Last week, I went over several papers in the area of Biased Inverse Reinforcement Learning and Fairness Criteria. I also brainstormed several possible next steps for research. After talking with CJ on Monday, we decided that the second option was Read more…
Unlike many other PhD programs, WashU has a special rotation program to facilitate student-advisor matching, where students do a 2-4 one-month research stints with professors so the students and professors can get to know each other better before committing to Read more…
It has been a very fun six weeks in the States Chess Cup. We’ve had a lot of great chess being played, with no shortage of upsets and nerve-wracking finishes! Here’s a quick update on the playoff picture for the Read more…
Over the last two weeks, I’ve written about my first two research projects and publications at GroupLens. Today, I’ll wrap up this series by talking about my third and final research project with the CaringBridge dataset. With one semester left Read more…
Last week, I wrote about my first ever research project and publication, and I’ll continue this topic today by talking about my next project and publication at GroupLens. Actually, quite a lot of time passed between these two projects, so Read more…
This week, there were no really interesting topics that came up for me to write a blog about. Instead, I’ll start going through the dozens of post ideas in my backlog that I’ve been meaning to write about for months, Read more…
One of the classes I’m signed up for this semester is Advanced Algorithms. Already, this is shaping up to be one of my favorite classes and I think it’s really going to take my understanding of algos to the next Read more…
Tomorrow is my first day at Washington University in St. Louis, where I will be working towards a PhD in Computer Science! While I spend the next 4-6 years of my life here, I’ve decided to make a commitment: I Read more…
Introduction In the last three months, I’ve run twelve USCF rated tournaments online and many more unrated tournaments, as COVID-19 has put all of our OTB tournaments on hold. Our biggest event so far had over 200 players, and a Read more…
This post has been republished from https://streets.mn/2020/03/26/building-a-complete-abrt-system-in-minneapolis/. Check out the comment section here for reactions to my proposal! aBRT is by far the most important transit project in the state. While it doesn’t get the same attention as pricier projects Read more…