diff --git a/_data/cv.yml b/_data/cv.yml deleted file mode 100644 index 57ab2bc..0000000 --- a/_data/cv.yml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,426 +0,0 @@ -name: Gaurav Chaurasia -affiliation: Oculus -address: Zurich, Switzerland -email: gchauras@csail.mit.edu -web: http://people.csail.mit.edu/gchauras/ - -research_interests: - - Computer vision and machine learning for VR and related applications. - - 3D reconstruction and fitting to RGB-D data. - - Neural networks for 2D/3D synthesis. - - Hardware acceleration -- compilers, GPGPU, ARM-optimisation. - -education: - - date: 2010-2014 - title: Ph.D in Computer Science - affiliation: INRIA - location: Sophia Antipolis, France - mentor: Dr. George Drettakis - thesis: Algorithms and perceptual analysis for interactive free viewpoint image-based navigation - - date: 2009-2010 - title: M.Sc in Computer Science - affiliation: ENSIMAG - location: Grenoble, France - mentor: - thesis: - - date: 2005-2009 - title: B.Tech in Computer Science - affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi - location: New Delhi, India - mentor: Prof. Subodh Kumar - thesis: Real time traffic simulation - -positions: - - date: 2018-till date - title: Computer Vision - affiliation: Oculus - location: Zurich, Switzerland - mentor: - notes: - - date: 2015-2017 - title: Associate Research Scientist (computer vision) - affiliation: Disney Research Zurich - location: Zurich, Switzerland - mentor: - notes: - - date: 2014-2015 - title: Postdoctoral Associate - affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - location: Cambridge MA, USA - mentor: Prof. Fr{\'e}do Durand - notes: - -visiting_positions: - - date: Aug 2013 - title: Visiting student - affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - location: Cambridge MA, USA - mentor: Prof. Fr{\'e}do Durand - notes: Parallel execution of non-parallel recursive filters. - - date: Aug 2012 - title: Visiting student - affiliation: University of California Berkeley - location: Berkeley CA, USA - mentor: Prof. Ravi Ramamoorthi - notes: Procedural noise functions for synthesizing non-Gaussian textures. - - date: Feb-Jun 2010 - title: Research intern - affiliation: INRIA - location: Sophia Antipolis, France - mentor: Dr. George Drettakis - notes: Image-based rendering for urban scenes. - - date: Summer 2008 - title: Intern (Embedded graphics group) - affiliation: Nvidia - location: Bangalore, India - mentor: - notes: OpenGL-ES extensions for GPU driver for embedded systems, OpenGL-ES 2.0 conformance test suite bugs. - - date: Summer 2007 - title: Research intern - affiliation: Dublin City University - location: Dublin, Ireland - mentor: Dr. Derek Molloy - notes: Memory exercises as 3D games and user studies to test effect of 3D user interfaces on human recall. - -teaching: - - date: Autumn 2016 - title: Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics and Vision Seminar - url: https://graphics.ethz.ch/teaching/seminarAS16/home.php - number: 252-5701-00L - school: ETH Zurich - - date: Spring 2016 - title: Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics Seminar - url: https://graphics.ethz.ch/teaching/seminarSS16/home.php - number: 252-5704-00L - school: ETH Zurich - - date: Spring 2015 - title: Digital and Computational Photography - url: https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp15/6.815/index.html - number: 6.815/6.865 - school: MIT - -supervised_theses: - - date: Spring 2017 - author: Andrin Jenal - title: RNN-based generative model for learning and synthesis of tree skeletons - school: Master's thesis, ETH Zurich - -technical_skills: - - C++ - - Matlab - - Python - - OpenGL - - GLSL - - CUDA - - OpenCV - - LaTeX - - Mercurial - - Git - - SVN - - Bash - - Vim - - Java - - Visual Studio - -awards: - - date: Aug 2010 - detail: PhD fellowship (\textit{Allocation de Recherche}) by the French ministry for PhD studies. - - date: Aug 2009 - detail: Scholarship of Excellence (\textit{Bourse d'Excellence}) by ENSIMAG for Master's studies. - - date: May 2007 - detail: Scholarship for 12 week research internship `ODCSSS-07' in Dublin by Science Foundation of Ireland. - - date: Jun 2005 - detail: All India Rank 54 in IIT-JEE 2005 (entrance examination for Indian Institutes of Technology) amongst nearly 300,000 aspirants. - -publications: - - title: "Passthrough+: Real-time Stereoscopic View Synthesis for Mobile Mixed Reality" - author: G. Chaurasia, A. Nieuwoudt, A. E. Ichim, R