Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

September: South Island and Auckland, as well as Wellington

Some domestic NZ travel (more skiing than usual) and then just work (research and service) as normal.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, October 11, 2025

August: Europe, Canada, then back to New Zealand despite an Air Canada strike

Grenoble, Montreal, Beaver Valley, stuck in Ontario, and then Auckland. Master’s graduates +1. Lots of service and volunteering.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, September 23, 2025

July: more travels and some scholarly outputs

Mount Olympus (Greece), the Tour du Mont Blanc, and a VSTTE submission.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, August 25, 2025

June: more travels and some scholarly outputs

Trips to Gold Coast and mostly Seoul (also Shanghai and Narita); submitted a paper.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, July 19, 2025

May: exams and travels

First month of Spring term; off to Montreal, Estonia, Calgary, and New Zealand!

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, June 26, 2025

April: exams and travels

Still had exams to give but was able to start moving on with my life this month.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, May 24, 2025

March: last bit of the term (a doozy)

I guess it’s accumulated work catching up with me towards the end of the term, such that, despite having no trips longer than a weekend, free time was at a premium.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, April 18, 2025

February: still teaching three courses, plus a hiking trip to Japan

OK, this month had a trip to Japan. Aside from that, I got to Toronto once, and to Kingston just at the end of the month. February is a short month, though.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, March 31, 2025

January: a month of teaching three courses, and two trips

Well, that was a whole month. Arrived in Canada on January 6. Teaching ECE 459×2 and SE 465, and had two weekend trips the next two weekends. A bit less busy now.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, February 5, 2025

December: Last month of sabbatical and two trips

Back on the move, with a trip to the South Island and a trip to the Pacific Islands (French Polynesia), before returning to Canada to teach in the Winter 2025 semester.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, January 29, 2025

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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