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Andrew Walkingshaw
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Hi. I'm a first-year PhD student in the [ext] Earth Sciences department of the [ext] University of Cambridge. My work relates to "first-principles" quantum-mechanical[1] computer models of ceramic and mineral systems.

I learnt to play just over a year ago (it's mostly Charles Matthews's fault, thanks to the introductory lectures he gives at the start of every academic year to the assembled new players of [ext] CUGOS), and I have reached 4 kyu (UK) since.

My favourite go books thus far are "Attack and Defence" by James Davies and Ishida Akira, and Davies/Iwamoto's "The 1971 Honinbo Tournament".

I must admit to being more interested in Go as a game rather than as a cultural artefact, but for me one of the most interesting aspects of the game (as is also true of most sufficiently complex games) is that many different playing styles can be equally effective - and an individual's distinct style thus reveals aspects of their ideas, thought processes, and personality in a manner that's difficult to get at otherwise.

As for Go haunts, apart from the aformentioned CUGOS, I'm occasionally to be found on [ext] KGS (where my username is "Acro"). I'm also a volunteer at the [ext] Cambridge Junior Chess and Go Club, where we're trying to raise a new generation of games-players.

I used to play chess fairly seriously, but since taking up go I have barely picked up a piece in anger. I've also dabbled in Bridge, and have some very basic idea of how to play a couple of other games.

Aside from games, my main interest is (guitar-based) music; I play guitar, though not as well as I would like, and I can bore people on the minutiae of certain bands' careers and recorded output for Britain. I also present a show on local student radio.

Charles You're getting something of a reputation for disordered media, then?

Andrew Seems like it. Given you've provided a feedline, I'm now (im)morally obliged to plug the station I'm a member of (I'm on at 8pm UK time on Wednesday evenings): [ext] CUR1350.




[1] Or "quantum mechanical", which someone calling himself ~ian~ prefers [2]. I'm really not sure which is grammatically correct, but the version with the hyphen looks right to me. (However, it's definitely Density Functional Theory, not Density-Functional Theory...)


[2] Well I am not that dogmatic really. I'm more accepting of that hyphen than the preceeding one. A quick good search reveals roughly equal usage, although I was rather surprised to find the word qunatum frequently appearing in several academic documents.
~ian~



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