TheoryFest: Short Takes

So far, the tutorials appear to have been well attended, The DL tutorial had a full house in a big room, but the other two tutorials did pretty well to. The plenary talks (the reason I'm here) start today and it will be interesting to see what kind of attendance we see.

The business meeting will reveal the official numbers: indications are that they will be quite good especially considering we're not in the US.

Montreal is a nice town. My AirBnB is right next to Chinatown and we're pretty much in the center of everything. The parts I've walked through have this kind of pacing with cul de sacs, pedestrian-only areas, main roads, and parks that feels like well-paced musical composition.