Merge pull request #2 from alanpapalia/update

Update

Author: alanpapalia

Dockerfile

@@ -11,9 +11,41 @@ ENV LANGUAGE en_US:en
 ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8  
 
 # add ruby and jekyll
-RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends ruby-full build-essential zlib1g-dev -y 
-RUN apt-get install imagemagick -y 
-RUN apt-get clean \
+RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+    ruby-full \
+    build-essential \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    gnupg \
+    python3 \
+    python3-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libgmp-dev \
+    ninja-build \
+    clang \
+    imagemagick \
+    xz-utils \
+    unzip \
+    git \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/
+    
+# Install additional packages that help building V8/libv8 (used by mini_racer)
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+    g++-multilib \
+    libc++-dev \
+    libc++abi-dev \
+    libgtk-3-dev \
+    libasound2-dev \
+    libx11-dev \
+    libx11-xcb-dev \
+    libv8-dev || true \
+    nodejs \
+    npm \
+    && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/
 # ENV GEM_HOME='root/gems' \
 #     PATH="root/gems/bin:${PATH}"

Gemfile

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ group :jekyll_plugins do
     gem 'jekyll-sitemap'
     gem 'jekyll-twitter-plugin'
     gem 'jemoji'
-    gem 'mini_racer'
+    # mini_racer builds a native V8 extension which can be difficult to compile
+    # inside minimal Docker images. If you have trouble building it locally,
+    # comment it out to use the system Node.js runtime (ExecJS) instead.
+    # gem 'mini_racer'
     gem 'unicode_utils'
     gem 'webrick'
 end

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Makefile to manage Docker/Jekyll for this project
+# Usage: make <target>
+
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+COMPOSE = docker compose
+COMPOSE_LOCAL = docker compose -f docker-local.yml
+CONTAINER = al-folio-website
+CONTAINER_LOCAL = al-folio-local-website
+IMAGE = al-folio-local-docker
+PORT ?= 8080
+
+.PHONY: help build compose-build up up-local down down-local logs logs-local enter enter-local clean ps status
+
+help:
+	@echo "Makefile targets:"
+	@echo "  make build           - docker build image (uses Dockerfile)"
+	@echo "  make compose-build   - docker-compose build (docker-local.yml)"
+	@echo "  make up              - start site with prebuilt image (docker-compose.yml)"
+	@echo "  make up-local        - build image and start using docker-local.yml"
+	@echo "  make down            - stop services (docker-compose.yml)"
+	@echo "  make down-local      - stop services (docker-local.yml)"
+	@echo "  make logs            - follow logs (docker-compose.yml)"
+	@echo "  make logs-local      - follow logs (docker-local.yml)"
+	@echo "  make enter           - bash into running prebuilt container"
+	@echo "  make enter-local     - bash into running local container"
+	@echo "  make clean           - remove Gemfile.lock and _site/"
+	@echo "  make ps              - show docker-compose ps"
+	@echo "  make status          - docker ps filtered for al-folio containers"
+
+build:
+	@echo "Building image $(IMAGE)..."
+	docker build -t $(IMAGE) .
+
+compose-build:
+	@echo "Running docker-compose build (docker-local.yml)..."
+	$(COMPOSE_LOCAL) build
+
+up:
+	@echo "Starting site from prebuilt image (docker-compose.yml) on port $(PORT)..."
+	$(COMPOSE) up --remove-orphans --force-recreate -d
+
+up-local:
+	@echo "Building image and starting local container (docker-local.yml) on port $(PORT)..."
+	$(COMPOSE_LOCAL) up --build --remove-orphans --force-recreate -d
+
+down:
+	@echo "Stopping services (docker-compose.yml)..."
+	$(COMPOSE) down
+
+down-local:
+	@echo "Stopping services (docker-local.yml)..."
+	$(COMPOSE_LOCAL) down
+
+logs:
+	$(COMPOSE) logs -f
+
+logs-local:
+	$(COMPOSE_LOCAL) logs -f
+
+enter:
+	@echo "Entering container $(CONTAINER)..."
+	docker exec -it $(CONTAINER) /bin/bash || docker exec -it $(CONTAINER) /bin/sh
+
+enter-local:
+	@echo "Entering container $(CONTAINER_LOCAL)..."
+	docker exec -it $(CONTAINER_LOCAL) /bin/bash || docker exec -it $(CONTAINER_LOCAL) /bin/sh
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning Gemfile.lock and _site/ ..."
+	-rm -f Gemfile.lock
+	-rm -rf _site
+
+ps:
+	$(COMPOSE) ps
+
+status:
+	docker ps --filter "name=al-folio" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}"

