Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

January: Nelson, Wellington, other Nelson, and Sydney

I’m really not experiencing large blocks of unstructured time right now, particularly with all the reviewing I’m doing. But it is true that I don’t have any teaching to prepare, at least. In any case, I haven’t had time to write the January report, or a report on all of 2023, having been in Sydney and then almost immediately onto the Travers-Sabine Circuit in early February. Well, February is only half over!

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, February 14, 2024

December: taking all the courses

Travel month with Wilderness First Responder and Avalanche Skills Training 2, and Christmas in Montreal.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, January 4, 2024

November: almost entirely staying put in Wellington

PLDI submission and trip to New Caledonia. Just the routine.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, December 7, 2023

October: NSERC Discovery Grant writing, and refereeing in Canada

Mostly working on a NSERC Discovery Grant application and travelling to referee in Winnipeg and Scarborough, with a stop in Waterloo.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, November 5, 2023

September: 'back to school' and yet more trips

I’m starting to write this with 4 days of September left. This month has also flown by. Well, I did fly to Canada, which took a bunch of days. Have been back in Wellington for a week and a bit. Also two weekend trips in September: camping on Matiu/Somes Island and a trip that was meant to be mountaineering but diverted to Taupō due to the weather. I just updated my Common CV (boo!

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, October 1, 2023

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

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