User:Fineline

2016-10-31T04:48:46Z

104.237.91.214:

[[File:steve_at_spiderhouse_ballroom.jpg|right]]
I'm a theoretical physicist, software developer, and musician. I just moved to SF.

I have a PhD in theoretical physics from UT Austin, and a BS in physics from UC San Diego. My doctoral research dealt with building string theoretic models of QCD-like quantum field theories at strong coupling, via the AdS/CFT correspondence. You can read all about it [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8542380/non_SUSY_engineering.pdf here]. More recently, I've jumped on the [https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4948 gravity <--> Navier-Stokes] bandwagon.

== Contact ==
email: 
fineline@gmail.com 
GPG fingerprint: F80D 72FE 7C13 76D1 39E9 2F01 17B1 DF17 E619 50F3

OTR: 
fineline179@jabber.ccc.de 
fingerprint: 0579A57B ED42CF78 F2CD7112 72C2A86F 92F946A8

Textsecure/Signal: 
(917) 214-2751 
fingerprint: 
05 7b 6d 1e 6d 37 d9 1f 05 
3b 10 bd 11 11 fa 38 53 4e 
ca e0 8b 5b c7 bd d3 99 a3 
cd a6 8d 5e 1c 39

[https://twitter.com/fineline179 Twitter]

[https://www.facebook.com/steve.c.young Facebook]

[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=204000464&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile LinkedIn]

== Projects ==

*''vForms'' is a virtual environment for information organization for Windows 8 (sorry like 99.999% of the people reading this). C++ and DirectX. '''Update''' I'll be presenting an initial version at 5MoF on May 15th. I'm aiming to have it released by June 1st on the windows store.

*I'd like to investigate the feasibility of using techniques similar to [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/cloop/loopblinn05.pdf Loop and Blinn] for a) rendering bezier splines, in particular digital ink strokes. b) making a fast, resolution independent pdf renderer. Both GLSL and HLSL versions. If this sounds interesting to any DirectX/OpenGL/CG hackers out there, it'd be great to see if we could release something substantial as open source. '''Update 5/6/2014''': I found [https://code.launchpad.net/~macslow/gl-fragment-curves/trunk this], which should be good for study. Also [http://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/files/GL_NV_path_rendering.txt this].

*I'm often working on some sort of quantum-gravity-related research project or other. If any of you guys wanna check my math that would be rad.

== Interests ==

*String Theory
*AdS/CFT
*The [http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0932 holographic perspective] on quantum entanglement entropy, and its implications for space/time emergence (ie the program spearheaded by [http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3035 Von Raamsdonk]; [http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1132 EPR=ER])
*Machine Learning
*Statistical Mechanics (In particular, applications of Boltzmann machines to real-world systems -- eg work by [http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2242 Bialek]. See also his [http://www.princeton.edu/~wbialek/PHY562.html textbook])
*Kundalini Yoga
*Rational (ie phenomenological) discussion of mysticism in general
*High Explosives
*Saxophone
*Cinder (creative coding library), and its application towards virtual workspace environment design on tablets and in augmented reality.
*Hiking
*Mountaineering
*Cooking (mostly Chinese and Mexican)
*Open Access Publishing
*Co-operative living

== Some Publications ==

[http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2397 The Stability of Non-Extremal Conifold Backgrounds with Sources]

[http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1727 The Non-SUSY Baryonic Branch: Soft Supersymmetry Breaking of N=1 Gauge Theories]

[http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0110044 Plasticity and learning in a network of coupled phase oscillators]

[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.8.9532 Multi-user communication using chaotic frequency modulation]

Noisebridge - User contributions [en]

User:Fineline