TPUs for Reinforcement Learning and Behavioral ModelingGiven that you have created a TPU deployment on GCP, you are now probably trying to figure out how to run your carefully crafted training on this compute. This overview will highlight my learning fromMar 15 路 8 min readblog.alves.world
Familiar Monitoring of TPU WorkloadsHow can I see the usage of my TPU chip? Can I run nvtop on a TPU machine? These were some of the biggest questions I had when I started working with zt for my research. When running code on a TPU basMar 10 路 2 min readblog.alves.world
A Reproducible LaTeX Thesis Workflow with CI/CD and Public PDF Links on Your Own Terms.Before I started the heavy work on my thesis, I wanted to make sure down the line I can focus as much on just content and I wont end up spending time fighting with configs and struggling to manage my Mar 8 路 3 min readblog.alves.world
Game Theoretic Exploration of Rio's Traffic Information Signaling PatternsIn Rio de Janeiro, you will see motorcyclists lane split, especially when a red light has blocked the intersection and there all lanes queued with cars. As they go between cars they beep to let other know of their presence. this is an intended safety...Jan 6 路 4 min readblog.alves.world
AI Built It. You Still Have to Make It Work.The value in being able to create software in AI comes from the many different ways it can be developed for any specific objective you have in mind. It usually starts with identifying a problem you are trying to solve, and you might put it into v0 or...Oct 24, 2025 路 5 min readblog.alves.world
