April 2025 round-up

My over-riding impression of April is that it was a month for new beginnings: interviews started for the agentic AI project; made inroads into two new papers; visited a University that the kiddo is keen to go to; and got started on a personal project that is really important for me. And, as the nice … Continue reading April 2025 round-up

March 2025 round-up

March was a good month. Sure, hay fever is annoying and it wasn’t fun to deal with a trapped nerve. But there were also many highlights such as running in nice weather, kicking off the SeNSS training series on GenAI in research with my AI literacy session, or joining a panel of AI experts, to discuss the … Continue reading March 2025 round-up

February 2025 round-up

February was birthday month . And flu month. And full-on teaching month. And start of new projects month. Unfortunately, fitness and blogging took a back seat. Alas, you can't have everything. I am swimming in the rain... Research The month started with a meeting at the hotel that is the focus of the paper "Stakeholders … Continue reading February 2025 round-up

January 2025 round-up

January wasn’t bad! While it was disappointing to get rejected for a grant and it is sad that some people close to me are going through a tough time, I also managed to get clarity on some work priorities. Plus, I noticed marked improvement on my knee injury. I even decided to go back to … Continue reading January 2025 round-up

December 2024 round-up

December was a bit of a whirlwind given the end of semester tasks and everybody trying to squeeze in closure on various issues before the festive season. I was actually supposed to go to Bangkok for a conference but had to cancel because of spending cuts in universities. While that was disappointing, staying in the … Continue reading December 2024 round-up

Musical diary 2024

Throughout the past 52 weeks, I have added a total of 33 tunes to a playlist that constitutes the soundtrack of my year. The first three were from a car journey which was, in a way, a trip to both the past and the future. Tracks 8, 9 and 19 were from movies that I … Continue reading Musical diary 2024

November 2024 round-up

The month started really well. The announcement that I got the ethics position was exciting. However, it ended terribly with the announcement that Sussex is chopping 300 jobs. I am trying not to worry unnecessarily, but… it’s hard to focus on starting new projects and building things up when things are so grim everywhere you look. … Continue reading November 2024 round-up

From Writing Assistant to Teaching Tool: My Experience, so far, Using NotebookLM

Recently, I had discussions with a couple of people about NotebookLM: our experiences of using it, and the main pros and cons that we had identified, thus far. I have captured some of my thoughts, here, and would be interested to hear about your experiences, too. NotebookLM is tool developed by Google and powered by … Continue reading From Writing Assistant to Teaching Tool: My Experience, so far, Using NotebookLM

October 2024 round-up

October brought some beautiful sunsets, the last flowers from my garden, lots of leaves on the sidewalk, a concert with the family and, possibly, the last outdoor swim of the year. I started doing physio and my knee is already feeling better. I am grateful for a job that allowed me to accompany Child 1 … Continue reading October 2024 round-up

September 2024 round-up

September was all about going back to schedules and routines, and I have to say that that felt really good. Funnily enough, there’s less fretting about when to do x, when there is less freedom about when x can happen. Plus, September brings (to me) a renewed sense of energy. Maybe it’s the perspective of … Continue reading September 2024 round-up