about

heyo! i’m calcoholic (he/him), a sophomore applied mathematics and computer engineering undergraduate at the university of california, los angeles (ucla). i was initially admitted as an applied mathematics student before adding on another major. i find mathematics the most eloquent study any human can dedicate their lifetime to, however, while there exists a charm in the discipline, i found mathematics to not fulfill several of my interests. in particular, addressing humanity.

i chose applied mathematics as my initial field of study because i enjoyed (more than its purity) its whimsy in geometry, patterns and combinatorics. i would spend hours thinking about famous conjectures like collatz and strong goldbach (without making any progress, obviously). coming into ucla, i realized the world is greater than the prettiness of mathematics; there are real issues that challenge humanity, many of which i would like to at least partially contribute to alleviate. thus was born the computer engineering double major. i have no interests in being a regular software engineer, i would like to learn how i can create technologies that address the human within us.

anyway, enough with the academics! here are some things about me :D

musical taste (whoa): rock, metal, grunge, jazz, alternative (don’t judge but a little bit of clairo and taylor swift) my favorite cuisine: i think indian food is pretty good but korean, italian, japanese and thai food are up there as well games: sudoku (but that’s more math i suppose…) and chess favorite football club: barcelona and bayern munich favorite formula 1 team: ferrararari (i am tifosi!) other interests: i am trying to become good at rock climbing and i love backpacking to national forests