Welcome. This is my personal site, which presently does not receive much maintenance. You can find out more about my current activity by visiting the links below.
Links
- I am a lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. My departmental page can be found here.
- In 2012 I completed my PhD in the philosophy department at the University of Melbourne. The Informational Turn is a blog that I started to cover my academic research during this time.
- Circadian Pulse, my prog metal band.
Wikipedia Articles of Interest
Two Generals' Problem
In computing, the Two Generals' Problem is a thought experiment meant to illustrate the pitfalls and design challenges of attempting to coordinate an action by communicating over an unreliable link. It is related to the more general Byzantine Generals' Problem (though published long before that later generalization) and appears often in introductory classes about computer networking (particularly with regard to the Transmission Control Protocol), though it can also apply to other types of communication. It is also an important concept in epistemic logic, and the importance of common knowledge. Some authors refer to this as the Two Armies Problem or the Coordinated Attack Problem.... more
Vacuous Truth
A vacuous truth is a truth that is devoid of content because it asserts something about all members of a class that is empty or because it says "If A then B" when in fact A is false. For example, the statement "all cell phones in the room are turned off" may be true simply because there are no cell phones in the room.... more
Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini (December 22, 1821 - July 7, 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso.... more