The history of every major galactic civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question ‘How can we eat?’, the second by the question ‘Why do we eat?’ and the third by the question, ‘Where shall we have lunch?’
(Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“)
Hello! My name is Anakin and I am a PhD student1 at [The™ Ohio State University] studying mathematics. In terms of mathematics, I am interested in both algebraic combinatorics in an algebro-geometric flavor as well as computational commutative algebra. In terms of theoretical computer science, I am interested in algebraic complexity theory. I am currently working with [Dave Anderson] and [Zeyu Guo] respectively in these interests.
However, I do try to make time to do things outside of research and taking classes. Currently, I am the vice president of the OSU [Math Graduate Student Association]. I am attempting to maintain a blog [commutative.group]. While at UIUC, I founded a math and TCS club [SIGma], helped run the cybersecurity club [SIGPwny], and brewed expensive coffee for the [Coffee Club]. To this end, I am also a fan of talking about all things math pedagogy. When I'm not talking about those things, I love watching motorsports (F1, INDYCAR, WEC, IMSA, FE, NASCAR, DTM, you name it).
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In the spirit of the quote, I'd say I'm currently asking "why do we eat lunch?" ↩