README.md

@@ -22,116 +22,6 @@ If you like the theme, give it a star!
 [![Preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alshedivat/al-folio/master/assets/img/al-folio-preview.png)](https://alshedivat.github.io/al-folio/)
 
 
-## User community
-
-The vibrant community of **al-folio** users is growing!
-Academics around the world use this theme for their homepages, blogs, lab pages, as well as webpages for courses, workshops, conferences, meetups, and more.
-Check out the community webpages below.
-Feel free to add your own page(s) by sending a PR.
-
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td>Academics</td>
-<td>
-<a href="https://maruan.alshedivat.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~chen1ru/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://maithraraghu.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://platanios.org" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://otiliastr.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/~sxwc62/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://jessachandler.com/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://mayankm96.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://markdean.info/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://kakodkar.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://sahirbhatnagar.com/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://spd.gr/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://jay-sarkar.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://aborowska.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://aditisgh.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://alexhaydock.co.uk/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://alixkeener.net/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://andreea7b.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://rishabhjoshi.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://sheelabhadra.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://giograno.me/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://immsrini.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://apooladian.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://chinmoy-dutta.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://liamcli.com/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://yoonholee.com/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://zrqiao.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://abstractgeek.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://www.compphys.de/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://julianstreyczek.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://sdaza.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://niweera.gq" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://www.alihkw.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://amirpourmand.ir" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://scottleechua.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://sk1y101.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://yyang768osu.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://veedata.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://K-Wu.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://amalawilson.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://tirtharajdash.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://carolinacarreira.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://manandey.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://johanneshoerner.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://ioannismavromatis.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://taidnguyen.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://lbugnon.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://joahannes.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://dominikstrb.github.io" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://tylerbarna.com" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://daviddmc.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://andreaskuster.ch/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://ellisbrown.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://noman-bashir.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://djherron.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://rodosingh.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://vdivakar.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://george-gca.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://bashirkazimi.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://dohaison.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>Labs</td>
-<td>
-<a href="https://www.haylab.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://sjkimlab.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://systemconsultantgroup.github.io/scg-folio/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://decisionlab.ucsf.edu/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://programming-group.com/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://sailing-lab.github.io/" target="_blank">★</a>
-<a href="https://inbt.jhu.edu/epidiagnostics/" target="_blank">★</a>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>Courses</td>
-<td>
-CMU PGM (<a href="https://sailinglab.github.io/pgm-spring-2019/" target="_blank">S-19</a>) <br>
-CMU DeepRL (<a href="https://cmudeeprl.github.io/703website_f19/" target="_blank">F-19</a>, <a href="https://cmudeeprl.github.io/Spring202010403website/" target="_blank">S-20</a>, <a href="https://cmudeeprl.github.io/703website/" target="_blank">F-20</a>, <a href="https://cmudeeprl.github.io/403_website/" target="_blank">S-21</a>, <a href="https://cmudeeprl.github.io/703website_f21/" target="_blank">F-21</a>, <a href="https://cmudeeprl.github.io/403website_s22/" target="_blank">S-22</a>) <br>
-CMU MMML (<a href="https://cmu-multicomp-lab.github.io/mmml-course/fall2020/" target="_blank">F-20</a>, <a href="https://cmu-multicomp-lab.github.io/mmml-course/fall2022/" target="_blank">F-22</a>) <br>
-CMU AMMML (<a href="https://cmu-multicomp-lab.github.io/adv-mmml-course/spring2022/" target="_blank">S-22</a>, <a href="https://cmu-multicomp-lab.github.io/adv-mmml-course/spring2023/" target="_blank">S-23</a>) <br>
-CMU ASI (<a href="https://cmu-multicomp-lab.github.io/asi-course/spring2023/" target="_blank">S-23</a>) <br>
-CMU Distributed Systems (<a href="https://andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-440/" target="_blank">S-21</a>)
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>Conferences & workshops</td>
-<td>
-ICLR Blog Post Track (<a href="https://iclr-blogposts.github.io/2023/" target="_blank">2023</a>) <br>
-ML Retrospectives (NeurIPS: <a href="https://ml-retrospectives.github.io/neurips2019/" target="_blank">2019</a>, <a href="https://ml-retrospectives.github.io/neurips2020/" target="_blank">2020</a>; ICML: <a href="https://ml-retrospectives.github.io/icml2020/" target="_blank">2020</a>) <br>
-HAMLETS (NeurIPS: <a href="https://hamlets-workshop.github.io/" target="_blank">2020</a>) <br>
-ICBINB (NeurIPS: <a href="https://i-cant-believe-its-not-better.github.io/" target="_blank">2020</a>, <a href="https://i-cant-believe-its-not-better.github.io/neurips2021/" target="_blank">2021</a>) <br>
-Neural Compression (ICLR: <a href="https://neuralcompression.github.io/" target="_blank">2021</a>) <br>
-Score Based Methods (NeurIPS: <a href="https://score-based-methods-workshop.github.io/" target="_blank">2022</a>)<br>
-Images2Symbols (CogSci: <a href="https://images2symbols.github.io/" target="_blank"> 2022</a>)
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
 
