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= About me = | = About me = | ||
− | I | + | == Things I do, except for video games == |
− | + | Don't be fooled; I actually spend all my time gaming/interneting (on Teamliquid, facebook, Art of Problem Solving)/IMing/eating. Sigh. | |
− | + | === Academic === | |
− | + | I need a work ethic and some sort of anti-distraction mechanism. | |
− | + | * '''Major:''' Course 18 (Mathematics). May be interested in algebraic topology or number theory, but who knows? | |
− | I mindlessly repeat stupid catchphrases | + | * Other subjects of interest: |
+ | ** (Theoretical) computer science: Though my coding skill is lacking, and my tricky-algorithms skill is lacking, I find TCS pretty cool. | ||
+ | ** Linguistics: I did linguistics olympiad, which is really a puzzle contest... but I've taken a few linguistics classes and done a linguistics UROP, so hopefully I'm not totally clueless. | ||
+ | ** Physics: I am terrible at physics. | ||
+ | ** Econ: I guess I'm concentrating in this. I don't know why (something money something?) | ||
+ | === Sports === | ||
+ | I'm fat and unathletic, and with my sedentary lifestyle and voracious appetite, have been getting progressively more so. | ||
+ | * Swimming: Horribly, horribly out of shape. | ||
+ | * Ultimate: Can't run; hopefully improving at throwing while being defended? | ||
+ | * Ping-pong: Disgustingly bad backhand, but can rally with forehand decently. | ||
+ | * Badminton: Took a PE class! Woo! | ||
+ | * Basketball: Can knock down [[User:btran115|Brandon]] while defending him; having mass is useful! | ||
+ | === Music === | ||
+ | I like harmonizing a lot, and fancy myself a musician... though the list of pieces/songs I know is horrendously short. Please introduce more music to me (except maybe death metal.) | ||
+ | * Singing: Part of XLinked, a summer version of the Christian a capella group XProducts. | ||
+ | * Piano: Stopped taking lessons in 9th grade (after 12 years), at which point my skill rivaled that of my friend who had played for two years. Now, I improvise, heavily overusing left-hand arpeggios and pedal. | ||
+ | * Clarinet: Was first chair in high school, playing in Wind Ensemble/Orchestra/Pit Orchestra; now I sound like a 6th grader. | ||
+ | === Other activities === | ||
+ | Things that I wouldn't terribly mind for an interviewer to know. | ||
+ | * Grading captain and teaching assistant for [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com AoPS]; in particular, I work mostly with the Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) program. We also grade for the USA Mathematical Talent Search. | ||
+ | * (Inactive) writer (and sometimes translator/Liquipedia editor) for [http://www.teamliquid.net teamliquid.net]. I am a Brood War elitist, despite my lack of skills at the game. I'm also a (non-contributing) member of Starleague. | ||
+ | * I usually teach a class for [[ESP]]'s Splash and Spark programs. In the past, I've taught: | ||
+ | ** Splash 2010: | ||
+ | **# Maxwell's Equations for Dummies (with [[User:jalman|Josh]]): self-explanatory, though Josh took 1.5 of our 2 ours teaching multivariable calculus, resulting in disaster. | ||
+ | **# Intermediate Olympiad Geometry (with [[User:vladfi1|Vlad]]): turned out to be more like AIME-level geometry. | ||
+ | **# Canada, and why you shouldn't live there (with [[User:jalman|Josh]] and [[User:jschnei|Jon]]): a horrible but amusing class. | ||
+ | ** Splash 2011: | ||
+ | **# My Little Set: Compactness is Magic (with [[User:jalman|Josh]]): it turns out that explaining Dedekind cuts really sucks. | ||
+ | **# ZT Stacking and T-Spinning: stole (with permission) my former roommate flamewheel's [http://web.mit.edu/jiangty/Public/Splash/tetris.htm guide]. | ||
+ | **# Extreme Math (with [[User:jschnei|Jon]]): Kids came up to the board and solved problems on the spot! Jon did most of the work, but it was entertaining! | ||
+ | ** Spark 2012: | ||
+ | **# Coloring (with [[User:jalman|Josh]]): checkerboard and graph coloring. | ||
+ | **# Extreme Math (with [[User:jalman|Josh]] and [[User:jschnei|Jon]]): Again, Jon did most of the work. Again, it was amusing. | ||
+ | === Stupid Catchphrases === | ||
+ | I mindlessly repeat stupid lots of stupid catchphrases, including, but not limited to: | ||
+ | * "[[How rude!]]" | ||
+ | * "[[The following]]," | ||
+ | * "et cetera" (replacing the end of a sentence, clause, or phrase) | ||
