relaxed and spooky week
work This was a very nice and relaxing week for me. I was able to make some marginal progress on research, apply for an Amazon research award, meet with an...
over the hump
work Made it halfway through the semester! This was a particularly crazy week for me, too. I gave a presentation on Monday to the ACC Seminar about Private...
adapting to the ramp up
work Most of my days this week were basically swamped. Monday, I flew back from San Diego, Tuesday/Thursday, I had back-to-back meetings almost all day, and...
more stable but busy
work My work week was surprisingly still busy despite the Eurocrypt deadline passing. I still have some projects that are getting pushed now, so that we have...
made the eurocrypt deadline
work I managed to get my Eurocrypt submission done! It was a pretty difficult last-minute push. Between school starting and other submissions, a lot of my...
a simple week
work This was maybe the most simple week I've had in a while work-wise. I was busy all week, because I'm pushing to finish a couple of papers early in...
moving to san diego
I've decided to stop including a "things i saw" section. This is mostly because I already have a public JSON feed with many things I go through online. It's...
staying sane through big changes
work Things at work are still pretty crazy. I still feel like all my projects kicked into high gear. With one of them, though, I think we've decided to just...
everything all at once
work I'm officially a tenure-track assistant professor!! I'm so excited to finally be officially work at Stevens. The campus is already buzzing with the new...
orientation at stevens
work I had my faculty orientation this week! I'm nervous and excited to start the new job. I'm a little worried there's going to be a lot for me to handle,...
slow but fun week
work I took it pretty slow this week. I did some writing on all of my projects and had a handful of meetings. But, mostly, I tried to take time to myself and...
another lazy summer week
work This week I mostly just got to do normal writing. The S&P rebuttals largely haven't come in, so I've been free to just work on the papers with upcoming...
counting down the days till work
work I managed to keep getting work done this week, though it slowed down toward the end. I canceled a few meetings, so I was mostly just focused on writing...
busy week but good
work This week was more packed than I had expected. I did more work on my S&P reviews, and I'm bracing for the R2 submissions to that conference, because I...
fun working week
work This week was particularly fun and productive. I was able to visit Google and Columbia, and I feel like I got a lot of useful work done every day of the...
hitting the ground running
I realized that as much as I like how bare-bones Leaflet is, the website has some weird bugs and honestly isn't very secure. Anyone with the URL could've...
starting two months of freedom
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-07-11 work I officially have an office! I was able to go to Stevens and I can now...
half a week at the beach
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-07-06 work I was only working for half of the week before I went on vacation. Most of...
finding a summer rhythm
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-06-28 work The presentation deadline for my DSO contract is creeping up, so I'm...
relaxed week
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-06-21 work DSO work is slowing down again, until I have to focus on making the...
low-key week low-key post
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-06-14 Well last post was pretty buggy, so I'm not 100% sure that I'll be able to stick...
third time is the charm
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-06-06 I feel like this is slowly becoming easier. I think after I get really used to...
building a habit
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-06-01 Alright, I managed to write another post, which should hopefully be the beginning...
initial post
Note: This post was imported and originally posted on leaflet on 2025-05-28 I found out about this on Bluesky the other day, but I decided it would be useful...