Date: Nov 19, 1997 6:09 AM
Author: PeterK@_delete_mvt.ie
Subject: Re: Q: Engineering or Math?

fpm@u.washington.edu (Frank Miles) writes:

> I've talked
> with quite a few Ph.D. EE students who would have been mathematicians,
> except that they realized that the prospects for making a semi-decent
> salary after graduation was much better with the EE than the math 
> diploma.  Looking at their dissertations, one sees propositions, theorems,
> proofs,...

And what is wrong with that?!  In many DSP applications it is
imperative that theoretical understanding of the problems (and
algorithms used to solve them in practice) is achieved before any
advances can be made.  People would still be stuck at the 33kbaud
modem (instead of the 56kbaud achievable now) if PhD students
hadn't proved theorems !!

Peter "Yes I did prove a few theorems in my PhD" Kootsookos!


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