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The number of citations is a quality metric for a paper? What metrics do you think are important?

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What would be the price ratio between materials for semiconductor manufacturing? SiC, GaN, GaAs, for exemple?

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Did we come at a time when the improvement in computational hardware has evolved more than the software can keep up?

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How is the use of photovoltaic energy encouraged in your country?

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What better way to prove learning?

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