Personal Notes: Theoretical Neuroscience (Dayan & Abbott)
Personal notes on Dayan & Abbott’s Theoretical Neuroscience—high-level summaries and comments rather than a full rewrite. Chapters already end with solid...
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2026
Nemenman & Mehta on Random-with-Constraints
Nemenman & Mehta (2025) argue for random-with-constraints as a minimal modeling strategy for high-dimensional biology. At the heart of this approach was ...
Oyenuga on Authorship Misappropriation
Oyenuga et al. (2026): You Put my name, I Put your name: exploring unethical practices in academic publishing using the authorship misappropriation Diamond f...
Night at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
In March 2026 I hiked Acatenango for a night overlooking Volcán de Fuego. The volcano erupted with thunder and lightning, one of the most surreal nights I’ve...
2025
Cruise on the Danube in Budapest
An evening cruise on the Danube in Budapest, seeing the Parliament Building lit up along the river.
Temporal Coding Review Article by Cariani and Baker
Cariani & Baker (2025) review temporal coding in sensory systems and assemble evidence that timing-based codes carry rich information.
Astonishing Lights in Sagrada Familia
I visited Barcelona over the Thanksgiving break and had the chance to see the Sagrada Familia. The way the light filters through the stained glass windows is...
2023
Split Tool
To make splitting expenses between friends simple, we use the community-built tool spliit. To keep my data secure, I deploy my own instance using Vercel: my ...
2022
WeThoughts
Many of my thoughts and reflections are posted on my Chinese WeChat public account WeThoughts. Feel free to check it out.
Bears at Yellowstone National Park
We went to Yellowstone National Park during the summer. We were very lucky to see three bears together!
Introduction to Complexity
I recently took the online course Introduction to Complexity from the Santa Fe Institute. Here are my study notes.
Happy 2022!!!
Happy 2022! Enjoy the new year. 祝万事胜意。
2021
Finished My First Semester
Just finished my first semester at Yale. I took four physics courses, which is a lot! However, I learned a lot of physics this semester and I enjoyed my cour...
Summoning Xiaohei
Reading Peskin and summoning Xiaohei using my candle.
Yunnan Noodle
One of my friends visited me and we went to the Ten Seconds Yunnan Noodle restaurant. It is very authentic and tasty.
First Photo at Yale
This is one of the first photos I took at Yale. I walked around Yale’s campus and enjoyed the beautiful summertime.
Senior Thesis
Just submitted my senior thesis to the physics department at Notre Dame yesterday. A milestone for my undergraduate physics research. I worked on the anisotr...
Theses on Feuerbach
An inspiring quote for how I think about philosophy and its relation to society.
West Lafayette Trip
Visited friends in West Lafayette. Took this beautiful picture of Purdue University’s main gate.
Breckenridge Ski Trip
Went on a ski trip with some friends at Breckenridge ski resort, Colorado. Feeling high on the slopes!
2020
My Cat
Take a look at my lovely cat Xiaohei (小黑), whom I recently adopted!