hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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Sunrise over the Autònoma
Last week I took this photo after dropping Andrea off at the train station to go into Barcelona. The four columns are one of the symbols of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Trials and tribulations at the bank
I’m in the unfortunately situation that my primary debit card expires in December. This can be problematic, since I’m usually in Granada with Andrea’s family from Christmas until around the 6th of January. Last time my card expired, two years … Continue reading
They’ve got coders
My friend and ex-Titanite Dan Garland has recently started up a new project in London. We Got Coders is a training organisation for agile web developers focussed on Ruby on Rails. The different (and interesting) part is that, after the … Continue reading
Andrea P.h.D.
Yesterday Andrea successfully defended her P.h.D. thesis. The presentation of her work was fantastic and her responses to the questions asked by the thesis board were spot on. (In Spanish it’s called the tribunal, but I think that’s a little … Continue reading
It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws
Many years ago, the security researcher Bruce Schneier wrote the following, oft quoted, statement It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics. Later on, I read that he had changed his opinion somewhat, and … Continue reading
Summer in Granada
Andrea and I spent most of August in Granada with her family. We had a great time relaxing and recovering a bit from the hectic last six months, which was great. We arrived just before the wedding of one of … Continue reading
Iain M. Banks
I’m a little late to this, somehow I seem to miss these big news stories. A bit more than a month ago, Iain Banks died of cancer. I hadn’t even heard of Iain [M.] Banks until 2005 when I moved … Continue reading
Dr. Taboada
Today I went along to the PhD defence of Manel Taboada, who was one of the people who started the agent-based hospital emergency department simulation project with me back in 2008 when I was doing my masters. It was fantastic … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Research
Tagged Agent-Based Simulation, CAOS, Hospital Emergency Department
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Number Theory in Cryptography Summer School
Last week I was in Warwick for a summer school on number theory in cryptography. All the speakers were fantastic and I had a great time learning about some of the cryptographic applications of number theory and also trying my … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mathematics
Tagged Cryptography, England, Number Theory, University of Warwick
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