What's going on everyone?
My name is Samuel Bosch, I'm a PhD candidate at MIT and this is a day in my life.
Enjoy!
In order to be as productive as possible, I get up at 5:00am every day.
Okay, so that was a complete lie.
Obviously, I don't get up at 5:00am, I get up at 8:00am, like a normal person.
And also I usually don't have a camera filming me
To wake myself up, I start the day with a few push-ups
And as a man of religion, I pray to my lord and savior every morning
Thank you Arnold
Before going to MIT, I try to get some work done at home, while eating breakfast
I also check my instagram for any new messages from you guys (@samuel.bosch)
And just before heading out i have to make the most difficult decision of the day: which
polo shirt should I wear?
So many options!
So I just got out of the house, and it's raining
I live next to Harvard University, so now I have a short bike ride,
along the Charles River, to get to MIT
It's not that bad, I mean, it gives you kind of a real Cambridge experience
Here we have John Harvard
The funny thing about his foot is, when we get close you can see, it's golden
So all the Harvard students always pee on that
So here we are at Winthrop House, it's one of the beautiful old dorms at Harvard University
And I'm just passing through it, so i can get to the Charles River
Okay, I really had enough of the rain already
It was fun for the first 5 minutes or so – now I'm not enjoying it anymore so much
Hello sir, how are you doing?
Do you have a moment to talk about Jesus, your Lord and Savior?
Don't run from the truth sir!
Sir!
Please stay here!
I believe I can fly!
I believe I can touch the sky!
I believe I can fly!
i just arrived at the famous Harvard bridge, and there's the Boston skyline
Ironically the Harvard bridge is actually the bridge that connects Boston to MIT
But, I guess there was no MIT when they named it Harvard bridge
Here we are at the famous MIT!
Okay this was without doubt the longest bike ride I ever had to MIT
Normally takes for like 10 minutes
I guess I just stopped too many times to talk to geese and sing
Morning Grecia!
Wait! Can you let us know...
You're already filmed ahahaha
I still need to do my hair
You need to do your hair?
Yeah!
Okay everyone, Grecia is gonna do her hair.
OMG!
Samuel!!!
Good morning Lara!
Good morning Bobak!
So I feel like it took me just 5 seconds to already piss-off everyone!
So I was running my simulations today – seems to have messed up something in the server
And I tried to restart it remotely, but for some reason it won't come back to life again
So now I actually have to physically walk over there and try to restart it in the server room
Warning! Door evil!
So guys this basement is just creeping me out
We are like 2 levels below ground
Legends say that many many years ago an undergraduate student got lost in these corridors in the basement
And he was never found
I don't actually know where the server room is – I'm kind of lost
So I was in here for maybe 2 minutes and my ears are almost bleeding
It was so loud in there it's crazy!
Anyways, I managed to restart the computer.
Let's see!
Should be fine!
Let's go back up!
I started running some simulations, it will actually take for 2 hours
I mean, normally, I should be coding something else in that time,
but instead I'm going to get some fresh air
My office is just up there, and here is the beautiful MIT dome
Here we have THE ugliest building in all of MIT
It's actually quite famous, because a few years ago a group of students played Tetris on the windows
In case you're wondering why I'm wearing these funny glasses, they're actually cameras, so
in case I want to film something real quick, I can just push a button and record
I'm going to show people our beautiful plants that we have in the office
That was dropped on the floor, but successfully saved
And these ones, we're gonna grow them – so they can grow all over the office
Steroids.
Steroids for plants!
I stole this coffee jug from the kitchen – Oh actually sorry
I borrowed!
So basically I've been knitting since I was a child
But during the pandemic I made a knitting Instagram account
And it's made me more excited about the hobby
Can you give a sales pitch why guys should start knitting?
Why guys should start knitting?
I find it kind of therapeutic.
I often knit before bed
I think it's better than looking at your phone before bed
You know, when you're doing a repetitive task, it helps clear your mind and relax you
You also then like have this appreciation for the thing that you made and want to keep it
Sascha!
Are you okay with being on camera?
Too late, sorry, I already put the camera in your face!
Sure!
So Sascha is a new student here from ETH Zürich
It's a good pronunciation!
That's my attempt to imitate the Swiss pronunciation – it's probably very bad
So what are you working on?
On quantum algorithms for algebraic topology
Oh wow, that's that's very buzzwordy!
I feel like all of our research is so buzzwordy!