+ | * "various" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's unclear what is being replaced) | ||
+ | * "thereof" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's clear what is being replaced) | ||
+ | * "(Holy) buckets" (variations include "what the buckets," etc.) | ||
+ | * "Holy [[carp]]" | ||
+ | * "[[User:Than|Saucebag]]" | ||
+ | === Other interests === | ||
+ | Other things I'm probably willing to talk about: | ||
+ | * Christianity (I attend [http://www.redemptionhillchurch.com/ Redemption Hill Church] in Medford. | ||
+ | * Chinese culture / language (though my knowledge of Chinese is extremely lacking). | ||
+ | * Food. | ||
+ | * Professional/competitive Starcraft: Brood War (even though this is a game [which, incidentally, is about to die as a sport in Korea], it's special enough that it warrants being here.) | ||
+ | * North Carolina, and how it's so awesome. | ||
+ | * Basketball (college and NBA), competitive swimming, To a lesser extent, World/Euro Cup soccer. | ||
+ | * Star Wars / Lord of the Rings. | ||
+ | * Webcomics: | ||
+ | ** [http://www.xkcd.com xkcd] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.abstrusegoose.com Abstruse Goose] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.smbc-comics.com/ Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.giantitp.com/ Order of the Stick] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.questionablecontent.net Questionable Content] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.phdcomics.com/ Piled Higher and Deeper] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.qwantz.com Dino Comics]. | ||
+ | * LaTeX and Linux. | ||
+ | * The US Civil War, though my knowledge thereof is but a tiny fraction of that of [[User:ianask|Ian A]]. | ||
== Classes Taken == | == Classes Taken == | ||
=== 2010 - 2011 === | === 2010 - 2011 === | ||
* Fall 2010: 3.091, 8.022, 18.701, 12.A32 (Cellular Automata Seminar), 24.906 | * Fall 2010: 3.091, 8.022, 18.701, 12.A32 (Cellular Automata Seminar), 24.906 | ||
− | * IAP 2011: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | | + | * IAP 2011: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | Josh]], [[user:vladfi1 | Vlad]], and Alex Zhai), 6.096 (Introduction to C++) |
* Spring 2011 : 14.01, 18.312, 18.702, 8.04, 21M.302, 18.03 | * Spring 2011 : 14.01, 18.312, 18.702, 8.04, 21M.302, 18.03 | ||
=== 2011 - 2012=== | === 2011 - 2012=== | ||
* Fall 2011: 18.100C, 6.046J, 24.902, 14.12, 8.05 | * Fall 2011: 18.100C, 6.046J, 24.902, 14.12, 8.05 | ||
− | * IAP 2012: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | | + | * IAP 2012: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | Josh]] and [[user:timchu | Tim]], and [[user:jschnei | Jon]] as a consultant). (Somehow a finalist!) |
* Spring 2012: 18.901, 6.004, 6.005, 6.875J, ES.S61 (Introduction to Trading) | * Spring 2012: 18.901, 6.004, 6.005, 6.875J, ES.S61 (Introduction to Trading) | ||
− | == | + | == Games == |
− | === | + | === Video/Computer games I've been playing for a while === |
Usually I play these sporadically, but in huge (and devastating, to my health and grades) bursts. | Usually I play these sporadically, but in huge (and devastating, to my health and grades) bursts. | ||
* Game Boy games, usually on [http://vba.ngemu.com VisualBoyAdvance]: Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars. | * Game Boy games, usually on [http://vba.ngemu.com VisualBoyAdvance]: Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars. | ||
− | * [http://www.tetrisfriends.com Tetris]. | + | * [http://www.tetrisfriends.com Tetris]. I'm <del>#2</del> now #5 on the Ultra leaderboard. |
− | * Starcraft: Brood War on [http://www.iccup.com iCCup]. | + | * Starcraft: Brood War on [http://www.iccup.com iCCup]. D/D- Terran 1v1, D/D+ Terran/sometimes Protoss/rarely Zerg 2v2. I don't own Starcraft II, and will likely not be persuaded to buy it (though I may begin playing if someone wants to donate an account to me and if my computer can handle it without crashing...) |
− | * [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] (see [http://www.smashboards.com SmashBoards.]) | + | * [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] (see [http://www.smashboards.com SmashBoards.]) I mostly play Samus/Sheik/Zelda/Ganondorf/Link/Falco. I'm among the worst players on hall; I can't L-cancel, frequently do things I don't want to, and don't know what to do besides. |