Szeliski, A. Sorkine-Hornung - journal: Proceedings of ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques - note: to appear in I3D - year: 2020 - doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3384540 - url: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3384540 - media: - - name: Oculus Connect 6 - url: https://www.oculus.com/blog/oculus-quest-at-oc6-introducing-hand-tracking-oculus-link-passthrough-on-quest-and-more/?locale=en_US - - name: VentureBeat - url: https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/02/oculus-quest-gets-go-apps-passthrough-and-easier-firmware-updates/ - - name: UploadVR - url: https://uploadvr.com/oc6-quest-passthrough/?fbclid=IwAR1uZPB9ODf76lw7p3rNlM_A4lK0EcS1yQfCpdly5uRiCMj3XiqrrM1ohco - - title: RNN-based generative model for fine-grained sketching - author: A. Jenal, N. Savinov, T. Sattler, G. Chaurasia - journal: arXiv - url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.03991 - note: not peer reviewed - year: 2018 - - title: Editable parametric dense foliage from 3D capture - author: G. Chaurasia, P. Beardsley - journal: IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision - note: ICCV - year: 2017 - url: https://www.disneyresearch.com/publications/parametric-foliage/ - doi: http://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_iccv_2017/html/Chaurasia_Editable_Parametric_Dense_ICCV_2017_paper.html - media: - - name: TechCrunch - url: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/the-dream-of-customizable-virtual-3d-foliage-is-alive-at-disney/ - - title: Deep joint demosaicking and denoising - author: M. Gharbi, G. Chaurasia, S. Paris, F. Durand - journal: ACM Transactions on Graphics - note: SIGGRAPH Asia - year: 2016 - url: https://groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/demosaicnet/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982399 - - title: Underwater 3D capture using a low-cost commercial depth camera - author: ST Digumarti, G. Chaurasia, A. Taneja, A. Thomas, R. Siegwart, P. Beardsley - journal: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision - note: WACV - year: 2016 - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WACV.2016.7477644 - url: https://www.disneyresearch.com/publication/underwater-3d-capture/ - image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/disneyresearch/wp-content/uploads/20160304050935/Underwater-3D-Capture-using-a-Low-Cost-Commercial-Depth-Camera-Image.png - media: - - name: Phys - url: http://phys.org/news/2016-03-disney-depth-cameras-depths-high-accuracy.html - - name: ScientificComputing - url: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2016/03/disney-takes-cameras-depths-high-accuracy-3-d-capture - - name: Eurekalert - url: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/dr-drt030916.php - - name: AzoSensors - url: http://www.azosensors.com/news.aspx?newsID=10925 - - name: EScienceNews - url: http://esciencenews.com/sources/physorg/2016/03/09/disney.researchers.take.depth.cameras.depths.high.accuracy.3.d.capture - - name: ScienceCodex - url: http://www.sciencecodex.com/disney_researchers_take_depth_cameras_into_the_depths_for_highaccuracy_3d_capture-177491 - - title: Transform recipes for efficient cloud photo enhancement - author: M. Gharbi, Y. Shih, G. Chaurasia, J. Ragan-Kelley, S. Paris, F. Durand - journal: ACM Transactions on Graphics - note: SIGGRAPH Asia - year: 2015 - url: https://groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/xform_recipes/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2816795.2818127 - image: http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrk/xform_thumb.png - media: - - name: Phys - url: http://phys.org/news/2015-11-technique-mobile-image-cloud-bandwidth.html - - title: Multi view intrinsic decomposition and relighting - author: S. Duchene, C. Riant, G. Chaurasia, J. Lopez-Moreno, PY Laffont, S. Popov, A. Bousseau, G. Drettakis - journal: ACM Transactions on Graphics - note: presented at SIGGRAPH - year: 2015 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2015/DRCLLPD15/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2790060.2790063 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2015/DRCLLPD15/ateaser.jpg - - title: Compiling high performance recursive filters - author: G. Chaurasia, J. Ragan-Kelley, S. Paris, G. Drettakis, F. Durand - journal: High Performance Graphics - year: 2015 - url: http://mit-gfx.github.io/recfilter/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2790060.2790063 