<commit_before>## Broadening Launch, Usenix, SOUPS, Decoding, Book Club, First Cryptography talk!

## I had planned to post earlier
- So I had planned to post earlier, but a couple things happened. For one, GH was not allowing me to make a new post, because parts of it were down.
- I was going to do a role-play idea between a PhD liberal arts student and a CS PhD student, kind of in a Socratic method but tongue-in-cheek (particularly with respect to assumptions each has of the other), but well, maybe another time. 
- I quite like this new layout, to be honest, because you can easily preview and commit simultaneously, which is nice.

## Broadening launch
- It's our first time, so I hope participants find it useful, and we're also happy for feedback, too! 
- The larger goal is that this can be continued, and that we can have a more diverse group of applicants to ICLR. I'd also like to point out as we mentioned,
that "diverse" also very much ties into those who have never published before, too. We want all of your perspectives and creativity in solving problems, and hope
you find a home in this research community. And even if you don't, we hope you make new friends :)

## Bloomberg Decoded
- I was invited to the Bloomberg Decoded event this week, so I was involved in participating in that, as well as a few other recruiting events. 
- I've enjoyed it thus far, and they also have a puzzles culture, which is nice. 

## I got a scholarship from Google!
- I got a scholarship from Google to attend the Grace Hopper Conference! I've applied for years, so I'm really happy. It is really something to be chipping
away at something for years and years and finally make headway. It's worth it to achieve something you've set out to do for years.

## Book Club
- I've been working with an R book club group (8 or 9 of us) on chapters of the book, Open Statistics, and this week I had to do a 15 minute summary. In about
three weeks, I will have to prepare exercises in R or by hand for the group to work on for about 45 minutes to an hour.
- People from the group said that my summary was very thorough, but I really just enjoyed going through the chapter, and the group is great! 

## Cryptography<commit_msg>Update 2021-8-12-Thursday-August-12th.md<commit_after>## Broadening Launch, Usenix, SOUPS, Decoding, Book Club, First Cryptography talk!

## I had planned to post earlier
- So I had planned to post earlier, but a couple things happened. For one, GH was not allowing me to make a new post, because parts of it were down.
- I was going to do a role-play guest-post idea between a PhD liberal arts student and a CS PhD student, kind of in a Socratic method but tongue-in-cheek (particularly with respect to assumptions each has of the other), but well, maybe another time. 
- I quite like this new layout, to be honest, because you can easily preview and commit simultaneously, which is nice.

## Broadening launch
- It's our first time, so I hope participants find it useful, and we're also happy for feedback, too! 
- The larger goal is that this can be continued, and that we can have a more diverse group of applicants to ICLR. I'd also like to point out as we mentioned,
that "diverse" also very much ties into those who have never published before, too. We want all of your perspectives and creativity in solving problems, and hope
you find a home in this research community. And even if you don't, we hope you make new friends :)

## Bloomberg Decoded
- I was invited to the Bloomberg Decoded event this week, so I was involved in participating in that, as well as a few other recruiting events. 
- I've enjoyed it thus far, and they also have a puzzles culture, which is nice. 

## I got a scholarship from Google!
- I got a scholarship from Google to attend the Grace Hopper Conference! I've applied for years, so I'm really happy. It is really something to be chipping
away at something for years and years and finally make headway. It's worth it to achieve something you've set out to do for years.

## Book Club
- I've been working with an R book club group (8 or 9 of us) on chapters of the book, Open Statistics, and this week I had to do a 15 minute summary. In about
three weeks, I will have to prepare exercises in R or by hand for the group to work on for about 45 minutes to an hour.
- People from the group said that my summary was very thorough, but I really just enjoyed going through the chapter, and the group is great! 

## Cryptography
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