StarriKnight

My main focus was Finance, inside UBC’s Bachelor of Commerce: a structured program built around business and finance.

International Relations was the fun side quest. My coursework centred on relations across the Pacific, from Indigenous contact throughout North America and the Pacific Ocean all the way to the international relations of Asia-Pacific countries.

Read it in the ACM Digital Library

To be honest, the lead researcher, Michael Yin, deserves all the credit. He’s a phenomenal researcher, and I’d encourage anyone to check out his work.

Reaching out about this paper? Big boss Michael is the one to ask (though for some reason people still write to me). Either way, the email listed for me in the paper will be decommissioned in 2027, when UBC clears out inactive student addresses, so please use the one up top instead.

Not taking requests right now

I make these! Each project takes weeks to complete, so I’m not accepting new requests at the moment.

• Video games! I have an extensive library on Steam, but with so little time these days, I usually play on my Nintendo Switch 2 (if I even game at all).
  • Some of my favourite Nintendo games are Animal Crossing, Breath of the Wild, and Tomodachi Life.
  • I play most of the popular multiplayer games too, including League of Legends, Rainbow Six Siege, and CS2.
  • I’ll try anything my computer can run, and my computer doesn’t have the best specs: 16 GB of DDR5 RAM and an NVIDIA GTX 1080 (not the Ti, just the base 1080). It was great in 2018, and 2018 is starting to feel like a very long time ago.
  • But I’m stubborn and refuse to upgrade! Or maybe I’m just frugal, who knows. Why are RAM and graphics cards so expensive now?
• Snowboarding! My body hasn’t been up for it for a few years now, so I’m working on getting stronger until I can do more of it.
• Illustration! I love to doodle and draw, find new ways to make art, and bring a bit of whimsy into the world.

• Animals! I am a big animal lover.
• Art! I try so many mediums, and my only goal is to have fun.
• Travelling! I love visiting new places and, most importantly, eating yummy food. My favourite countries I’ve been to are Spain and Japan.
• Technology! I’m definitely not a tech nerd, and I don’t own any top-of-the-line tech (see my computer specs under Hobbies… yikes!), but I’m always interested in using technology in fun ways that make life easier and bring more whimsy into the world.
  • Specialized tech: I love collecting retro or specialized tech, even things we don’t think of as tech these days, like fancy fountain pens, complicated mechanical pencils, and different types of paper. I also love appliances, especially specialized ones like slushie makers, and other things like cameras.
  • Speaking of cameras, I’m looking for one! I want a mirrorless camera and lens combo that can handle low light and fast shutter speeds, but can also take really pretty close-ups of animals. I’ve been told that’s hard to find without spending a ton of money, so for now I’m not buying, just saving.

• I foster cats with a local animal shelter.
• I’m in the process of starting to volunteer with a mental health nonprofit that helps youth in my community.
• I’m unfortunately not religious, but I help out at events with a local church from time to time, because they’re just such an amazing community of people.
  • Fun fact: I own a cotton candy machine, and I spin up cotton candy for the church kiddos.

I’m currently working at a brokerage. Which one shall remain a mystery.

It’s going alright, and it’ll be taking up most of my time for now, so replies might be a little slow~

• Get my HAM radio licence, so I can get on the airwaves and help out in an emergency.
• Become a Notary Public, just to notarize documents for fun.
• Get First Aid certified sometime in the future.

Super endgameBecome a C-suite executive at a national nonprofit. But, like, super far in the future. I’m not even thinking about it right now.