Quantum Chaotic Thoughts

My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, 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. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Correlations between geography and hair

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I recently realized that the office assignments among postdocs in Caltech's theoretical condensed matter physics group were arranged by ...
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Customer of the Week

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By executive fiat, I have been chosen as Peet's customer of the week for next week, which means free coffee for me. Did any of you see t...

'C' is for Carrot

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I am still having trouble getting the code for my granular medium problem to work. (As Lemming might say, "I'm doing it wrong!...

Ouch!

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During lunch today, I accidently squeezed lemon juice on a paper cut. Damnit! Did I mention how impressive I am?
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Quote of the Day

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The quote of the day comes from ESPN.com columnist Rob Neyer: "Most spectacular single-season artistic achievement? That came in 1978, ...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Back from Berkeley

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I came back last night. I'm still kind of tired, and I'll need to do a little work tonight for my book and in reading the draft of ...

Student Evaluations

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Here is a new study on student evaluations . The basic conclusions: Students give higher scores to (1) profs who are easier and to (2) those...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Killer Bunnies (and the Quest for the Magic Carrot)

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I played one of my new games, Killer Bunnies (and the Quest for the Magic Carrot) with Gazebo and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The game is fo...
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New games + upcoming podcast

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I browsed through Games of Berkeley today and bought a new frisbee and two new games: 25 Words or Less (which I had tried to find previously...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

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First of all, I am stealing this idea from Gazebo . One of the things I study is real-world networks, and one of the major issues is how the...
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"The Passion of the Cockroach"

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The last talk of the workshop was a neuroscience/biomechics talk by Phil Holmes of Princeton University (one of the bigshots, by the way). ...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Rib quanta

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Gazebo and I went to a smokehouse for (very good!) food. I ordered beef ribs, which were available in three sizes: full rack, half rack, an...
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Oscar Nominations (2007)

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Last year, I made some Oscar Award predictions after the nominations were released. Well, the 2007 nominations have now been released so h...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Quote of the Day (Live blogging)

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"I'm not being paid to think. I am paid to lecture." (Edriss Titi, currently lecturing, answering a question regarding wheth...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Real-time research and other workshop shenanigans

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My current conference has a ton of people I have met before---possibly close to 50% of the people there. I have not had a chance to talk t...

Live MathBlogging

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Here's a brief comment. I just saw something in a seminar that I've never seen before. The medium for the present talk is an overhea...
Monday, January 22, 2007

More adventures in google searching

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Somebody got to my website today via a google search for "porno gynecology role play". Wow.
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Sunday, January 21, 2007

Like staring at the sun...

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On December 30th, I saw Curse of the Golden Flower , my 4th foreign language film in a row (though it was in Chinese rather than Spanish, as...
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What happens in Berkeley stays in Berkeley

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Tomorrow I am flying to Berkeley for an MSRI workshop on dynamical systems, where I will be seeing famous people talk, networking with peop...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Your Caltech dollars at work

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We have spiffy new door labels. They cost $40 each (though they're really worth something like $5) and this type of label (though not a...
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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 in Somerville College. I am also a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. See my website for more information about me. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (@masonporter), though I'm much easier to stalk by other means. If you want power law or Zachary Karate Club swag, take a look at my Power Law Shop. I am also involved with the Legends of Caltech movie and co-edited Legends of Caltech III.
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