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Academia, Work, and ACFS-Related Events
Struggling with a bit of a head cold, I delivered workshops this week only almost falling faint once; I guess that's a sign of dedication to the cause or something like that. I've also been attending the live stream of the Easybuild User's Meeting, which is hosted in Sweden so there is invariably catch-up videos for me to watch. I am particularly interested in their work with RISC-V processors and EasyBuild v5, which is in the works. In addition to all this, I've finished the assignments that have been allocated for me to mark for COMP90024.
A special highlight for the week was attending Julie A.'s graduation ceremony in Psychological Sciences with Erica H. The following day we went out to Creature Bar to further celebrations. For my own part, today I received the official notification that my degree would be conferred, to be approved by the University Council in a month or so, and with the ceremony in Wellington in December and that the academic referees that I had nominated for my PhD application responded immediately. I think I'll attend this degree ceremony; for all my degrees, I've only been to one of my graduation ceremonies (the MBA) and I'm rather pleased to discover that I can purchase, rather than just hire the academic gown. Maybe I should buy the set? It would become my dominant form of clothing if I did that.
The week has also seen some work with the ACFS, including a committee meeting and the organisation of our first major event, a Tea with Yum Cha gathering next month. The tea in question is quite special, a fresh crop of the famous Bi Luo Chun tea, considered to be the first among Chinese green teas. "All the tea in China", as the saying goes. We're working toward what I consider to be a good balance within the ACFS between understanding differences in political economy, of business interests, and cultural exchange. Of course, with my own biases, I am extremely interested in that country's actions regarding climate change, and notable the development of clean energy (solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in particular) accounted for 40% of the country's 5.2% GDP growth in 2023. Imagine if we aspired to such levels.
A special highlight for the week was attending Julie A.'s graduation ceremony in Psychological Sciences with Erica H. The following day we went out to Creature Bar to further celebrations. For my own part, today I received the official notification that my degree would be conferred, to be approved by the University Council in a month or so, and with the ceremony in Wellington in December and that the academic referees that I had nominated for my PhD application responded immediately. I think I'll attend this degree ceremony; for all my degrees, I've only been to one of my graduation ceremonies (the MBA) and I'm rather pleased to discover that I can purchase, rather than just hire the academic gown. Maybe I should buy the set? It would become my dominant form of clothing if I did that.
The week has also seen some work with the ACFS, including a committee meeting and the organisation of our first major event, a Tea with Yum Cha gathering next month. The tea in question is quite special, a fresh crop of the famous Bi Luo Chun tea, considered to be the first among Chinese green teas. "All the tea in China", as the saying goes. We're working toward what I consider to be a good balance within the ACFS between understanding differences in political economy, of business interests, and cultural exchange. Of course, with my own biases, I am extremely interested in that country's actions regarding climate change, and notable the development of clean energy (solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in particular) accounted for 40% of the country's 5.2% GDP growth in 2023. Imagine if we aspired to such levels.