The End of Exploring

IF 2.1 4区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1109/MTS.2023.3340236

Jeremy Pitt

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Abstract

April is the cruelest month, according to the modernist poet T. S. Eliot [1] , drawing attention to the difficulty of renewal after winter, and how hope can be more unbearable than despair. Within academia, and perhaps especially in science, technology, engineering maths, and medicine (STEMM) subjects, there is a “Red Queen” problem: the need to keep running just to stay still [2] . This produces a continual requirement not just to keep up, but to stay ahead; and staying ahead may necessitate the re-invention of the self, and revitalization of a research program, as the scientific and technological tectonic plates shift, realign, and indeed emerge. Against this backdrop, starting and sustaining a career in academia is not necessarily a straightforward undertaking. The aim of this article is to offer early-career (maybe even early midcareer) researchers some advice or heuristics derived from some [loses count] years in academic research which might help with this process. Finally, it puts this reinvention process in the broader context of the university’s “fifth wave” [3] , for you who would turn the wheel and look windward.

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现代主义诗人艾略特（T. S. Eliot）说，四月是最残酷的月份[1]，这让人们注意到冬天过后万物复苏的艰难，以及希望如何比绝望更让人难以忍受。在学术界，尤其是在科学、技术、工程、数学和医学（STEMM）学科中，存在着一个 "红皇后 "问题：为了保持静止而需要不断奔跑[2]。随着科技板块的移动、调整和出现，保持领先可能需要重新发明自我，重振研究计划。在这种背景下，开始并维持学术生涯并不一定是一件简单的事情。本文旨在为职业生涯早期（甚至可能是职业生涯中期）的研究人员提供一些建议或启发式方法，这些建议或启发式方法来自于从事学术研究的数年时间，可能会对这一过程有所帮助。最后，本文将这一重塑过程置于大学 "第五次浪潮"[3] 的更广阔背景中，供希望转舵向风的您参考。

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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

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3.00

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13.60%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： IEEE Technology and Society Magazine invites feature articles (refereed), special articles, and commentaries on topics within the scope of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, in the broad areas of social implications of electrotechnology, history of electrotechnology, and engineering ethics.