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I once asked Robert McEliece whether he would mentor me. I told him I liked combinatorics and it seemed relevant for EE. He explained that "you find an interesting problem and then use the relevant tools, not the other way around." Formative experience. https://t.co/3IDTgdSJsF
— Lior Pachter (@lpachter) May 13, 2019