Matt Bracher-Smith

Matt Bracher-Smith

Husband and father by day. And also by night. Heroic, handsome, selfless, humble. I’ve been called many things. Unfortunately none of them are listed here. I write about things and stuff. I’m trying to specialise a bit, so I might just write about things.

Welcome to my blog! Tutorials for lessons are over in the teaching tab. Nonsensical rambling is in the blog posts. Enjoy.

Recent posts

On writing styles in scientific publishing

4 minute read

Today I came across something while working on a paper with a collaborator. Let’s call them Kevin (yes, I just watched Home Alone). You see, Kevin’s great. E...

Using GPUs in an HPC setting

6 minute read

Whenever I’ve seen instructions on how to use a GPU on an HPC cluster, it almost always just tells you to use the --gres flag, and then not much else. Maybe ...

Most aren’t even useful

2 minute read

I love the quotation “All models are wrong. Some are useful”. I like to whisper it to myself before I fall asleep. Sometimes I say it enouragingly to the R c...

How to learn industry things as an academic

4 minute read

This is the blog equivalent of a William present, so-named after Just William, wherein you give someone a gift so that you can play with it yourself. This is...