This is not a very programming related post, but I had my PhD defense today. It went very well. My thesis is being nominated for the University of Victoria Gold Medal, which is the prize for the top PhD thesis at the university. It is probably a long shot as I’m sure there are plenty of good theses out there. Also, I don’t know how any committee could compare a PhD from math with a PhD from philosophy and one from computer science. However, it is still nice to be nominated.
I am off to Japan tomorrow morning and on the 23rd I am heading to China so I won’t be competing on Top Coder until some time in April. Hopefully I’ll get in a little practice while I am away.
