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Random Facts about Me

I am a huge fan of the Fire Emblem series.
- My website’s favicon is the Crest of Riegan from the Fire Emblem: Three Houses game (Golden Deer ftw)!
Aside from the FE series, I enjoy other game series like Final Fantasy (I’ve beat 1-6, 8, 13, and Tactics Advance (1 & 2); 7 & 15 are WIP), Pokémon, Ace Attorney , Sudoku, and Chess (unrated). I don’t play games as often as I used to, but I still enjoy them casually.
I love British comedy (my go-tos are Taskmaster , Peep Show , The IT Crowd , WILTY , Cats Countdown , etc.)
I also like watching movies, typically watching non-mainstream, indie, or classic ones. Follow me on Letterboxd , and please feel free to recommend movies!
I like listening to different genres of music. What I really love are classical (especially Romantic composers ), 70’s and 80’s, soca , Afrobeats .

Below are some articles, videos, or talks that have stood out for me over the past few years (updated irregularly):

Neil deGrasse Tyson (2020) – Reflections on the Color of My Skin
- In this article, Dr. Tyson reflects on current issues with Black discrimination from the lens of a prolific scientist.
People and AI Research (2020) – Q&A: Sabelo Mhlambi on what AI can learn from Ubuntu ethics
Wilka Carvalho (2018) – For the “happy people” that suffer from bouts of depression
- Wilka came to visit Brown sometime ago, and after our interactions, I stumbled upon his Medium articles. This one really stood out for me.
Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman, and Lisa Soros (2017) – Open-endedness: The last grand challenge you’ve never heard of
Moamen Elmassry (2023) – I wasn’t sure how to be a postdoc. Here’s how I found my way

Peter Whidden (2023) – Training AI to Play Pokemon with Reinforcement Learning
- The keywords “Pokémon” and “reinforcement learning” brought me to this video!
Veritasium (2023) – The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth