a remotely busy week
work My work this week was pretty similar to last week. I'm still in San Diego, but I've managed to keep myself busy everyday. The main things have been...
refreshed for the new year
work My goal this week was to clear the deck as much as I can before I go back into doing new research. I was asked to do one more EC review and had...
vacation, family, and christmas
work Almost nothing to report this week at work. I exchanged a few messages as needed for some projects in early January. If I've ignored others, I'm sorry!...
one semester down
work My first semester at Stevens if over!! I didn't have to teach, though, so it was a pretty chill semester to get through. I'm looking forward to taking...
realizing that i'm a professor
work This week felt a bit paradoxical. There wasn't a whole lot that I needed to do. But on the other hand, I had realization that there's actually a lot...
plugging along till winter break
work Work this week was about as standard as it gets. I had most of my regular meetings and did some writing papers, grants, and presentations. Concretely,...
my first week off in a while
work Thankfully, there's little to say work-wise. I pretty much took the whole week as a true vacation. I had a handful of emails that required more-or-less...
balancing reviews and relaxation
work I finished my Eurocrypt reviews early! I wanted to get ahead of schedule to free up my Thanksgiving week, and managed to push through the papers this...
cold and collaborative week
work This was a surprisingly active week at work! Early this week, I found out that my class is actually fully enrolled at 65 students!! This was way up from...
slow and steady week of nothing
work Not a lot happened at work this week. It was pretty mellow, which I think it is a bit of a clam before the pre-thanksgiving storm. Next week, I'll be...
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,...
