Math-Life Balance
Math-Life Balance
Mura Yakerson
Interview with Dustin Clausen
1 hour 6 minutes Posted Mar 13, 2021 at 1:13 pm.
​ teasing teaser
​ French high school shock
​ being grandson of John Tate
​ doubts about academic career
​ alternative career options
​ opinions too negative to share
​ disappointments of grad school
​ giving a satisfying math talk is impossible
​ decision to stay in academia
​ publishing is a rotten enterprise
​ struggles of refereeing 
​ mistakes in talks and papers
​ my first impression of Dustin
​ numbers and homotopies
​ Mike Hopkins is the best
​ Jacob Lurie as PhD advisor
​ not understanding is great
​ reading and writing math papers
​ “Math in Moscow”: thrilling story
​ doing math when you have babies
​ distributing grants equally
​ how to not be afraid of job market
​ funny reaction to saying you’re doing math
​ kind words for those who feel demotivated
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Dustin Clausen is an associate professor in Copenhagen university, working in algebraic K-theory, homotopy theory and number theory. In this interview, Dustin shares controversial opinions on publishing and grant system, tells about his view on leaving academia, and reproduces very vividly a Tarantino style plot of an interrogation in Moscow, for stealing cookies! P.S. Dustin would like to assure the viewers that he did not steal any cookies. 
Dustin's homepage: https://www.math.ku.dk/english/staff/faculty/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2F467008
Photo: from Copenhagen University webpage