UIUC
This is an edited version of my final project report, a result of my Computational Photography (CS 445, Fall 2023) class at UIUC, taught by Prof. Derek Hoiem. Special thanks to his lectures and his systematic and creative ways of teaching such a fundamental and core computer vision course. I.
Movie
Jeder einmal in Berlin! On a cold night, as pedestrians hurriedly traversed the street, Gereon's attention was drawn to an advertisement on a pillar. The inscription on the poster read, "Jeder einmal in Berlin!" which in English means "Everyone once in Berlin!" In one of the Chinese subtitle translations, "每个人都应该来柏林,
Random
I've decided to include some technical notes directly in my blog from now on, e.g., OCaml learning series upcoming. But before that, I want to share some bits of my experiences on note-taking. My note-taking pipeline is quite simple yet complicated, to some extent. Right now, I'm using Quip
Year In Review
TL;DR This will be more like a brief recap of my past few years. A few important dates: * Ten years ago, I made the rather rash decision to work as a software developer instead of going to college. * Eight years ago, I made a decision of starting a tech
Photography
In Chinese, there is a saying that suggests going for a hike on the first day of the year to help you climb higher and higher throughout the year. This saying is known as "新年登高, 步步高升," which symbolizes taking steps that lead to continuous improvement. This year, we followed this
Photography
I do not try to find myself in what I “shoot,” but perhaps I want to see the position of the world I am in. - Daidō Moriyama (森山大道) Indeed, the Ricoh GR II is a camera that does the best at helping me to capture the best moment of
Year In Review
It was the Autumn of 2016. I finally met Prof. Gilbert Strang and audited his lecture at MIT campus. He was just affable and witty as he was in his lecture series. We briefly discussed my learning experience in China when I was in high school and the progress of
Maker
We started to work on this project around June last year. We approached Sipeed, a hardware solution company in Shenzhen that has integrated Kendryte K210 into a compact module with Wi-Fi support (ESP8285). So we tried their development board first and then started to design and build our own AI
