Lessons Learned on Remote Teaching
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Some lessons learned from TA-ing the remote class Dynamics and Control of Legged Locomotion with prof. David Remy, Uni Stuttgart in the spring semester of 2020.
Blog posts
2020
2019
LaTeXiT and ghostscript 9.27
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update As of ghostscript version 9.50 (possibly earlier), this is no longer issue, so you can unpin and brew upgrade to your heart’s content.
2015
JSPS fellowship, final interview
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In a previous post I documented the paper application for the JSPS scholarship fellowship. A number of applicants are accepted outright after this step, however a number are required to give a final interview in the form of a 4-minute powerpoint presentation. I was in this second set, and here is my advice for this final part.
JSPS fellowship, paper application
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I’m a grad student at this lab in Japan, and after many trials and tribulations I managed to get the JSPS DC 1 scholarship fellowship. This fellowship is rather competitive, and I felt that due to lack of English information as well as many cultural differences, the application is somewhat challenging and confusing for foreigners. This post is meant to give some suggestions and hopefully help other would-be applicants.
Getting a scholarship for grad studies in Japan
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Yesterday, perfectly timed on Christmas day, I received an e-mail confirmation that I had received the JSPS DC1 scholarship fellowship (Note: I much later found out JSPS is a fellowship and not a scholarship! This means I pay taxes on it, and tuition isn’t automatically waived as it would be for the MEXT scholarship -__- and the miscommunications continue in the land of the rising sun) for pursuing my PhD in Japan, this lab. やった！ I had gone through a lengthy and painstaking application process, finishing the paper application last April, then going through a second ‘Interview’ screening, and finally 7 months later getting a confirmation that I wouldn’t need to worry about doing this again.
Finding a scholarship turned out to be very difficult, with information in English generally scarce and outdated, so after the frustrating ordeal of the paper application was over, I vowed that if I got it I would document the process, my opinions and suggestions, in the hope that it might help others who find themselves in a similar situation. This is that story.