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I’ve been interested in quantum finance, an interdisciplinary field that involves the application of quantum theories and methods to finance. It is becoming exceedingly important to be faster than ever, and we are nearing the upper limit of our current computational speeds. Applying quantum theories to solve our modern financial problems allows us to overcome current computational obstacles.

View a list of recent dissertations defended and dissertation proposals deposited.

The image of Japanese culture as a hybrid of Western modernity and Japanese tradition circulates both inside and outside of Japan. Bullet trains and capsule hotels coexist with kabuki theatre, Shinto shrines, and ryokans in contemporary society (or so the clichéd narrative goes!). My research concerns two genres of music that challenge this trope: contemporary music written for traditional Japanese instruments and J-pop.

"I chose to study human rights at Columbia [through this framework because I want] to address systematic violations of immigrant and refugee rights in the United States."