Re:2020 Knuth Prize is awarded to Cynthia Dwork [pdf]
by DominikPeters on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:22PM
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A U.S. thing I’ve noticed is calling professors “Dr. Smith” when elsewhere (and certainly in Germany) that would almost be an insult, since it’s “Prof. Smith”.
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Re:2020 Knuth Prize is awarded to Cynthia Dwork [pdf]
by apricot on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @07:49PM
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I know a German professor with two Ph.D.s who calls himself "Professor Doktor Doktor So-and-so". He doesn't introduce himself like that, mind you, but he uses it in his .signature file (is it still called that nowadays? the text that's automatically appended to your email).