https://wiki.extremist.software/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=70.112.131.138 2026-04-06T19:57:29Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.13 https://wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=User:Fineline&diff=40391 2014-02-27T10:53:59Z

<p>70.112.131.138: </p> <hr /> <div>I'm a theoretical physicist, software developer, and musician, currently living in Austin, TX. I'm out in SF quite a bit though. <br /> <br /> 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] (warning: hella taylor expansions).<br /> <br /> == Contact ==<br /> fineline@gmail.com<br /> <br /> [https://twitter.com/fineline179 Twitter]<br /> <br /> [https://www.facebook.com/steve.c.young Facebook]<br /> <br /> [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=204000464&amp;trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile LinkedIn]<br /> <br /> == Projects ==<br /> <br /> *''vForms'' is a virtual environment for information organization for Windows 8 (sorry like 99.999% of the people reading this). C++ and DirectX. Ask me about it!<br /> <br /> *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 developers out there, it'd be great to see if we could release something substantial as open source.<br /> <br /> == Interests ==<br /> <br /> *String Theory<br /> *AdS/CFT<br /> *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], and of course [http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1132 ER=EPR])<br /> *Machine Learning<br /> *Statistical Mechanics (I'm particularily interested in learning about/implementing boltzmann machines, and their applications 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])<br /> *Kundalini Yoga<br /> *Rational (ie phenomenological) discussion of mysticism in general<br /> *High Explosives<br /> *Saxophone<br /> *Learning Python<br /> *Cinder (creative coding library), and its application towards virtual workspace environment design on tablets and in augmented reality. <br /> *Hiking<br /> *Mountaineering<br /> *Cooking (mostly Chinese and Mexican)<br /> *Open Access Publishing<br /> *Co-operative living<br /> <br /> == Some Publications ==<br /> <br /> [http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2397 The Stability of Non-Extremal Conifold Backgrounds with Sources]<br /> <br /> [http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1727 The Non-SUSY Baryonic Branch: Soft Supersymmetry Breaking of N=1 Gauge Theories]<br /> <br /> [http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0110044 Plasticity and learning in a network of coupled phase oscillators]<br /> <br /> [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.8.9532 Multi-user communication using chaotic frequency modulation]<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Sponsors for associate membership.'''<br /> <br /> #<br /> #<br /> #<br /> #</div>

70.112.131.138 https://wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=User:Fineline&diff=40390 2014-02-27T10:49:49Z

<p>70.112.131.138: /* Projects */</p> <hr /> <div>I'm a theoretical physicist, software developer, and musician, currently living in Austin, TX. I'm out in SF quite a bit though. <br /> <br /> 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] (warning: hella taylor expansions).<br /> <br /> == Contact ==<br /> fineline@gmail.com<br /> <br /> [https://twitter.com/fineline179 Twitter]<br /> <br /> [https://www.facebook.com/steve.c.young Facebook]<br /> <br /> [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=204000464&amp;trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile LinkedIn]<br /> <br /> == Projects ==<br /> <br /> *''vForms'' is a virtual environment for information organization for Windows 8 (sorry like 99.999% of the people reading this). C++ and DirectX. Ask me about it!<br /> <br /> *I'd like to investigate the feasibility of using techniques similar to 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 developers out there, it'd be great to see if we could release something substantial as open source.<br /> <br /> == Interests ==<br /> <br /> *String Theory<br /> *AdS/CFT<br /> *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], and of course [http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1132 ER=EPR])<br /> *Machine Learning<br /> *Statistical Mechanics (I'm particularily interested in learning about/implementing boltzmann machines, and their applications 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])<br /> *Kundalini Yoga<br /> *Rational (ie phenomenological) discussion of mysticism in general<br /> *High Explosives<br /> *Saxophone<br /> *Learning Python<br /> *Cinder (creative coding library), and its application towards virtual workspace environment design on tablets and in augmented reality. <br /> *Hiking<br /> *Mountaineering<br /> *Cooking (mostly Chinese and Mexican)<br /> *Open Access Publishing<br /> *Co-operative living<br /> <br /> == Some Publications ==<br /> <br /> [http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2397 The Stability of Non-Extremal Conifold Backgrounds with Sources]<br /> <br /> [http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1727 The Non-SUSY Baryonic Branch: Soft Supersymmetry Breaking of N=1 Gauge Theories]<br /> <br /> [http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0110044 Plasticity and learning in a network of coupled phase oscillators]<br /> <br /> [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.8.9532 Multi-user communication using chaotic frequency modulation]<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Sponsors for associate membership.'''<br /> <br /> #<br /> #<br /> #<br /> #</div>

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