Meeting Me in Person / Office Hours
Please see my calendar.
Social Networks
I actively use
Google Plus,
Facebook,
Bluesky,
Twitter/X,
and
Mastodon.
I used to answer questions on Quora. I don't any longer, but some of my answers may still be of interest.
Some of my work is public on GitHub.
Solely to avoid identity theft, I also have an account on LinkedIn. I don't use it, so please don't message me on it, etc.
Note that any accounts other than the above are not mine.
Before contacting me, it would be really helpful to read these two essays, about 80% of which nicely sum up my own thinking/situation. They will hence help you better craft your email/request to me, and to people like me in general:
- Paul Graham's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule (I'm a maker)
- Mattan Griffel's How to get a busy person to respond to your email (like everyone else, I'm busy)
If you're a... | Use... | But first... |
---|---|---|
Brown CS person | Brown email |
Email away! I'm here for you! But please first read the above essays. |
Non-CS Brown person | Brown email |
Feel free to email me, though if it's about projects or startup
opportunities, be forewarned that I'm unlikely to have time for them. But please first read the above essays. |
High school student | See below | I am extremely unlikely to take on high school students. I have worked with only about one per decade. If you have an exceptional background that is specialized to me, please follow the instructions below for prospective PhD students and explain exactly what your specialized background is. |
Prospective PhD student, postdoc, intern, ... | See below |
Thanks for your interest, but please
read this first.
If you don't I will know, and I'm afraid I will have to ignore your message. In particular, if you are a prospective PhD student, you may find my FAQ useful. It will also help you understand why I ask you to read the above first. |
Fellow educator, researcher, collaborator, ... | See below | Fire away! |
Business or legal consulting contact | See below | I do a handful for interesting clients. Start here, and we'll move the conversation to the appropriate medium. |
Anyone else | See below | Please understand that I get up to 100 non-spam email messages every day. If you are expecting me to do something for you (including reply), please first read the above essays! |
My email address for non-Brown people is <shriram.forward@gmail.com
>.
Please note that I am trying to practice Slow Email, so don't expect instant replies.
Administrative Assistant
But don't contact her to get in touch with me, schedule something with me, etc. I manage my own correspondence and calendar. Just contact me.
Office Location
I work in the building known on campus as “the CIT”; see directions by various forms of transport.
My office number is 377. If you're sufficiently nerdy, you can think
of it as 0400 - 1
.
From the front entrance of the CIT, take the two sets of doors to get to the main atrium. Take either elevator up to the third floor. Exit the elevator and go past the stairs right in front of you to the atrium, in the direction of the glass windows. As you head in that direction, room 377 is along the wall to your left.
Phone
FAX: +1 401-863-7657 (please put my name on the cover sheet)
Phone:
Email me to schedule a call. I have disconnected my office phone, so calling any official number you find is pointless.
Postal Addresses
For a shipper (like FedEx) who wants a street address, use
Shriram KrishnamurthiFor regular postal mail, use
Computer Science Department
Brown University
115 Waterman Street, FOURTH Floor
Providence, RI 02912
USA
+1 401-863-7600 (department's reception, always staffed during working hours)
Shriram Krishnamurthi
Computer Science Department
Box 1910, Brown University
Providence, RI 02912-1910
USA