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2015/CRPDD15a/image.jpg - - title: Is it possible to use highly realistic virtual reality in the elderly? A feasibility study with image-based rendering - author: M. Benoit, R. Guerchouche, PD Petit, E. Chapoulie, V. Manera, G. Chaurasia, G. Drettakis, P. Robert - journal: Journal of Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment - year: 2015 - url: http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=20707 - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S73179 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2015/BGPCMCDR15/Benoit.jpg - - title: Reminiscence therapy using image-based rendering in VR - author: E. Chapoulie, R. Guerchouche, PD Petit, G. Chaurasia, P. Robert, G. Drettakis - journal: IEEE Virtual Reality - year: 2014 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2014/CGPCRD14/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VR.2014.6802049 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2014/CGPCRD14/teaser.jpg - - title: Depth synthesis and local warps for plausible image-based navigation - author: G. Chaurasia, S. Duchene, O. Sorkine-Hornung, G. Drettakis - journal: ACM Transactions on Graphics - note: presented at SIGGRAPH - year: 2013 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2013/CDSD13/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2487228.2487238 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2013/CDSD13/museum.jpg - - title: Perception of perspective distortions in image-based rendering - author: P. Vangorp, C. Richardt, EA Cooper, G. Chaurasia, MS Banks, G. Drettakis - journal: ACM Transactions on Graphics - note: SIGGRAPH - year: 2013 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2013/VRCCBD13/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2461912.2461971 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2013/VRCCBD13/experiment.png - - title: Silhouette-aware warping for image-based rendering - author: G. Chaurasia, O. Sorkine, G. Drettakis - journal: Computer Graphics Forum - note: EGSR - year: 2011 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2011/CSD11/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01981.x - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2011/CSD11/result_tree.jpg - - title: Perception of visual artifacts in image-based rendering of facades - author: P. Vangorp, G. Chaurasia, PY Laffont, R. Fleming, G. Drettakis - journal: Computer Graphics Forum - note: EGSR - year: 2011 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2011/VCLFD11/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01983.x - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2011/VCLFD11/VCLFD11-teaser.png - - title: A multimode immersive conceptual design system for architectural modeling and lighting - author: M. Cabral, P. Vangorp, G. Chaurasia, E. Chapoulie, M. Hachet, G. Drettakis - journal: IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces - note: IEEE 3DUI - year: 2011 - url: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2011/CVCCHD11/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/3DUI.2011.5759211 - image: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2011/CVCCHD11/emmanuelle2.jpg - - title: Virtual chaotic traffic simulation - author: G. Chaurasia, BR Selvamani, N. Gupta, S. Kumar - journal: Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing - note: ICVGIP - year: 2010 - url: /research/traffsim/ - doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1924559.1924604 - internal: 1 - -talks: - - venue: "CVPR tutorial: Novel View Synthesis: From Depth-Based Warping to Multi-Plane Images and Beyond" - date: June 14, 2020 - url: https://nvlabs.github.io/nvs-tutorial-cvpr2020/ - - venue: Microsoft Research Redmond - date: July 19, 2013 - url: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=198331 - - venue: MIT CSAIL - date: Sept 11, 2013 - url: /research/talks/csail_2013/ - internal: 1 - -reviews: - grants: - - title: National Science Foundation (USA) - years: - - year: 2017 - url: https://www.nsf.gov - - title: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) - years: - - year: 2018 - url: http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr - journal: - - title: ACM Transactions on Graphics - url: http://tog.acm.org - years: - - year: 2016 - - year: 2017 - - year: 2018 - - title: ACM Transactions on Applied Perception - url: http://tap.acm.org - years: - - year: 2014 - - title: IEEE Transations on Image Processing - url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/aboutJournal.jsp?punumber=83 - years: - - year: 2018 - - title: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics - url: http://www.computer.org/web/tvcg - years: - - year: 2015 - - year: 2016 - - title: Computer Graphics Forum - url: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8659 - years: - - year: 2015 - - title: The Visual Computer - url: http://link.springer.com/journal/371 - years: - - year: 2016 - - year: 2017 - - title: Computers and Graphics - url: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-graphics/ - years: - - year: 2015 - - year: 2017 - - title: IEEE Signal Processing Letters - url: http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/letters/ - years: - - year: 2015 - - title: Journal of Signal Image and Video Processing - url: http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11760 - years: - - year: 2013 - - conference: - - title: CVPR - years: - - year: 2018 - url: http://cvpr2018.thecvf.com/ - - title: ACCV - years: - - year: 2018 - url: http://accv2018.net/ - - title: SIGGRAPH - years: - - year: 2012 - url: http://s2012.siggraph.org/ - - year: 2016 - url: http://s2016.siggraph.org/ - - title: SIGGRAPH Asia - years: - - year: 2013 - url: http://sa2013.siggraph.org/en/ - - year: 2016 - url: http://sa2016.siggraph.org/en/ - - year: 2017 - url: http://sa2017.siggraph.org - - year: 2018 - url: http://sa2018.siggraph.org - - year: 2019 - url: http://sa2019.siggraph.org - - title: Eurographics - years: - - year: 2012 - url: http://www.eurographics2012.it/ - - year: 2016 - url: http://eurographics2016.pt/ - - title: Pacific Graphics - years: - - year: 2014 - url: http://graphics.ewha.ac.kr/PG14/ - - year: 2015 - url: http://cg.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/pg2015/ - - year: 2016 - url: https://indico.oist.jp/indico/event/0/ - - title: High Performance Graphics - years: - - year: 2016 - url: http://www.highperformancegraphics.org/2016/ - - title: Virtual Reality Science and Technology (VRST) - years: - - year: 2016 - url: http://www.vrst2016.lrz.de/ - -references: - - name: Dr. George Drettakis - title: Senior Researcher, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France - www: http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/George.Drettakis/ - mail: george.drettakis@inria.fr - - name: Prof. Fr{\'e}do Durand - title: Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA - www: http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredo/ - mail: fredo@mit.edu - - name: Dr. Sylvain Paris - title: Senior Researcher, Adobe Research, Cambridge MA, USA - www: http://people.csail.mit.edu/sparis/ - mail: sparis@adobe.com - - name: Ryan Brown - title: Site Lead, Oculus Zurich - www: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhbrown - mail: - - name: Dr. Alexander Sorkine-Hornung - title: Technical Lead, Oculus Zurich - www: http://www.ahornung.net/ - mail: - - name: Prof. Dr. Markus Gross - title: Professor, ETH Zurich and Vice President, Disney Research, Zurich, Switzerland - www: https://www.disneyresearch.com/people/markus-gross/ - mail: markus.gross@disneyresearch.com - - name: Dr. Paul Beardsley - title: Principal Research Scientist, Disney Research, Zurich, Switzerland - www: https://www.disneyresearch.com/people/paul-beardsley/ - mail: pab@disneyresearch.com diff --git a/blog.md b/blog.md deleted file mode 100644 index ce63edc..0000000 --- a/blog.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: page -title: Blog -permalink: /blog/ ---- - -Useful blogs convey opinions on important issues. Artistic blogs have photographs, paintings, -poetry or literature. Informative blogs contain tutorials on cooking, coding, making etc. -This blog is none of these -- it is a collection of rants and existential crises from my -post PhD life. - - diff --git a/books.md b/books.md deleted file mode 100644 index fde942c..0000000 --- a/books.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: page -permalink: /misc/books.html -title: Books ---- - -I like reading classics -- they never disappoint. My all time favourites are 1984 by Orwell (of course); Hemingway's war descriptions, Wilde's wit and Kafka's nightmarish world. I used to be a big fan of Enid Blyton as a kid; someday childhood will return and I will read more of those gemstones. I also enjoy reading about political revolutionaries or satirists. 