− | * [http://t2tmud.org The Two Towers MUD]. | + | * [http://t2tmud.org The Two Towers MUD]. I've been playing on and off since 2005 or so. |
* [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft]--the only game I paid for on this list!<sup>1</sup> | * [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft]--the only game I paid for on this list!<sup>1</sup> | ||
− | * Not technically a computer game, but [http://dominion.isotropic.org online Dominion]. | + | * Not technically a computer game, but [http://dominion.isotropic.org online Dominion]. I'm not very good. |
− | === | + | === Video/Computer games I started playing in the past year === |
− | * [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup]. | + | * [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup]. Best runs: [http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/343/morgue-343-20120306-072257.txt Level 25 MiFi], [http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/343/morgue-343-20120319-204508.txt Level 22 HoPr]. |
− | * [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress]. | + | * [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress]. Currently procrastinating on succession game with [[User:Theodora|Theo]] and [[User:Charlest|Charles]]. |
* [http://wesnoth.org/ Battle for Wesnoth]. | * [http://wesnoth.org/ Battle for Wesnoth]. | ||
− | === | + | === Video/Computer games played on hall === |
* Super Smash Bros. Melee, again. | * Super Smash Bros. Melee, again. | ||
− | * Mario Kart. | + | * Mario Kart. Haven't really tried Double Dash, though I've played Wii a fair bit. |
− | * Rock Band. | + | * Rock Band. Can do the singing part, hard bass, and medium drums. Urgh. |
− | === Other games I found fun at some point === | + | === Other video/computer games I found fun at some point === |
* [http://fold.it Foldit]. | * [http://fold.it Foldit]. | ||
* [http://realmofthemadgod.com/ Realm of the Mad God]. | * [http://realmofthemadgod.com/ Realm of the Mad God]. | ||
* [http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/enemyterritory Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]. ([[Enemy Territory|Wiki link?]]) | * [http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/enemyterritory Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]. ([[Enemy Territory|Wiki link?]]) | ||
− | * Halo Trial! Woo! | + | * Halo: Combat Evolved Trial! Woo! Also, minuscule amounts of Halo II/III. |
− | * [http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n_downloads.html n game]. | + | * [http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n_downloads.html n game]. Cleared everything but some (10x+9)-4's and 88-4 (and thus 89.) |
* Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Warcraft II. Tiny bit of Warcraft III. | * Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Warcraft II. Tiny bit of Warcraft III. | ||
− | * Age of Empires II. | + | * Age of Empires II. I really should learn how to play this. |
* [http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FreeCiv], and a tiny bit of Civilization III. | * [http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FreeCiv], and a tiny bit of Civilization III. | ||
* [http://www.commandandconquer.com/en/games/bygameid/ra Command & Conquer: Red Alert]. | * [http://www.commandandconquer.com/en/games/bygameid/ra Command & Conquer: Red Alert]. | ||
+ | * [http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters]. | ||
+ | * Spore. | ||
+ | * Simcity 3000. | ||
+ | * Heroes of Might and Magic III. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Puzzles/Word games === | ||
+ | * I participate on the hall [[Mystery Hunt]] team each year. | ||
+ | * [[User:ianosb|Ian]] has lured me into doing puzzles such as [[http://www.puzzle-loop.com/ Slitherlink]], [[http://www.puzzle-nurikabe.com/ Nurikabe]], and [[http://www.puzzle-shikaku.com/ Shikaku]]. I also do Sudoku sometimes. | ||
+ | * Scrabble (Words with Friends), Contact. | ||
+ | * 24 (and its cousin 161, with 6 cards). | ||
=== Evil games I once played === | === Evil games I once played === |
Revision as of 04:25, 10 July 2012
Tian-Yi (Damien) Jiang | |
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Room | H307 |
Year | 2014 |
Course | Mathematics
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Hi guys. I'm Damien Jiang. I'm a mommy for the 2012-2013 school year. I'm also apparently a famous professor, but don't believe that. (A shirt with the former picture exists as well.)
