A personal anthology · Adelaide · MMXXVI
Computer Science student, major in Artificial Intelligence, and Undergraduate Researcher at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide.
I research Human Motion Synthesis — teaching generative models to produce realistic human movement — and I love building practical things where research meets software.
You left off at —
Goal. Passion. Discipline.
IChapter the First
A short introduction to the person writing these pages, and to the work behind them.
Hi, I'm Alden — a third-year Computer Science student at the University of Adelaide, majoring in Artificial Intelligence. I work as an Undergraduate Researcher at AIML on Human Motion Synthesis, and I love building practical things at the intersection of research and software.
Outside the lab, you'll find me cycling, working out, or tinkering with new technologies.
Investigating Human Motion Synthesis and generative models at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning.
From hackathons to volunteer platforms — designing experiences that feel purposeful and intuitive.
Always experimenting with new stacks, refining my craft, and translating ideas into polished builds.
Illumination — a particle network: points that link when they come close.
IIChapter the Second
Notes from the laboratory bench — a record of current and prior investigations at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning.
AIML, University of Adelaide
Investigating generative models to synthesise realistic human motion sequences.
Combining data streams from multiple motion sensors for enhanced body tracking.
Exploratory project on automated visual object counting from image data.
Select a method to highlight the plates that use it.
Illumination — Conway's Game of Life (1970). Move your cursor across the page to seed new cells.
IIIChapter the Third
Papers, preprints and talks — the formal record of the work, each with its abstract, links and citation.
Papers, preprints and talks will be listed here as they appear — each with its abstract, links to the paper and code, and a citation ready to copy.
IVChapter the Fourth
A small catalogue of projects, set as three plates. Choose any entry to read it in full.
Volunteer Connect
A platform pairing volunteers with the projects that need them.
React · Node.js · UI/UX
Read entry
Comprehensive Emergency Guide
Calm, clear step-by-step guidance for emergencies.
Accessibility · JavaScript · Content Design
Read entry
IVNo. 01 · 2024
Bringing together communities and organisations with just a few clicks — a platform that pairs passionate volunteers with the projects that need them.
IVNo. 02 · 2023
Step-by-step emergency guidance — calm, clear, and designed to save lives in the moments that matter most.
IVNo. 03 · 2022
An eye-tracking module and a companion mobile app for diagnosing and supporting children with dyslexia. Built as a school research project.
VChapter the Fifth
An institutional account, from earliest beginnings to the present day.
Bachelor of Computer Science (Advanced), Major in AI
Specialised in Computer Science — Competitive Programming
Senior Patrol Leader — Dinh Bo Linh Troop
VIChapter the Sixth
Loose pages from a commonplace book — thoughts, half-formed essays, and the small things worth keeping in the margin.
Every paper I read in my first month at AIML felt like a closed door — equations I couldn't yet hear, results that read like rumour. Then one afternoon I gave up on understanding and started copying out, by hand, the bits I didn't.
Marginalia is the slow accretion of those questions. A page held open so they don't drift away.
A body in motion is, briefly, a curve. Diffusion learns the curves; the real trick is teaching it which curves a person would actually walk.
On researchDiscipline is a love letter you write to your future self, and post in advance.
— a note to self, March
On craftThe plane trees along North Terrace turn rust at exactly four o'clock; I have stopped trying to work through that hour.
Notes from a life— the margins are always open. If a page sparked something, write back.
Illumination — a hearth: something warm to read by.
VIIChapter the Seventh
If something herein moved you, write back.
Dear Reader,
Should you wish to begin a conversation — about a project, a research idea, or simply to say hello — please write. I'd be delighted to hear from you.
Illumination — Reynolds' boids (1986): letters in flight. They scatter from your cursor.
Colophon
This anthology is set in Cormorant Garamond, Newsreader and IBM Plex Mono, and typeset by hand for the web in MMXXVI. Thank you, dear reader, for turning these pages.