Paper 2

I've been pretty busy the last 3 months or so working on my second paper. This paper had been shelved for almost a year owing to the fact the my fellow collaborator had hit a snag with they data he was seeing. Anyway we were finally able to resolve the problem and are well on our way.

I had to present the paper today to my group members, and I think it went quite well.

Before I can write about the contents of the paper, I need to really explain what I'm working on. That's going to be interesting since I need to make it accessible. So it's a work in progress. Stay tuned.

NO MORE FACEBOOK

OK I felt this needed to be added. I am no longer on facebook. Why? Well I'm a big "I" person. Consequently, I didn't want to support an organization that does not respect the privacy of individuals. Yes I know you have complete control of what's available to the world, but you have NO control of what's available to - drum roll - Facebook! Not only can they do whatever the hell the want with the data you upload, they also give you no control over it. Until they tell me what they do with the data, and allow me to choose what I want them to have, I'm afraid I cannot participate. Now you might say, what'so important about my data? What difference does it make to me? The very fact that it IS my data is WHAT makes it important. It's the principle ladies and gentlemen. Also, most of you think facebook is secure right? Guess again... that's all I will say here.

For the moment I'm using the blogger to stay in touch with friends. Over summer, I plan to design my own website which will be less linear and more organized.

Diappearing Act

Hi guys, sorry for the LONG delay. I'm sure most of you are not surprised by the invisibility cloak I had put on myself last year. Old habits die hard I guess.

Anyway a lot of things have happened since the last update. So expect a series of blogs.

I'll start with work. Two years ago in December, I left my last research group. It was fun working with lasers and UHVs, but I felt it appropriate to move on into doing research in a field that was more in tune with my personality. Unfortunately I had to take a semester off of research. I spent spring 2010 taking classes and working as a TA. It was fun in it's own way, but I prefer research.

I joined Professor David Ceperley' group in Summer 2010, and I have been working there since. I love the research that I am doing now. It's hardcore condensed matter theory employing massively powerful supercomputers (notice that I intentionally exaggerate to instill the sense of awesomeness of the computers :))

My first project, which I have been working on since, involves the computer simulations of the Bose-Hubbard model. Please note that now that I'm doing pretty intense theoretical work, there aren't going to be very many pretty "real" pictures. Don't get me wrong I'll still post nice 3D pictures of things and loads of pictures the computers that I get to use (or are available for us to use), but it won't be shiny UHV chambers and the ambient glow of lasers. Also, sometimes I'll blather mathematics and it might be unfamiliar, but I'm not apologizing because it's MY BLOG. So if you don't want to read it then don't (hehe). On the other hand, feel free to ask questions so that I might explain/elaborate. Trust me when I say that the stuff I'm doing now is AWESOME and EXTREMELY interesting.