I'm Vivin Paliath. I'm the CTO and Co-Founder of Basata, a Healthtech and AI company (we use AI to eliminate administrative backlog at specialty clinics). I've been working professionally as a Software Engineer for over 20 years, and have been writing code for over 30. I'm also a Computer Scientist, having earned my PhD in Computer Science in 2023. The title of my thesis was Modeling State to Improve Defensive Cyberattack Strategies. I am also a veteran; I served in the Arizona Army National guard from 2000 to 2009, and served a tour in Iraq from 2005 to 2006. In 2018 I received a scholarship from the Pat Tillman Foundation, becoming a Tillman Scholar.
I'm a nerd and I pretty much enjoy all kinds of nerdy stuff which includes, but is not limited to Computers, Science Fiction, and Science. I also enjoy Latin Dancing, especially Salsa and Bachata. I like to play the piano and guitar, both at a very amateur level and I also like singing. Oh, and I love to read. I was born in India, grew up in Oman and moved to the United States when I was 17. I have been living here since.
I've maintained this site in various forms since 1999. Originally, it was a very 90's site complete with animated gifs, bright colors, and information about aliens and UFO's. The site lived on Arizona State University's general server (running Solaris). Later, I think in late 2000 or early 2001, my good friend Marc Chung let me host my site on his server (running FreeBSD). In 2002 I built my own server (also running FreeBSD) and I've been hosting my site on it since then. I had my own (hopelessly inadequate and hacked together) blogging engine that I used to display my blogs. In 2009 I migrated over to WordPress. In the years that I've maintained this site it has never really departed from its purpose: a place for me to record my thoughts, opinions, and interests, and also a place to record accounts of significant events in my life.