About me
Things I do, except for video games
Don't be fooled; I actually spend all my time gaming/interneting (on Teamliquid, facebook, Art of Problem Solving)/IMing/eating. Sigh.
Academic
I need a work ethic and some sort of anti-distraction mechanism.
- Major: Course 18 (Mathematics). May be interested in algebraic topology or number theory, but who knows?
- Other subjects of interest:
- (Theoretical) computer science: Though my coding skill is lacking, and my tricky-algorithms skill is lacking, I find TCS pretty cool.
- Linguistics: I did linguistics olympiad, which is really a puzzle contest... but I've taken a few linguistics classes and done a linguistics UROP, so hopefully I'm not totally clueless.
- Physics: I am terrible at physics.
- Econ: I guess I'm concentrating in this. I don't know why (something money something?)
Sports
I'm fat and unathletic, and with my sedentary lifestyle and voracious appetite, have been getting progressively more so.
- Swimming: Horribly, horribly out of shape.
- Ultimate: Can't run; hopefully improving at throwing while being defended?
- Ping-pong: Disgustingly bad backhand, but can rally with forehand decently.
- Badminton: Took a PE class! Woo!
- Basketball: Can knock down Brandon while defending him; having mass is useful!
Music
I like harmonizing a lot, and fancy myself a musician... though the list of pieces/songs I know is horrendously short. Please introduce more music to me (except maybe death metal.)
- Singing: Part of XLinked, a summer version of the Christian a capella group XProducts.
- Piano: Stopped taking lessons in 9th grade (after 12 years), at which point my skill rivaled that of my friend who had played for two years. Now, I improvise, heavily overusing left-hand arpeggios and pedal.
- Clarinet: Was first chair in high school, playing in Wind Ensemble/Orchestra/Pit Orchestra; now I sound like a 6th grader.
Other activities
Things that I wouldn't terribly mind for an interviewer to know.
- Grading captain and teaching assistant for AoPS; in particular, I work mostly with the Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) program. We also grade for the USA Mathematical Talent Search.
- (Inactive) writer (and sometimes translator/Liquipedia editor) for teamliquid.net. I am a Brood War elitist, despite my lack of skills at the game. I'm also a (non-contributing) member of Starleague.
- I usually teach a class for ESP's Splash and Spark programs. In the past, I've taught:
- Splash 2010:
- Maxwell's Equations for Dummies (with Josh): self-explanatory, though Josh took 1.5 of our 2 ours teaching multivariable calculus, resulting in disaster.
- Intermediate Olympiad Geometry (with Vlad): turned out to be more like AIME-level geometry.
- Canada, and why you shouldn't live there (with Josh and Jon): a horrible but amusing class.
- Splash 2011:
- My Little Set: Compactness is Magic (with Josh): it turns out that explaining Dedekind cuts really sucks.
- ZT Stacking and T-Spinning: stole (with permission) my former roommate flamewheel's guide.
- Extreme Math (with Jon): Kids came up to the board and solved problems on the spot! Jon did most of the work, but it was entertaining!
- Spark 2012:
- Splash 2010:
Stupid Catchphrases
I mindlessly repeat stupid lots of stupid catchphrases, including, but not limited to:
- "How rude!"
