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// GN&C

  • [2024-02-25] How TO Land an Orbital Rocket Booster: a gentle mathematical introduction
  • [2022-05-20] Orbital Debris Removal With SmallSats - Mission REMOVEDD

// Game Theory

  • [2023-12-04] Human-level Trick-Taking Card Game AI
  • [2022-09-16] Breaking the SPL-T World Record
  • [2019-11-25] Solving Nim (The Matchstick Game)

// Machine Learning

  • [2026-02-01] The Ever-Increasing Importance of Simulation
  • [2025-10-05] Safety Without Understanding: Lessons from Waymo
  • [2025-09-17] LLMs, Spiritual Bliss, and the Boeing 777
  • [2023-12-04] Human-level Trick-Taking Card Game AI
  • [2022-09-16] Breaking the SPL-T World Record

// Optimization

  • [2026-02-01] The Ever-Increasing Importance of Simulation
  • [2025-10-05] Safety Without Understanding: Lessons from Waymo
  • [2025-09-17] LLMs, Spiritual Bliss, and the Boeing 777
  • [2024-02-25] How TO Land an Orbital Rocket Booster: a gentle mathematical introduction
  • [2022-09-16] Breaking the SPL-T World Record
  • [2022-05-20] Orbital Debris Removal With SmallSats - Mission REMOVEDD

// Spaceflight

  • [2024-05-01] Internet Constellations are Still Not Understood.
  • [2024-02-25] How TO Land an Orbital Rocket Booster: a gentle mathematical introduction
  • [2023-05-17] A perspective on the decoupling of spacecraft launch cost with mass and volume
  • [2022-05-20] Orbital Debris Removal With SmallSats - Mission REMOVEDD

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