Curriculum Vitæ
Contact
- University of Texas at Austin
- Computer Science
- You can figure it out, TX, USA
- I'd rather not
- I'd truly rather not
- [email protected]
- https://benjamincai.com
Uh
I got a latex resume somewhere, lemme find it rq.
Word of warning, I have not updated it in some time, and it was also used for, I think, jobs, idk, doesn’t have much other stuff on it. So, uh, I will do what is absolutely necessary for the well-being of this site and add a more extended resume, focused on no job stuff, down here.
Programming
I made some cool projects like Chess Hangman (warning: it’s very zoomed in). I also learned a lot about a lot of different fields, mostly phylogenetics (here’s a summary (LaTeX report) and a presentation (LaTeX Beamer) I gave at the Oden Institute for one of the projects that I’ve worked on in phylogenetics, ViralSim). I did a lot of other stuff (most of which is not actually on GitHub but instead on Codeberg. A lot of math was learned through programming… or maybe it was the other way around. Yeah, it was probably the other way around.
Piano
I’ve been playing for a pretty long time (can’t really remember though). I probably got serious about piano during quarantine and practiced the most freshman and sophomore year of high school. Like, at its peak, probably an hour on weekdays and God-knows-how-long-on-weekends. I quite like the piano and would like to continue playing. My current repertoire (as of 6/24/2025) has Ballade 1, Ballade 4, Heroic Polonaise, Waldstein 3rd Movement, Fantasia in C Minor (hopefully Fugue too), and (probably) 1st movement of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 (though I’d have to look at that concerto again). Here’s my YouTube, where I might post more piano again.
Oh, also, I just want to mention that Moszkowski 1 is a very nice piece (especially the second movement which I never played in a real capacity). Search it up, and at least listen to the full second movement!
Chess
I’m pretty bad at chess man. It’s quite sad. I used to…actually, I think I’m at my peak rn. Either way, I should probably practice chess more. Yk, my coach once said, a chess player is like a shark. Sharks need to constantly swim to breathe/survive. Chess players need to constantly practice to breathe/survive too. I don’t practice. That’s probably bad.
Most tournaments I’ve played in are in my public studies at my lichess account.
Creative Writing
Too personal, sorry man, but like most things I do, it could do with more practice.