Midpoint in India
I’m about midway through my India journey. I don’t have much time travelling between conferences in Chennai and Coimbatore, so my post is short. The wifi at the University is also spotty, which makes connectivity a challenge. I’m posting on Tuesday (not my usual Wednesday), as tomorrow is a travel day. Chennai seems to be…
India
I love India. Beautiful and intense, ancient and new. The gamut of human experience can be found in the subcontinent with over 1.2 billion people. My visits to India so far all revolved around mathematical conferences. The first trip there were many years ago, in 2007 just as my first book A Course on the Web Graph…
Chennai floods, R.I.P. Barry Cooper, and NSERC EG
I was shocked to hear this morning about the devastating Chennai floods, leaving the city immobilized and many stranded at the airport. I visited Chennai in 2011 enroute to a conference in Coimbatore. The people there are resilient and resourceful, and I wish them all the best. For now, the organizers of the International Conference on…