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location: Bern, Switzerland - date: Jun 21, 2020 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&photos=yes&logo=yes&season=summer&bgLayer=pk&resolution=4.67&E=2725823&N=1223807&trackId=7186133 - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/3649859582 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Appenzeller Alpenweg - notes: 30.09 km, 1639 m, 5:57 hours - location: Appenzell, Switzerland - date: May 30, 2020 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&photos=yes&logo=yes&season=summer&bgLayer=pk&resolution=8.27&E=2740056&N=1238910&layers=Wanderland&highlight=WanderlandRoutenLokal*980&trackId=6731604 - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/3536832823 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Oberstockensee - notes: 19.8 km, 1228 m, 5:30 hours - location: Bern, Switzerland - date: May 24, 2020 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&photos=yes&logo=yes&season=summer&bgLayer=pk&resolution=11.11&E=2603358&N=1169253&layers=Wanderland&trackId=6907165 - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/3504819742 - 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track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2529023500 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Fronalppass - Murgsee - notes: 31.24 km, 1838 m, 7:30 hours - location: St. Gallen, Switzerland - date: Jun 23, 2019 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&photos=yes&logo=yes&season=summer&resolution=12.79&E=2728333&N=1215269&bgLayer=pk&trackId=5633028 - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2474984423 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Bergseehutte - Chelenaplgletscher - notes: 18 km, 808 m, 6 hours - location: Uri, Switzerland - date: Jun 30, 2019 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&photos=yes&logo=yes&season=summer&resolution=7.06&E=2679786&N=1168050&bgLayer=pk&trackId=5643755 - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2492550388 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Goschenen - Goscheneralpsee - Bergseehutte - notes: 13.72 km, 1231 m, 3:45 hours - location: Uri, Switzerland - date: Jun 29, 2019 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&photos=yes&logo=yes&season=summer&resolution=7.06&E=2679786&N=1168050&bgLayer=pk&trackId=5643755 - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2492526613 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Hoher Kasten - Ebenalp - notes: 30 km, 2200 m, 8:30 hours - location: Appenzel, Switzerland - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2438650864 - date: Jun 8, 2019 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&land=wanderland&route=1&layers=Wanderland&bgLayer=pk&logo=yes&season=summer&resolution=10&E=2752106&N=1239158&trackId=5572858 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Monte Lema - Monte Tamaro - notes: 21.62 km, 1900 m, 6:30 hours - location: Ticino, Switzerland - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2414662321 - date: Jun 1, 2019 - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&land=wanderland&route=6&layers=Wanderland&bgLayer=pk&logo=yes&season=summer&resolution=20&E=2709821&N=1102379&trackId=5541490 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Denti della Vecchia - notes: 27 km, 2100 m, 7:16 hours - location: Ticino, Switzerland - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2407008140 - date: May 29, 2019 - 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Blanc Stage 4) - location: Mt. Blanc Massif, Italy - date: 1 August 2018 - notes: 11 km, 500 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1742608908 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Tete Nord de Fours - Col de Siege (Tour du Mt. Blanc Stage 3) - location: Mt. Blanc Massif, France - date: 31 July 2018 - notes: 22.5 km, 1200 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1742596837 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Col de la Croix du Bonhomme (Tour du Mt. Blanc Stage 2) - location: Mt. Blanc Massif, France - date: 30 July 2018 - notes: 15.7 km, 1300 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1742586487 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Col de Tricot - Le Truc (Tour du Mt. Blanc Stage 1) - location: Mt. Blanc Massif, France - date: 29 July 2018 - notes: 20 km, 1500 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1735884966 