Here are pictures from various trips I have taken to faraway (and not-so-faraway) places.

In addition to these directories, also see pictures from the Bab5 gathering that week, and from the Party At Ian's Place I threw at the end of the week.

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Me, in pre-ceremony regalia. The hood that I'm carrying in the picture will be placed on me by my thesis advisor during the ceremony. The blue-and-gold gown carries the colours of the University of California. The royal blue velvet on the gown and hood indicates the PhD degree. Most of the candidates at the ceremony have the plainer, generic black robes, rather than the UC-specific blue-and-gold (this makes me easier to spot in the following pictures). The PhD tam (hat) is also royal blue velvet, with a gold tassel (the side you wear the tassel on is not relevant for a PhD; the hood is the "has been conferred" indicator).

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I enter the stage of the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, along with the other PhD candidates and the faculty of the College of Engineering. The Masters and Bachelors candidates were seated just in front of the stage.

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I happen to be seated near the front of the stage.

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The Greek Theatre is pretty well packed by candidates (mostly in black, at the bottom of the seats), as well as parents and friends (mostly in white, at the top). It was pretty hot out that day. (My face got a little sunburn.)

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The opening ceremonies.

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The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred to the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students.

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My advisor (Eric Brewer, in the silver MIT regalia) and I approach centre stage.

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I am hooded by my advisor.

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This plane (drowning out some of the ceremony, ironically enough) congratulates the Engineering class of 2001.

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After the ceremony, now in regalia with hood.

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My family came down to Berkeley to see the ceremony.

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