Blog Archive

A 5-year review of the shift from classical mechanics to differentiable physics in robotics.

From timid volunteer to confident leader reflecting on my journey through SIGGRAPH and what it meant to step up and give back.

In 2024, I attended my first SIGGRAPH conferences as a Volunteer, North America in Denver and Asia in Tokyo. What started as a recommendation from a professor turned into one of the most memorable experiences of my life.

On May 6, 2023, I graduated from UIC with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Art. It was a day full of smiles, memories, and a reminder of just how much growth can happen in four years.

During my time at UIC, I worked at the ELICIT Lab on multimodal user interactions for machine learning, combining gesture recognition, speech logging, and Flutter development. Here's what I learned, and how it all led to a moment I’ll never forget at the Undergraduate Research Forum.

A retrospective on an award-winning embedded systems project built under real-world constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic.