Last week I attended the BLAST conference. BLAST stands for
Boolean Algebras, Lattices, Algebraic Logic, Quantum Logic, Universal Algebra, Algebraic Logic, Set Theory, Set-theoretic Topology and Point-free Topology. This conference does not directly relate to my research, but I have talked with the ex-director of my program, Dr.Greechie who is an expert in Orthomodular lattices, about my research. He suggested me to study something in lattice and asked me to attend this conference with his group.
I went with Dr.Kanno, a math professor, and two Chinese PhD students, Wu and Sam. Dr.Greechie left two days before us.
I'm so grad I went to this conference for many reasons.
First, at the reception Dr.Greechie introduced me to his friend, Dr.Pratt who is a computer scientist who comprehends s a lot of algebraic stuffs. We discussed about my research and he suggested me a way to model my problem. I'm reading his paper and collect questions to ask him.
The reception was at the Walkers' home. Thank you for the great home and food.
Dr.Kanno, me, Dr.GreechieSam and Wu
Second, this trip was an advanture. The rental car is Mazda 3 2008, but it is in bad condition. The right back tire was punctured by a nail since when we didn't know, so we had to stop at Dallas to patch the tire. I brought my GPS with me but unfortunately we could not use it because the car outlet was broken. However, we arrived Las Cruces safely. In the last night, the fire alarm at our hotel went off around 2:30am. and after that I could not sleep until 4:30am. On the way back, we stopped in El Paso, TX to change all tires just in case because there would be a storm on the way back. So we will arrive at the hotel we reserved late around 1:00am. But that was not it. There is a border partol station and they wanted to check our passport and greencard. There were ten of them around our car and asked a few questions. I drove from 10:30pm and, when we were about to arrive the hotel, the map I printed in the morning was wrong, and there was no hotel at the exit. But we found the hotel at last. We arrived the hotel as expected 1:00am.
Third, I like New Mexico State U campus a lots. It is so neat, so clean, and beautiful. Moreover, there are a lot of restaurants in many varieties, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Pacific Rim, Mexican, Indian, and etc. The scenary was new to me, a dessert view. The excursion of this conference is to go for White Sands National Monument.
At White Sands
The origin of White Sands is interesting but I will not explain here because I'm too lazy. 5555
We arrived Ruston around 5:00pm. and had dinner together and Aig joined us too. Tomorrow Aig and I will join a party at Dr.Greechie's home. We will bring Tom Yum Kung ต้มยำกุ้ง and Satay Pork หมูสะเตะ.