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A Kind of Person, or Kind-Of a Person? | Lillian (Lily) Tsai

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I close my eyes and imagine a world where I am only this: a violinist on a stage, where the music becomes my everything. I often play this way, temporarily blind to the reality that, after my final note fades, I will spend the rest of tonight staring blankly at a blinking terminal cursor. Music has many parallels with computer science research, at least the classical chamber music that I play. You investigate the structure of the piece (or program); you interpret what it means; and you collaborate with others to come up with a deeper understanding. But in other ways, the two clash horribly. Rehearsals often proceed as a research advisor’s worst nightmare, full of wild gesticulations and feelings. We tell each other to “spin the sound together in the space between notes” to unite the resonance of our instruments. We wind up inexplicably in tune with each other, and not just literally: with our eyes closed, we know exactly when to place the next note and when to breathe. We have a sixth

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