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Another year has gone by and it is time for yet another year in review. You can find last year’s blogpost here. Summary Looking back, this year was pretty eventful. I first completed my undergraduate degree with four very difficult classes (especially the compiler one). I talk a bit about my undergrad experience and give some very general ad...

A few weeks ago, the CVXPY team has released version 1.6 with a lot of new features and bug fixes. This blogpost details my contributions in the release and my experience through the past year of open source. How it started After my summer project for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), I expressed my interest to continue making contributions to the...

Note: the following tips might not be generalizable to everyone, as I only speak of my experience studying Computer Science and Mathematics at Concordia University, Montreal. 1. Extended Credit Program Due to the difference in high school curriculums between Quebec and Ontario, out-of-province students need to take an extra year of university ...

This is a yearly ritual I like to do to get a sense of what I have accomplished throughout the year. You can find last year’s blogpost here. Summary The first few months of the year I went on an exchange at the University of Manchester. I learned to live and travel independently and developed some impactful friendships. It definitely still s...

Practicing writing well Today I had an assignment for my writing class, the goal was to write a critical review on a journal paper, article or book. I decided to choose a topic that is deeply relevant to our time: usage of AI tools in computing education. I think I did a decent job, so I decided to share what I wrote. Critical Review This cri...

Life after GSoC A few days ago, I submitted my final report for the Google Summer of Code program. It marks a big milestone in my life, and perhaps my proudest achievement to date, but it is also only the beginning of many more interesting things to come. CVXPY updates The core contribution of the GSoC project, the stacked-slices backend PR...

The journey behind my proposal Today I just finished my last exam for this semester. It was on Convex Optimization, my favorite class of my undergraduate experience (so far!). I decided it was a good time to share with you a brief story about my growing interests in Optimization and CVXPY which culminated into an accepted proposal for Google ...

Life as an exchange student Settling in My journey in the UK started with a two week vacation with my dad before the beginning of classes. We visited London, Edinburgh and Glasgow before heading to Manchester. In MCR we were welcomed by Edward (the son of an acquaintance of my mom’s). He cooked amazing chinese cuisine for us and we had an a...