🗒️ phd-student-wishlist (2021)
what do you wish you had as a Ph.D student?

📰 research reference pages (2021-)
qaoa-reference, parisi-reference, qma2-reference, prqs-reference
living documents on topics I’m interested in

🎱 quantum computing talk bingo (2021)
how many buzzwords can you find?

📎 arXiv.wiki (2021)
for everything that isn’t in the paper

☁️ arxiv-wordcloud (2021)
visualize your research from arXiv abstracts

🌆 qc-landscape (2020)
my mind map of the quantum computing research landscape

◬ steiner systems (2020)
design theory, oh my!

🔡 algebra-fun (2020)
fun facts about 2x2 real matrices
source .tex file here

🧮 Counting in the XX Model (2019)
at infinite temperature, quantum systems are counting problems
source .tex file here

🔮 interstellar-bubbles (2019)
some stars blow themselves a cocoon

📐 lakatos (2019)
notes on Imre Lakatos and passionate rationalism

🚀 shock-front-math (2019)
re-deriving the math behind supernovae
source .tex file here

🔦 Applications of Bilinear Control Theory in Nonlinear Spectroscopy (2016)
using light to estimate stuff
presentation slides here
code (as .ipynb, as .pdf)

👻 Quantum Applications of an Efficient Solution to Compressive Phase Retrieval (2015)
using signal processing theory in quantum mechanics
presentation slides here

⬣ Tiles of Tantrix (2020)
counting paths passing through hexagons
source .tex file here

🍇 grape-codes (2020)
exploring and playing with JRMF material
source .tex file here

🎰 powerball-problem (2020)
what’s the chance of finding your matches?
source .tex file here

🍻 7-beers-matching (2018)
beer-themed probability problem
source .tex file here

🔺 triangles (2016)
counting triangles in bigger triangles

🍽 Goldilocks and the Assistant (2015)
fairy-tale-themed logic problem

🥞 pancakes (2015)
delicious logic problem (see problem 2)

🛟 wheresthepool (2024)
go to a nyc pool that’s open NOW
with Sophia Tareen

🎂 altbdays (2022)
find other days to celebrate

🟧 otomata (2021)
a JavaScript rewrite of a procedural music generator
extensions could be added here

⏲️ altclock (2020)
experience time differently

👽 SlargNacking (2016)
don’t be happy, be interested

💰 mystartup (2015)
sarcastic startup tagline generator

🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏽 ca-center (2020)
where’s the center of california?
see the center of each state here

🍕 pizza (2020)
my east bay pizza diary

🚵 berkeleystreets (2020)
Where have I yet to explore?

🌈 pleasant-places (2018)
interactive United States map to find pleasant weather

🦠 ecoli (2020)
analyzing Penobscot River’s E. Coli concentration
with Angie Reed

📢 trump_yelling (2017)
twitter analysis of Trump’s ALLCAPS tweets

🌽 maze (2015)
path-finding in random 2D mazes

▶️ get old youtube links from fb messages (2020)
find old favorites you’ve forgotten

🏃 QWOPPER (2019)
a programmatic interface for QWOP

📓 friendlog (2018)
command-line journal for intentional friendship

🍄 count-spots (2017)
locating and counting spots in an image

🎅🏽 secretsanta (2015)
assigns gift-givers for secret santa exchanges

🔢 sudoku (2015)
Sudoku maze generator and solver

⬛ rubik (2015)
Rubik’s cube simulator and solver

🏀 sweet spot (2013)
tool to scout players’ shooting performance
with Leah Dickstein, for Facebook NorCal Regional Hackathon

🎨 autopollock (2021)
autogenerated images in the style of Jackson Pollock
with Arman Arbab

🔭 the future of jupyter.org (demo here) (2019)
react+webpack+science
existing website here

👨‍💻 qosf-screening (2020)
a Python challenge with quantum circuits
from the Quantum Open Source Foundation

📖 jupyter-diff (2019)
an experiment in version control for Jupyter notebooks
with Saul Shanabrook at a Jupyter Open Studio Day

🌀 spirals (2019)
around and around with Python’s Turtle graphics
movies: spirals1.mp4 (1.5M), spirals2.mp4 (4.2M), spirals3.mp4 (3.0M)

💓 automata (2018)
simple cellular automata generator

🎇 congrats (2018)
playing with a Javascript particle engine
with Ishaan Jain

🕸️ website for OtterNest (2015)
ideas from a healthcare startup incubator; team has disbanded

💬 baton (2015)
answer student questions en masse: they text you, you respond online

👨‍⚕️ CollegeConnect (2014-15)
peer-to-peer computer-to-cellphone mental health app
with Andre Askari, Zachary Zeleznick, winning entry for Accenture Hackathon Games

🧴 skin-cream-calc (2022)
ointment calculator based on body surface area

☀️ suntrac (2021)
post-transplant skin cancer risk calculator

🤧 covid-19 advice (2020)
decision support tools for Kaiser Permanente clinicians
email me for more information

🔤 github-typo (2019)
fixing typos on GitHub, until I got shut down
(2021 edit: now you can fix one yourself)

✨ my response to a clean code challenge (2018)
de-mystifying a function to make square spirals
challenge from Thai Pangsakulyanont

🤖 moment-bot (2017)
auto-lints pull requests to Moment.js