Radu’s Rides
Radu Craiu writes:
A little while ago, I found myself in the middle of January without a new year resolution, and it hurt that I could not find a part of me which required at most a year to fix. This had nothing to do with me thinking I was…
Radu Craiu writes:
Halfway through writing this sentence, I lost focus. I cannot remember if it was because my email pinged, a phone message arrived, or a student knocked at my door asking for directions, literally or figuratively. I used to think that the rewards for my job were the…
Summer’s change of pace has made our contributing editor Radu Craiu ponder, just how beige is a statistics professor’s life, and how colourful is our future?
Summer is when we are reminded, more than ever, that the world has colours. Sharp, vibrant colours that often accompany things that taste…
Our contributing editor Radu Craiu, University of Toronto, recalls his early experiences of attending conferences as a young, green student… and the transformative power of simply being acknowledged.
I still remember my first conference. I was an inexperienced graduate student with some vague idea about conferences as mediums…
Radu Craiu shares his thoughts about time, and about timing:
I like mechanical watches because they combine precise engineering—the movement is built under tremendous constraints that have to do with the minimalist space it is allowed to occupy and its efficiency under minimal friction (it’s not lost on me that…