# Conferences, Summer Work, and an Advisor

DevFeed: [Conferences, Summer Work, and an Advisor](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/conferences-summer-work-and-an-advisor-40321.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2013/06/03/conferences-summer-work-and-an-advisor/>)

Published: 2013-06-03T17:01:08Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>), [conferences](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conferences.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [internship](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internship.md>)

## AI overview

A personal blog post about attending computer science research conferences, preparing for a summer cybersecurity internship, and choosing an academic advisor. It also reflects on applying computational ideas across fields and briefly discusses genetic algorithms and simulated annealing.

## Source excerpt

I've been spending a little less time on my blog recently then I'd like to, but for good reason: I've been attending two weeks of research conferences, I'm getting ready for a summer internship in cybersecurity, and I've finally chosen an advisor. Visions, STOC, and CCC I've been taking a break from the Midwest for the last two weeks to attend some of this year's seminal computer science theory conferences. The first (which is already over) was the Simon's Institute Symposium on the Visions of the Theory of Computing.