Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Trip report: Ontario, California, and Manitoba, October 16-29 2024

Wellington to Ontario to California to Manitoba to Wellington. On this trip, two tournaments and a conference; in all, 3 tournaments and 2 conferences.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, November 17, 2024

Review: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen

More Vietnamese refugee content, this time a novel.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Review: Ru by Kim Thúy

Thoughts on differences between the book version and film version of Ru.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, August 30, 2024

Case study: making air travel things complicated

‘Optimizing’ some flights to New Zealand.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, August 19, 2024

Book Review: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada by Toula Drimonis

Toula Drimonis writes about immigrants and allophones (non-English, non-French mother tongue) in modern Quebec society, talking about integration of immigrants and how broader society evolves in response. Her story, as the daughter of Greek immigrants, overlaps with mine in some ways.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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