Extrovert mathematician. I'm running around consulting for startups who want to do big data / machine learny things.

I was born and raised in San Jose, California.

Oh yea. I can be a lot of fun to be around. Promise.

My perpetually unbuilt site:
www.vivekbansal.com

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Because locals! Yay!

I'm also preparing for my first major trip to Turkey - Cyprus - Israel - Jordan - Egypt.

兴趣

Anime, Urban Planning, Economics, Bicycling, Puppies, Craft Beer, Telling stories with data, challenges nobody has solved yet.

• beer
• running
• anime
• economics

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Tool, mostly rock music, Jazz

Movies: Dark City, Pacific Rim, The Maltese Falcon, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Paprika, Dredd, Pride and Prejudice, Bend it like Beckham.

Books: Lots and lots, but mostly science fiction and fantasy, e.g. The Name of the Wind, Dresden Files, urban fantasy.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Failed out of my undergrad. Then got back in, got my degree, then went out to grad school.

Convinced one of my friends to take his medication.

教，学，和分享

Natural language processing and text prediction? How economics is supposed to make everything better? How to encrypt your wifi?

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Whatever Joy I can muster.

我游览过的国家

Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

United States