Confessions of a researchaholic

January 7, 2024

Embodied computing

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:17 pm
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I spent the evening on some manual household installation/repair tasks and felt a visceral sense of satisfaction of using my body, which tends to be missing for sitting in front of a computer all day.

Given that our bodies are designed (or more precisely, evolved) to be moving around, I wonder if there are ways to structure our work routines so that we can use our bodies more.
The existing design for “spatial computing” is mostly for content consumption and authoring tasks that are inherently spatial (e.g., 3D modeling).
How to extend that for more abstract tasks (like programming) is an interesting question (personally I doubt if spatial manipulation of node graphs or the like is the right answer).

January 4, 2024

3-hour PhD defense

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:54 pm
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This is by far the longest PhD defense I have ever attended, and I have attended many.

The first half was spent on the presentation, with the second half on discussions (among thesis committee members and later the candidate) about how to deal with the lack of publications.
I enjoyed the first half much more than the second.

December 31, 2023

Buffet

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 1:47 pm
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Is buffet an expression of gluttony, aside from catering for workspace events which can be more convenient than sit-down meals.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/186107513/PortraitsMotoGStylus/modules/1062082245

December 27, 2023

Mental accounting

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 6:46 pm
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When I go through repetitive exercises (e.g., swimming laps), I often group the repetitions via integer factorization, such as 6 by 6 for 36, with a little voice in my head saying something like: 6 times are easy, and you just need to do 6 of these.

So psychologically I perceive the repetitions differently even though they are all the same.

December 25, 2023

2023 academic volunteering hours

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:07 pm
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Since my company allow us to report academic services as part of our volunteering hours for matching donations*, I have been keeping track of mine in a spreadsheet (down to the levels of the hours/minutes spent in each paper across different stages of the review processes).
According to the spreadsheet, so far this year I have spent 190+ (!) hours in total, including TVCG AE and paper committees in SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, EG, EGSR, HPG, etc., mostly during my “spare time” in the evenings and weekends.
I won’t be able to serve for SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia next year, so hopefully I can get back some time for other activities.

* For Adobe folks: remember to report your volunteering hours before the end of the year.

December 16, 2023

Home alarm

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 4:30 pm
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Experiment with Ai generative vector graphics to produce a simple graphical novel.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/186934551/HomeAlarmGraphicalFiction

December 11, 2023

Colorful socks, playful minds

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:35 pm
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Does wearing colorful clothing inspire playful minds?


https://www.behance.net/gallery/186650805/ColorfulSocksPlayfulMind

December 8, 2023

Lunch order 666

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:04 pm
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I guess 666 is a suitable number to pick up an order from hell’s kitchen.


https://www.behance.net/gallery/186355667/LunchOrder666

December 6, 2023

ZZZ

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 10:15 am
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I have a collaborator whose name has the letter Z as the initial for all parts, and thus shows up as ZZZ, which seems sleepy, in our shared documents.


https://www.behance.net/gallery/186219073/Zzz

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