Experience

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  Unicode Consortium

  • South San Francisco, California

  • Unicode proposal contributor

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • South San Francisco, California

    Contributor of character proposals, jointly written with Kirk MillerL2/23-207 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23207-historical-asteroids.pdf Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols (provisionally assigned in the pipeline)L2/23-276 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23276-quarter-tone-accidentals.pdf Unicode request for Stein-Zimmerman quarter-tone accidentalsL2/23-277 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23277-numbers-figured-bass.pdf Unicode request for digits with slashes used in figured bassL2/23-278 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23278-three-musical-symbols.pdf Unicode request for three musical symbolsL2/24-018 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/24018-one-chess-symbol.pdf Unicode request for one chess symbolL2/24-020 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/24020-shatranj-symbols.pdf Unicode request for shatranj symbols

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  Freelance

  • Writer

    • 2021 - Present

    Writing mathematics articles (e.g. at The Invariant magazine, University of Oxford)

  • Music Composer

    • Jan 2013 - Present

    Second Degree Award in the Golden Keys Composition Competition (International Division) 2016, Senior (International) Category, for piano solo work “Nocturne”, and was invited to perform my composition at the Ehrbar Hall in Vienna at the World Composers Recital at the Golden Key Music Festival (3 August 2016)Premiered my own completion of Franz Schubert’s unfinished Allegretto in C minor, D 900 at St Edmund Hall (12 February 2023)

  • Pianist

    • Jan 2003 - Present

    Piano performance and accompaniment at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, formal events (2019-2023)Runner-up - Oxfordshire Senior Concerto Competition (2022)Junior Academy Eppan, Audience Prize (2016)Grand Prize Virtuoso Piano Competition Vienna, First Prize, Advanced Category (2015) - Musikverein debutInaugural Junior Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas: Quarter-Finalist (2015)Milan Piano Talents Competition, Young Artists Category D, Second Prize (2015)American Protege International Concerto Competition, Absolute First Prize and Grand Award (2015) - Carnegie Hall debut6th Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, Third Prize Young Artist Category (2015)Malta International Piano Competition, Second Prize Youth Category II (2014)Piano accompanist for Raffles choirs3rd International Mozart Competition in Thailand, First Prize Category B (2013)Singapore Steinway Youth Piano Competition, First Prize Category 2 (2012)Performed for The President of Singapore, Young Performers Concert at the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay Singapore (2012)1st International Chopin Competition Singapore, Third Prize Category B (2010)19th International Young Musician Competition “Città di Barletta”, Italy, Category A: Absolute First Prize and Musica Asia Prize (2009)

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  Tom Rocks Maths

  • England, United Kingdom

  • Writing Intern

    • Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
    • England, United Kingdom

    Writing mathematical popularisation articles for https://tomrocksmaths.com/The Heat Equation and Wine Cellars (pub. 6 October 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/10/06/the-heat-equation-and-wine-cellars/How to Build a Settlement on Mercury with the Heat Equation (pub. 20 October 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/10/20/how-to-build-a-settlement-on-mercury-with-the-heat-equation/The Finite Calculus, Part I: Differentiation (pub. 27 October 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/10/27/the-finite-calculus/The Finite Calculus, Part II: Integration (pub. 1 November 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/11/01/the-finite-calculus-part-ii-integration/The 9 Regular Polyhedra (pub. 9 November 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/11/09/the-9-regular-polyhedra/The Ultimate Guide to Groups, Part I (pub. 16 November 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/11/16/the-ultimate-guide-to-groups-part-i/The Ultimate Guide to Groups, Part II (pub. 26 November 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/11/26/the-ultimate-guide-to-groups-part-ii/The Ultimate Guide to Groups, Part III (pub. 1 December 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/12/01/the-ultimate-guide-to-groups-part-iii/The Ultimate Guide to Groups, Part IV (pub. 15 December 2022) https://tomrocksmaths.com/2022/12/15/the-ultimate-guide-to-groups-part-iv/

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  University of Oxford

  • Oxford, England, United Kingdom

  • Research Internship

    • Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
    • Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    Research internship with Prof. Dan Ciubotaru at Mathematical Institute, on project "Conjugacy classes of Weyl groups"

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  Singapore Armed Forces

  • Singapore

  • Administrative Support Assistant

    • Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
    • Singapore

    Administrative Support Assistant for 36 Singapore Combat Engineers, including conducting and programming E-HR Audit. Commander's commendation: "made the entire self-audit process simple and easy."