Like quantum machine learning
That's true!
That's why it gets funded!
Oh yeah!
Then, I quickly pre-order my lunch and try to get some more reading done
A little productivity tip for you: we all got ourselves these quite inexpensive height-adjustable
desks, so we don't have to sit all day
Lara and I assembled them ourselves a few months ago
Okay, time to pick up my lunch
I eat the exact same high protein food every single day
An entire chicken with potatoes and salad
Arnold would be so proud of me
Lara, I got your favorite zazuki sauce
You texted me just at the right time
I can make an unboxing video
You know like they have it on the internet, when they open a new phone
So this is a chicken – and I'm gonna eat it!
We're heading to the class!
Yeah, so the class is 2.S372 and it "Designed and Analysis of Quantum Algorithms"
The nice thing is we get snacks halfway through
Yeah, because it's such a long class – it's a 3 hour long class
Today we were talking about so-called "quantum magic states"
Sounds like something out of a Harry Potter movie, but it's real quantum mechanics
At some point I get lost in all the equations, so Grecia and I started matching our pen colors
to our fingernails
Food, food, food, food!
What do we have today?
So yeah, we just came out of the class.
It lasted for three hours
I think it was quite interesting.
What you guys think?
Yeah, it was quite interesting
Although after 3 hours, I just loose focus
At the end, I was just tired
What's up guys, so I got some more research done, and now my girlfriend Melissa is here!
Hey guys!
We'll be working a bit more on the YouTube channel
We're gonna hop over to the library, we're gonna work a bit on the script
This is like the typical spot where people take touristy pictures
And every time we're here, people always ask me to take their picture, because they think
I'm a professional photographer
But really, I'm just doing the YouTube stuff
We're gonna quickly go to the Charles River, to watch some of the sailing boats
Word pronunciations with Melissa in English!
Albert Einstein
Einstein!
Tomato
Potato
I'm not gonna say potato!
Really?
That sounds pretentious
Louis Vuitton.
Louis Vuitton is correct
Ohhh really?
First American who said it correctly!
We have to get all the way up there
Where do we climb?
It's kind of embarrassing it took me almost a year to figure out how to get up there
I didn't actually know that there was anything under the dome
And I tried to walk up there, and completely got lost
Next up we made a quick stop at the so-called "Banana Lounge"
It's a place where mostly undergrads study, and they have an unlimited free banana supply
for everyone at MIT
Okay, so my idea is we can write about the QSVT paper
Quantum Singular Value Transformation
Yeah, this is like mechanical engineering – No comment! We're better than that!
At least my major actually produces things
That's true!
This is a house
And then I integrate this
And I do magical quantum stuff
And this is how we're going to solve the PSET
You're a genius!
I really don't see you doing anything?
I am giving moral support here
My contribution...
Your contribution!
For the 500th time Melissa's getting lost
Now she realizes she's walking the wrong direction
Melissa?
Stop it!
So, now we are entering the MIT Innovation Headquarters
This is where all the startups at MIT happen
Including this YouTube channel
There's an event happening up there
Otherwise I would show you directly where we do all the filming
Okay, so we still have to reshoot some scene for the video about "how to get into MIT"
If you haven't already watched it, you can have a look at it!
Yeah, so let's get started!
All right so we are done with filming for today and now we're going to my favorite place on earth!
The gym at MIT
Are you joining?
Yeah man let's go!
So we're going to do a 2-hour workout
2 hours?
Let's do 3!
3-hours?
At least 3, come on Samuel!
Until midnight!
You're gonna meet all my gym bros there
Come on!
2 more!
Just for the record, that's our warmup weight!
Okay, so it's just after 11:00pm, and I'm on my way home
So I fit to this GoPro on my bicycle again, so I can film the way home
All right guys, so I just got home – it's been a very fun but long day
It's almost midnight here!
The workout was great!
And now it's time for my post-workout snack
This is going to be my famous 12-poached egg à la Samuel
It wouldn't exactly win a Michelin star for the presentation
But hey – proteins!
So I'm done with my food – I have to be really quiet because, my flatmates are already
sleeping
But yeah, in case you haven't noticed – I haven't really spoken about my research
So, if you're interested in what I actually do for my PhD, you can click over here
If you want to get admitted to MIT as a Bachelor or Master's student you can click over here
Or if you want to do your PhD at MIT, like I am, click over here (coming soon)
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I'll see you next time! Bye!