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Add first draft of "about" page
Joseph Weston authored on 24/03/2021 05:34:05
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# Menu links |
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-# [[menu.main]] |
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-# name = "About" |
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-# weight = 1 |
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-# url = "about" |
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+[[menu.main]] |
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+ name = "About" |
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+ weight = 1 |
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+ url = "about" |
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# [[menu.main]] |
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# name = "Blog" |
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# weight = 1 |
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+--- |
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+title: "Hi!" |
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+slug: "about" |
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+--- |
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+{{<img div-class="avatar centered" src="/images/profile.jpg">}}
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+My name is Joe, and I am a software developer with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and a penchant |
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+for writing quality code for scientific applications. |
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+ |
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+### What am I working on? |
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+{{<logo href="https://kwant-project.org" src="/images/logos/kwant.png">}}
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+[**Kwant**](https://kwant-project.org) is a Python package for simulating quantum transport in nanodevices. |
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+It has been used in [hundreds of research projects](https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?cites=9330311747089024535&scisbd=1) |
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+all over the world, as well as a teaching aid in [courses](http://tiny.cc/topocm) on condensed matter physics. |
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+{{<logo href="https://github.com/python-adaptive/adaptive" src="/images/logos/adaptive.png">}}
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+[**Adaptive**](https://github.com/python-adaptive/adaptive) is a library of algorithms |
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+for adaptively sampling mathematical functions that integrates with the Jupyter notebook. |
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+It has been used in [cutting edge](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.02801.pdf) |
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+quantum transport simulations. |
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+{{<logo href="https://github.com/zesje/zesje" src="/images/logos/zesje.png">}}
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+[**Zesje**](https://github.com/zesje/zesje) |
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+Is a web app for grading exams. Born out of necessity while administering exams |
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+to hundreds of undergrads, it's now used in several departments |
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+at Delft University of Technology. |
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+--- |
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+<span class="dropcap"> |
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+ <img src="{filename}/images/haskell-logo.png"/>
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+</span> |
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+I've been teaching myself Haskell, to learn the fundamentals of |
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+functional programming, and contributing to [hledger](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger) |
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+to get some experience working with a mature codebase. |
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+### What's my day job? |
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+I currently work as a contractor for [Microsoft Quantum](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum) |
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+where I develop custom algorithms and software for simulating Majorana-based topological qubits. |
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+I also improve the tools used by simulation engineers to take advantage of the |
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+high-performance (but classical ;)) computing infrastructure available to us. |
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+### What do I do for fun? |
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+When I'm not coding I'm probably up a mountain (though not since COVID!), |
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+in the climbing gym or playing [designer board games][bgg]. |
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+I'll sometimes [blog]({{<relref "posts" >}})
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+about stuff I find interesting (the mountaineering posts come with photos!). |
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+You can get in touch via [email](mailto:joseph@weston.cloud), my PGP public key |
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+`D2C4E1B6` can be found on most keyservers. |
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+[bgg]: https://boardgamegeek.com/plays/thumbs/user/jbweston/subtype/All |