This is where I collect and write things, mostly on academe and artificial intelligence. Established in 2010, by Vaishak Belle.
Today we had the institute (AIAI, school of informatics) annual christmas lunch, after an almost two year hiatus given the pandemic. A little early but given people’s travel schedules, this is reasonable. As an institute, we have grown, with many new phd students. It was so good to see the new faces in person, after a couple of years of zoom profiles. Virtually connecting makes things accessible for everyone but it just doesn’t have the same feel of an actual physical gathering. Such team building events are essential for connecting beyond our institutional roles, I find.