- "The following,"
- "et cetera" (replacing the end of a sentence, clause, or phrase)
- "various" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's unclear what is being replaced)
- "thereof" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's clear what is being replaced)
- "(Holy) buckets" (variations include "what the buckets," etc.)
- "Holy carp"
- "Saucebag"
Other interests
Other things I'm probably willing to talk about:
- Christianity (I attend Redemption Hill Church in Medford.
- Chinese culture / language (though my knowledge of Chinese is extremely lacking).
- Food.
- Professional/competitive Starcraft: Brood War (even though this is a game [which, incidentally, is about to die as a sport in Korea], it's special enough that it warrants being here.)
- North Carolina, and how it's so awesome.
- Basketball (college and NBA), competitive swimming, To a lesser extent, World/Euro Cup soccer.
- Star Wars / Lord of the Rings.
- Webcomics:
- LaTeX and Linux.
- The US Civil War, though my knowledge thereof is but a tiny fraction of that of Ian A.
Classes Taken
2010 - 2011
- Fall 2010: 3.091, 8.022, 18.701, 12.A32 (Cellular Automata Seminar), 24.906
- IAP 2011: Battlecode (with Josh, Vlad, and Alex Zhai), 6.096 (Introduction to C++)
- Spring 2011 : 14.01, 18.312, 18.702, 8.04, 21M.302, 18.03
2011 - 2012
- Fall 2011: 18.100C, 6.046J, 24.902, 14.12, 8.05
- IAP 2012: Battlecode (with Josh and Tim, and Jon as a consultant). (Somehow a finalist!)
- Spring 2012: 18.901, 6.004, 6.005, 6.875J, ES.S61 (Introduction to Trading)
Games
Video/Computer games I've been playing for a while
Usually I play these sporadically, but in huge (and devastating, to my health and grades) bursts.
- Game Boy games, usually on VisualBoyAdvance: Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars.
- Tetris. I'm
#2now #5 on the Ultra leaderboard. - Starcraft: Brood War on iCCup. D/D- Terran 1v1, D/D+ Terran/sometimes Protoss/rarely Zerg 2v2. I don't own Starcraft II, and will likely not be persuaded to buy it (though I may begin playing if someone wants to donate an account to me and if my computer can handle it without crashing...)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (see SmashBoards.) I mostly play Samus/Sheik/Zelda/Ganondorf/Link/Falco. I'm among the worst players on hall; I can't L-cancel, frequently do things I don't want to, and don't know what to do besides.
- The Two Towers MUD. I've been playing on and off since 2005 or so.
- Minecraft--the only game I paid for on this list!1
- Not technically a computer game, but online Dominion. I'm not very good.
Video/Computer games I started playing in the past year
- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Best runs: Level 25 MiFi, Level 22 HoPr.
- Dwarf Fortress. Currently procrastinating on succession game with Theo and Charles.
- Battle for Wesnoth.
Video/Computer games played on hall
- Super Smash Bros. Melee, again.
- Mario Kart. Haven't really tried Double Dash, though I've played Wii a fair bit.
- Rock Band. Can do the singing part, hard bass, and medium drums. Urgh.
Other video/computer games I found fun at some point
- Foldit.
- Realm of the Mad God.
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. (Wiki link?)
- Halo: Combat Evolved Trial! Woo! Also, minuscule amounts of Halo II/III.
- n game. Cleared everything but some (10x+9)-4's and 88-4 (and thus 89.)
- Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Warcraft II. Tiny bit of Warcraft III.
- Age of Empires II. I really should learn how to play this.
- FreeCiv, and a tiny bit of Civilization III.
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
- Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters.
- Spore.
- Simcity 3000.
- Heroes of Might and Magic III.
Puzzles/Word games
- I participate on the hall Mystery Hunt team each year.
- Ian has lured me into doing puzzles such as [Slitherlink], [Nurikabe], and [Shikaku]. I also do Sudoku sometimes.
- Scrabble (Words with Friends), Contact.
- 24 (and its cousin 161, with 6 cards).
Evil games I once played
- League of Legends (no link because it's evil).
Notes
1 This excludes: old games my parents/grandparents may have bought for me, hall games.