Yes, Trump's hair is what I've been up to.
Okay, I'm not being entirely serious (but that's not a new thing). But I'm not being entirely silly either.
While I certainly have my doubts that the hair itself was created in America, or for that matter on the planet, it's not the hair itself that's kept me busy. It's all about the hairstyle.
The lattice-based hairstyle.
Specifically, I'm talking about lattice-based cryptography, which is (roughly) what I'm doing my PhD in.
In 14 months, I still have not figured out how to give a better layman's explanation. Suffice it to say that it's thought to be secure against quantum computers, and has applications for making cloud computing somewhat more secure (if we figure out how to do fully homomorphic encryption more efficiently than one gate in 30 minutes), and there's a bunch of other cool things about it also.
I have found some time to do some protesting though.
Rally to restore sanity
Troy Davis Vigil
Occupy (Sukkot) Atlanta
I had been hoping to steal OPOL's hat again at one of the most recent ones, but I haven't seen him. :(