Miscellaneous
Personalia
Here are some photos.
An interesting academic look at the yo-yo community by Ho Wang KWONG (鄺浩弘): Group dynamics, gender, and field : an ethnographic study of the yo-yoing sport subculture In Hong Kong.
Seminars
Here are the seminars at MSU I have organized.
Initiated by myself, and co-organized with Ivan So, the graduate student colloquium was a venue in which graduate student mathematicians presented their research to other grad students, in general-audience style talks. The colloquium is concluded as of April 18, 2024. Maybe it will resume in the future. See more here.
C*@MSU
C*-algebra theory, Fall semester 2023. Co-ran with Aldo Garcia Guinto. This seminar is concluded as of December 8, 2023.
Random matrix theory, Spring semester 2023. This seminar is concluded as of April 27, 2023. See more here.
Paintings of math books.
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Links I like
Extremely useful reference!!!
What an amazing mathematician with such an amazing story.
And with interpretations of probability theory we can scam our ways back into employment. (A lovely application of philosophy: keeping academics employed!)
To convince you to read it, see also the brief review of this collection of essays by Timothy Gowers: Yuri Ivanovich Manin, An Extraordinary Mathematician.
Understanding your mathematical biases can help you view your mathematical self more critically and consider whether you have unnecessary hang-ups which are holding you back.
A great read promoting open science by one of the famed "Mike and Ike" duo. This isn't so much math as it is research in general, but, while its primary goal is to promote open science, it also serves as a great source of detailed examples of productive collaborations.
Wherein stupidity is encouraged as a means of producing knowledge.
Wherein one finds advice for how to be stupid smartly.
You and Your Research by Richard Hamming.
I don't subscribe to all the ideas promoted here, but it is a thought-provoking piece of writing nonetheless.
Wherein one can get insight into how they might try to change the environment around themselves to be more conducive to a productive academic life.
Wherein one can get insight into what determines productivity in the academic career thereby getting inspiration for how to orient their work life towards achieving success.