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Furkapass - Rhonegletscher (Four Headwaters Stage 5) - location: Andermatt, Switzerland - notes: 15 km, 1300 m - url: http://www.vier-quellen-weg.ch/etappen/etappe-5/ - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1724276090 - date: 24 July 2018 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Nufenenpass (Four Headwaters Stage 4) - location: Andermatt, Switzerland - notes: 21 km, 860 m - url: http://www.vier-quellen-weg.ch/etappen/etappe-4/ - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1724859333 - date: 23 July 2018 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Reussquelle - Lucendropass (Four Headwaters Stage 3) - location: Andermatt, Switzerland - notes: 1100 m, 21 km (T2/T3) - url: http://www.vier-quellen-weg.ch/etappen/etappe-3/ - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1724880301 - date: 22 July 2018 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Pizzo Leone - location: Ticino, Switzerland - notes: 13.5 km, 800 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1674109179 - date: 1 July 2018 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: San Salvatore - location: Ticino, Switzerland - notes: 15 km, 830 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1644654962 - date: 17 June 2018 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Scuol - Ftan - location: Graubünden, Switzerland - date: 14 Apr 2018 - notes: 11.0 km, 606 m - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1507633775 - url: - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: Grossen Mythen - location: Schwyz, Switzerland - notes: 6 km, 1400 m, 2:45h - url: http://www.schweizmobil.ch/de/wanderland/routen/route-0829.html - track: https://www.strava.com/activities/1241085053 - date: 21 Oct 2017 - photos: - private_photos: - - - name: IGL Compass (incomplete) - location: Graubünden, Switzerland - notes: 14 km, 1200 m - url: https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=3348194&land=wanderland&route=all&layers=Wanderwegnetz - 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{% endfor %} diff --git a/misc.md b/misc.md deleted file mode 100644 index 384cfa2..0000000 --- a/misc.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: page -title: Interests -permalink: /misc/ ---- - -## Sports - -Since moving to Zurich, I have picked up hiking as a favourite sport. I have started maintaining a list of [hikes](hiking.html) since 2016. - -I occassionally go biking for 800 m climbs around Zurich. It used to me primary sport during PhD. I like uphill (800 - 1000 m) or long distance (~100 km) biking on my mountain bike. I tried some long bike rides outside Boston and it was fun. The French Riviera is a dream spot for biking. My dream is to do [La Bonnet] someday. - -I like bouldering at [Minimum boulders]. I climbed at [Brooklyn Boulders] and [MIT climbing gym] while I was in Boston. I compiled a list of [climbing gyms](climbing.html) in the Boston metropolitan area. Bouldering is a social sport and I am always happy to go with people. - -My best run was 14 km in 1:04:00 in a bygone era of youth when I was on the happier side of 25. My sensitive left knee does not let me run as often as I should, plus its hard :( I cannot run or bike on a treadmill. There is something about outdoors that keeps me going. I can swim a little -- 2km breaststroke in a 1 hour session but my front-crawl is terrible. - -## Books - -I like reading for leisure. I currently have enough books to keep me occupied for the next 7-8 months. After that I will try to buy [these books](books.html). - -## Music - -I am trying to teach myself some piano. I do not have time to take organised lessons, so I am sticking to online tutorials and self practice. Hopefully, some day I will be able to play some real music. - -## Past Hobbies - -In days of distant past, I continued an ancestral tradition of philately. I still have the complete collection. - -[Minimum boulders]: http://minimum.ch/ -[ETH Fluntern gym]: http://portal.asvz.ethz.ch/Anlagen/Seiten/HSA_Fluntern.aspx -[Brooklyn Boulders]: http://brooklynboulders.com/somerville/ -[MIT Z-center]: http://www.mitrecsports.com/ -[MIT climbing gym]: http://scripts.mit.edu/~mitoc/wall/ -[La Bonnet]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_de_la_Bonette -[Montserrat]: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1341082 -[Gorges du Verdun]: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentier_Martel