UCLA is officially still online on Monday, so I am heading over to visit friends in San Juan Capistrano for an unplanned visit. If we are teaching in person on Wednesday, I will return on Tuesday. Otherwise, I will return at some later time.
Additionally, as in games like Pandemic, the regions of 'evacuation warning' (in this case) are also getting closer to my home region, so it's good to get out of town when it's prudent.
Update (maybe 20 minutes after I wrote the text above, with a scheduled posting for tomorrow afternoon): Then again, it looks like the Pacific Palisades wildfire has taken a hard east (though somewhat north of me) with some regions going from nothing to warning to GTFO very quickly. My region doesn't yet have even a warning, but the prudect act is to GTFO tonight and go to my friends already.
My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 02, 2025
What Happens in Denver Stays in Denver (2025 Edition)
I am flying to Denver for the US Dynamics Days 2025 conference. I really love this conference series! This year, the conference hotel is actually about half a mile from the 2025 Snowbird-conference hotel.
I am really looking forward to this year's Dynamics Daze conference!
I am really looking forward to this year's Dynamics Daze conference!