[chaoxu]

I still publish. I joined an industry lab this June. My day to day function is highly non-academic, but we can do academic research on the side (we don't have to).

I intend to keep on researching since research is fun. But writing itself is not as much fun, so I wonder if I will try to publish as much.

1. Collaboration. If you look at my publication records, I only have a single paper where I am the sole author, and I made sure a few very knowledgeable friends read it. So find someone sharing similar interests and talk to them. Once a collaboration starts, it is much easier to get going.

2. Branch out. Recently, I improve algorithms in areas (more applied operations research) close to mine (theoretical x {computer science, combinatorial optimization}). This includes 3 of the papers I'm preparing. It only took a few hours to realize improvements are possible, although it takes much longer to polish and present. It also leads me to an interesting problem in my own field.

3. Giving talks. It is probably much easier to have an opportunity to give tech talks. Giving the talk itself forces you to organize your thought well. I often find better ways to organize my writing after I've given the presentation. (I really should give talks before writing the paper...