advance the state of the art
    It may lead to new lines
    Reproducing is not always easy
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39. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Companies and
    communities (2010-2013)
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40. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Companies and
    communities (lesson)
    The real world is there, and it’s nice
    If you can explain a part of it
    that will be appreciated
    The real world is dirty, complex,
    difficult to understand
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41. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    MetricsGrimoire
    (2002-2015)
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42. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    MetricsGrimoire (lesson)
    Tools keep you anchored in reality
    Tools give you a competitive advantage
    Tools let you learn the details
    Tools may be distracting,
    difficult to “convert” in papers
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43. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Bitergia (2012-)
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44. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    A (very personal) story
    Bitergia (2012-)
    Startups are a lot of fun
    They link you to reality,
    and see a new side of reality
    Startups are a huge sink for your time
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45. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Summary
    Summary
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46. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Summary
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47. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Summary
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48. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Summary
    Finding a balance
    between having fun
    and having a career
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49. Learning from
    errors
    Jesus M.
    Gonzalez-Barahona
    Starting conditions
    A (very personal)
    story
    Summary
    Summary
    c 2018 Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona.
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