Now
What I’m up to now.
I update this page once in a while, check back when you want to know what I’m up to lately. For a more comprehensive list of my life events see Updates.
Last update: 2026-07-07
Science problems I think about
- what if we care less about perfect fidelity in quantum control — could that buy us something more useful?
- scalable single-qubit robust gates under always-on couplings
- twirling and randomized compiling, but on steroids
- speed limit of dynamical quantum error suppression
Work / workflow
- i now use Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor heavily. bossing them around is fun. still figuring out how to make them useful in an actual research workflow.
- i let openclaw send me daily briefs on arXiv papers. it is anxiety-inducing to know how much new work comes out in my area every day, especially when something starts to overlap with what i am working on.
- i am doing more academic travel so i need to deal with more hassles.
Life
- relationship with Dr. Dai is as great as ever — thanks for asking.
- not making music lately, would love to get back into it.
- managing my ADHD better these days.
- life outside work got less active.
- became slightly more serious about my work now. dangerous development.
Watching / Playing
- 脱口秀和ta的朋友们 第三季
- Pokopia on Nintendo Switch 2. it is dangerously addictive.
One more thing
- AI is changing the world like nothing else in human history. and yes, i think we are all pretty much doomed.