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One silly thing that has always bugged me is that since I began participating in GECCO, back in 2008, I had never been invited as a reviewer. This is kind of a “first-world-problem”, because in general reviewing papers is a hard job with few rewards. In particular, conference review is extra thankless, since there is […]
This week, I have been trying to build a habit. Every night, after returning home, I (1) Study Japanese for 1 hour, (2) write a blog post, (3) clear some of my old bookmarks. It has been hard, since I usually arrive very tired at home. I feel like spending some time browsing social media […]
These days I’ve been trying to pick up on my Japanese study again. Part of the requirements for me to take Japanese citizenship is that I need a Japanese level at least equivalent to that of a Japanese middle schooler, so I guess I’m trying to read books for middle school children… Honestly, I’m not […]
This week we had the Master Thesis defense, for students graduating in the CS program at the University of Tsukuba. There are about 140 defenses total, and I was invited to be a member of the committee for 8 of those. While I was reading the theses in preparation, I got curious about which professors […]
Today I gave my first concrete step to naturalization. I called my nearest 法務局 (law office?) to inquire about the Naturalization process. I have already read about most of it, of course, but even then this “inquiry” is the first formal step to begin the process. The person on the other side was an older […]