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[Gustaaf Brooijmans <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

Hi,

>     Hi,
>
>      >     For Paul's 3rd question you write "Answer: The HTT plan relies
>      >     significantly more scientific labor largely to include
>     students and
>      >     postdocs in the project for training purposes. Approximately
>     2/3rds of
>      >     the HTT firmware effort is scientific labor. The GEP plan is
>     not to use
>      >     students and postdocs to write firmware and for them to only
>     be engaged
>      >     in testing and simulation."
>      >     ==> This only re-states Paul's observation.  It doesn't
>     explain why
>      >     it's
>      >     done this way.
>      >
>      > The key point is "for training purposes". That is the primary reason
>      > it's done this way.
>
>     The obvious follow-up is: why do we train people on HTT and not global
>     algorithms?
>
>
> Yes, but I don't really have an answer to that. Global does 
> involve/train students but only for simulation and testing work. It is 
> really driven by the history of the institutes involved. Do we really 
> need to justify that kind of decision? His question really comes from an 
> assumption about what students vs engineers do.

I think saying that it's a choice driven by the history of how the 
institutes work is fine.

Best,

Gustaaf