I am creating this blog for several purposes.  Besides helping me keep track of research reading, etc. I am hoping this site will allow me to communicate effectively with my students.  

I will use the following labels to help people find relevant information here:

• research: stuff related to my own research
• students: stuff related to teaching or advising
• meta: stuff related to this blog itself (i.e. housekeeping, etc.)

I will qualify each labels like so:  students.advising is the label for entries about advising (easy, no?).  Likewise students.inf384c is the label for material related to my inf 384c class.  Things labeled plain-old students are of general interest to my students or advisees.