Japan's unemployed PhDs: Unused researchers to arms

Computational Journalism: A Call to Arms to Database Researchers

Molar Hypomineralisation: A Call to Arms for Enamel Researchers

Developmental dental defects (DDDs, hereafter "D3s") hold significance for scientists and practitioners from both medicine and dentistry. Although, attention has classically dwelt on three other D3s (amelogenesis imperfecta, dental fluorosis, and enamel hypoplasia), dental interest has recently swung toward Molar Hypomineralisation (MH), a prevalent condition characterised by well-delineated ("...

Hunt for Unused Servers

Modern enterprises critically depend on IT. However, enterprise IT environments are complex and poorly documented. As a result, various IT components are forgotten and unused. Recent estimates show that 30% of servers in datacenters are unused on average. Elimination of unused servers (physical and virtual) and software instances decreases costs, electricity consumption, risks of problems causi...

Putting PhDs to Work: Career Planning for Today's Scientist

Individual development plans (IDPs) have been promoted nationally as a tool to help research trainees explore career opportunities and set career goals. Despite the interest in IDPs from a policy perspective, there is little information about how they have been used. The authors examined IDP awareness and use, the benefits of creating an IDP, and ways to facilitate its use by administering a su...

Panel: Alternative Careers for Biomedical Informatics PhDs

The number of doctoral training programs in informatics increases every year, however not every doctoral candidate wishes to pursue a traditional career in academia. In addition, the knowledge and skills acquired through scientific training at the doctoral level can be valuable, even critical, for a number of career paths outside of academic research and teaching. This panel will present a dive...