Originally published: March 19, 2017

TESSERA streaming in the browser, planetary programming at WG2.8, biodiversity action papers, FP Launchpad opens, and Docker CACM buzz

TESSERA paper accepted at CVPR 2026, went to the AI Impact Summit, OCaml Zarr hacking, Shriram's talk on human factors of formal methods, and discussions on teaching OxCaml to agents.

Trip report from the Indian AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, covering the massive expo, a conversation with Yann LeCun, a hackathon/talk at IIT-Delhi, networking at the British High Commission, and reflections on the summit declaration's shift from safety to...

Hosting the Conservation Evidence conference at Pembroke, recovering from the India trip, and keeping up with LLM developments.

Family travels through Udaipur, Vijayawada and Hyderabad, visiting temples and villages, plus kicking off the TESSERA 2025 embeddings.

Reflections on UK-India AI collaboration from meetings at the Alan Turing Institute and OpenUK, discussing ethical AI deployment, open source infrastructure, and the challenges of building community in the age of AI-assisted coding.