Jekyll2026-07-25T22:29:23+00:00https://www.senykamara.com/feed.xmlblankResearch on cryptography, privacy and surveillance, and a formal theory of power. Contextualizing Cryptography2026-03-28T06:01:00+00:002026-03-28T06:01:00+00:00https://www.senykamara.com/writing/2026/contextualizing-cryptographyCryptography research often feels disconnected from real-world impact because the field prioritizes abstract problem-solving over understanding societal effects. Explicitly discussing research goals could help align the field’s values with researchers’ actual motivations.]]>Escaping Flatland - STEM vs. Humanities Training2026-03-19T06:01:00+00:002026-03-19T06:01:00+00:00https://www.senykamara.com/writing/2026/escaping-flatlandTraditional STEM education trains students to oversimplify complex problems. Humanities training is essential to help computer scientists perceive the full dimensions of the real-world social problems they are building technologies to address.]]>Television as World Model Installation2026-03-14T21:01:00+00:002026-03-14T21:01:00+00:00https://www.senykamara.com/writing/2026/mediaWhat if we could extract the world model that television installs in its viewers? Some thoughts on media, world models, cultivation theory, and culture.]]>