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For the slides, preliminary data sets and more resources: https://pagewizardgames.com/diepledge/ You can find my talk as well on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mtXJVlJ8cAU We explore the issue of exclusion in academic institutions in Canada, with a focus on Computer Science. Academic culling in our research is the active (intentional or unintentionally) removing of plurality from universities through requiring compelled speech, or placing (new) barriers to academic appointments to serve ideological/political/religious purposes [in this case, so-called "diversity, inclusion, and equity" (DIE)]. Namely, we study a (new) practice that discriminates against academics that do not value or wish to pursue goals of DIE, or academics that abstain on the basis of academic principles/standards. Our interest in this topic largely came as a result of observing incongruities in our professional experiences in inclusion and those of DIE. There are many grounded and reasoned ways one may disagree with DIE and its methods; whether one agrees or disagrees with DIE, a concerning trend has grown in public Canadian universities of overstepping the boundary of respecting the intellectual autonomy of academics. Have our public universities focused so hard on identity and related political/ideological pursuits, that they have an identity crisis? What does this mean for the next generation of students, our academics, and the future of scientific research in Canada? We focus on what we call DIE pledges, a term for requiring applicants or academics more broadly give their commitment to DIE in some form: As a job requirement, a statement, or, to participate as an activist. Fundamentally, like other ideological pledges built on non-academic requirements (or even anti-academic requirements, as in this case), pledges such as these are an afront to intellectual autonomy of academics and violate the merit principle. The following is a preliminary investigation based on our 5+ year study of this topic. We monitored job advertisements posted on CS-Can and other Canadian institutions, that may require a Computer Science PhD. The primary focus was monitoring CS-Can, where job advertisements for faculty positions in Computer Science Departments in Canada are regularly posted. Concerning increases in these practices have occurred. To the best of our knowledge, our work is the first attempt to document/report this in Canadian STEM fields. "The State of Academic Freedom in Canada" - https://youtu.be/--ra_fiz0nk Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): Eric R Patreon Supporters (Supporter Access!): ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-R-Page TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #universities #stem #canada

Thank you for all the fun the last season, let's build something new! Check the description here for more! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PageWizardGLE [NEW PAPER] A polynomial-time approximation scheme for thief orienteering on directed acyclic graphs: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.... Consider supporting the hard work at PageWizard GL&E and the work of Dr. Page! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage Supporting PageWizard GL&E is supporting research and teaching by academics unaffiliated with universities. Canadian universities have become hostile to academic freedom, merit-based hiring and other traditions that promote independent thinking and the quest for knowledge. Academics outside universities need support if they are to pursue the academic mission for the good of us all. Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): Eric R Patreon Supporters (Supporter Access!): ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-... TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #ComputerScience #Algorithms #Education

Criticizing one's own university is a part of academic freedom. What happens to academics when they disagree with a policy and wish to engage with it publicly in Canada these days? Apparently writing online the word "Yikes" and defending concepts like impartiality and educational standards is enough to have you forced into a meeting with your Dean at a Canadian university, and more. Unlike in many circumstances where a mobbing occurs and this stirs the pot, no such thing happened here. Dr. Page joined his university to address university standards concerns, and he definitely found some! What's a university without academic freedom? After this incident, Dr. Page experienced months of neglect, including taking away one of his courses, eventually leading to the administration pushing him out of his position using a term in Dr. Page's contract about his obligations for in-person teaching (that Dr. Page wanted to do [this was disrupted by U of Regina's COVID-19 policies]) Dr. Page defended for months his students to ensure all his students can continue to take courses without disruptions, under the COVID-19 mandates/policies students/faculty were experiencing. To this date, Dr. Page has never experienced any complaint (in conversation or formally) from his students about these LinkedIn comments. Any claim to merit about concerns of how welcoming Dr. Page's classroom at University of Regina is never was substantiated, any claim of concern by administration were alleged, spoken of anonymously, and never substantiated. All of Dr. Page's lectures from his time at University of Regina are publicly archived: https://www.youtube.com/@DanielPageCSLectures Support Academics Outside Universities: Supporting PageWizard GL&E is supporting research and teaching by academics unaffiliated with universities. Canadian universities have become hostile to academic freedom, merit-based hiring and other traditions that promote independent thinking and the quest for knowledge. Academics outside universities need support if they are to pursue the academic mission for the good of us all. SAFS's letter to Dean of Science, University of Regina: https://safs.ca/issuescases/regina-expectation/SAFS%20letter%20re%20Letter%20of%20Expectation%20to%20Daniel%20Page.pdf Letter to Dr. Page from administration, affirming Letter of Expectation (recited in the video): https://safs.ca/issuescases/regina-expectation/2021-12-23%20DanielPage-Response.pdf About Daniel Page: ------------------------ Daniel is a theoretical computer scientist that researches and teaches on topics such as Algorithms. Daniel has held several positions such as Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Instructor, and Researcher for public universities such as The University of Manitoba, The University of Western Ontario, St. Francis Xavier University, and The University of Regina. His educator experience extends outwardly to his work with special needs/inclusion, and has also worked for respected educational institutions such as The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada and Mad Science of Manitoba. For more details, see Daniel's academic website: https://drpage.pagewizardgames.com/ Sources: -------------- CAUT's Policy Statement on Academic Freedom: https://www.caut.ca/about-us/caut-policy/lists/caut-policy-statements/policy-statement-on-academic-freedom [A detailed timeline of events in regard to how University of Regina's administration and union reacted] "University of Regina CS Lecturer Received "Letter of Expectation" (and More) for Criticizing School's DIE Policies" - by D.R. Page, SAFS Newsletter, January 2022. https://safs.ca/newsletters/article.php?article=1174 [Documents archived by SAFS] "University of Regina Computer Science lecturer receives “Letter of Expectation” for criticizing his university," SAFS: https://safs.ca/university-of-regina-computer-science-lecturer-receives-letter-of-expectation-for-criticizing-his-university/ Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): Eric R Patreon Supporters (Supporter Access!): ----------------------------------------------------------- Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-R-Page TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #canada #universities #academicfreedom

