Vera PlessBy Regina JacksonIt is fitting that coding theorists speak of "Pless power moments" – for Dr. Vera Pless is a woman who has filled every moment of her life in a very powerful way. She has traveled as far as Korea, Israel, Australia and China to collaborate on math research and to speak at math conferences and seminars. She has written over 120 papers and a popular coding theory textbook Introduction to the Theory of Error-Correcting …showed first 75 words of 940 total…

…showed last 75 words of 940 total…work, play and family, she claims to have no answers. "Everyone is different; there is no formula I can offer." If, however, proof by example were a valid construction, Dr. Pless's story would provide ample evidence for the conjecture that if you remain true to yourself and your interests, then everything else will fall into place. However, until we can rigorously prove this conjecture, may all of your "moments" be as "powerful" as Dr. Pless's.