It's been a while since the last update video, come join the fun in the new and improved learning zone! Find links to follow easier below here! Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): -Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): Patreon Supporters (Supporter Access!): -Eric R ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-... TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #ComputerScience #Algorithms #DataStructures

In the study of algorithms, we desire provably-correct algorithms that efficiently solve problems. In this talk, the area of approximation algorithms is introduced in the context of determining the existence of efficient algorithms for hard optimization problems. If P is not equal to NP, which is one possibility for the outstanding and fundamental P vs. NP problem, then for some intractable problems there may only exist polynomial-time algorithms that can compute approximately close answers to optimal solutions, but no better than multiplicatively by some “magic number”. The talk will briefly introduce a mixture of algorithms, computational complexity theory, and recent developments focusing on intractable problems intersecting scheduling and graph theory. On March 14, 2022 I delivered this talk for University of Regina's Pi Day Event (with the Dept. of Math & Stats), organized by the Mathematics, Actuarial Science, and Statistics Student Society (MASS). I am very thankful for their invitation to give this talk! Thank you for the time to talk about Algorithms! Remark: I did not mention it properly given the time constraints, but Svensson in 2010 proved P|prec|Cmax has no 2-\epsilon approximation algorithm, relying on assumptions of a variant of the Unique Games Conjecture. So if you believe that variant is true, then List Scheduling is optimal with respect to the approximation ratio! Slides: http://drpage.pagewizardgames.com/piday_2022_dpage_talk.pdf Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): -Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): Patreon Supporters (Supporter Access!): -Eric R ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-R-Page TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #ComputerScience #Algorithms #TheoreticalCS

https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard I stream weekly all sorts of fun games and more on #Twitch! Do check it out and follow. It is one of the several places I am posting and being active online! Here's me dying in fun fashion as we have fun in #MegaManX2. #fun #gaming #more

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We had a fun time yesterday on #Twitch, playing some #DiabloII. It was wild. The game on Battlenet's side gave out twice! Be sure to follow on Twitch for more gaming, and entertainment! https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #gaming #entertainment #computerscience

Why is it that we need Algorithms researchers, rigour when problem solving, in Computer Science? It is great imagination and intuition to solve problems mathematically that often leads to the discovery of how we can solve new problems in computing, or better understand processes. Why can't we just assume better computing power means we can do more things with computers? Dr. Richard Hamming, describes and answers this succinctly back in 1962. This is an important aspect of why things such as foundational theory in Computer Science (which is framed in the manner Hamming describes), not just computing as in using machines, matter. It is the ideas, the algorithms, and their provable guarantees, that lead to correct computational results. Excerpt from "Logic by Machine" YouTube: https://youtu.be/9jNKTbicxNU Richard Hamming is a pioneering computer scientist, the inventor of Hamming Codes and considered the founder of coding theory. Video edited by Dr. Daniel Page Source: https://archive.org/details/Logic_by_Machine

To watch the full lesson, check out: https://youtu.be/dkYr_BOYmyU Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): -Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): -Tor Asbjørn Bekkelund Patreon Supporters (Special Thank You, and Supporter Access!): -Eric R -Tracy Mae ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-... TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #Java #ComputerProgramming #Lola

To see the full lesson, check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-KEqjspYRM Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): -Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): -Tor Asbjørn Bekkelund Patreon Supporters (Special Thank You, and Supporter Access!): -Eric R -Tracy Mae ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-... TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #Java #ComputerProgramming #Blotzo

This is a small preview video from Lesson 1 of the 1st Steps to Computer Programming Using Java series. Full lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-KEqjspYRM Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): -Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): -Tor Asbjørn Bekkelund Patreon Supporters (Special Thank You, and Supporter Access!): -Eric R -Tracy Mae ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-... TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #Java #ComputerProgramming #Blotzo

It is June already, be sure to check the below description. I have been very busy producing original content for you, expect more content and me to be busy with the game project and more! Expect more programming videos this month! Tentative Video Schedule for June: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51784013 Have a beautiful day! Supporters (to date of publication, by tier (top to bottom)): ---------------------------------------------------------- Patreon Supporters (General Support): -Draikou Patreon Supporters (Basic Support): -Tor Asbjørn Bekkelund Patreon Supporters (Special Thank You, and Supporter Access!): -Eric R -Tracy Mae ----------------------------------------------------------- Become a supporter today! To support my work and mission to provide free or accessible Computer Science education (especially in theory), subscribe to the channel, share my videos. Please donate and contribute to support my work for more content: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/PageWizard SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/drpage PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/pagewizard Follow also at: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageWizardGamesLearningEntertainment FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielRPage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PageWizardGLE QUORA: https://www.quora.com/profile/Daniel-... TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pagewizard #ComputerScience #Algorithms #Updates