 ## Lighthouse PageSpeed Insights
 
@@ -140,31 +30,32 @@ Images2Symbols (CogSci: <a href="https://images2symbols.github.io/" target="_bla
 
 ## Table Of Contents
 
-  * [User community](#user-community)
-  * [Lighthouse PageSpeed Insights](#lighthouse-pagespeed-insights)
-  * [Getting started](#getting-started)
-    + [Installation](#installation)
+- [al-folio](#al-folio)
+  - [Lighthouse PageSpeed Insights](#lighthouse-pagespeed-insights)
+  - [Table Of Contents](#table-of-contents)
+  - [Getting started](#getting-started)
+    - [Installation](#installation)
       - [Local setup using Docker (Recommended on Windows)](#local-setup-using-docker-recommended-on-windows)
       - [Local Setup (Standard)](#local-setup-standard)
       - [Deployment](#deployment)
       - [Upgrading from a previous version](#upgrading-from-a-previous-version)
-    + [FAQ](#faq)
-  * [Features](#features)
-    + [Publications](#publications)
-    + [Collections](#collections)
-    + [Layouts](#layouts)
+    - [FAQ](#faq)
+  - [Features](#features)
+    - [Publications](#publications)
+    - [Collections](#collections)
+    - [Layouts](#layouts)
       - [The iconic style of Distill](#the-iconic-style-of-distill)
-      - [Full support for math & code](#full-support-for-math--code)
+      - [Full support for math \& code](#full-support-for-math--code)
       - [Photos](#photos)
-    + [Other features](#other-features)
+    - [Other features](#other-features)
       - [GitHub repositories and user stats](#github-repositories-and-user-stats)
       - [Theming](#theming)
       - [Social media previews](#social-media-previews)
       - [Atom (RSS-like) Feed](#atom-rss-like-feed)
       - [Related posts](#related-posts)
-  * [Contributing](#contributing)
-    + [Core Contributors](#core-contributors)
-  * [License](#license)
+  - [Contributing](#contributing)
+    - [Maintainers](#maintainers)
+  - [License](#license)
 
 ## Getting started
 

_includes/research_highlights.html

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!-- Research Highlights -->
+<h2>research in action</h2>
+
+<div class="row mt-3">
+  <div class="col-sm-4 mt-3 mt-md-0">
+    <a href="{{ '/gallery/#slam--localization' | relative_url }}">
+      {% include figure.html path="assets/img/new_imgs/mit_outdoor_cora_solution.gif" alt="CORA SLAM" class="img-fluid rounded z-depth-1" %}
+    </a>
+    <div class="caption">
+      SLAM optimization
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  
+  <div class="col-sm-4 mt-3 mt-md-0">
+    <a href="{{ '/gallery/#cora-certifiable-optimization-for-slam' | relative_url }}">
+      {% include figure.html path="assets/img/new_imgs/rotating_spectrahedron.gif" alt="Optimization Geometry" class="img-fluid rounded z-depth-1" %}
+    </a>
+    <div class="caption">
+      Convex optimization
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  
+  <div class="col-sm-4 mt-3 mt-md-0">
+    <a href="{{ '/gallery/#field-deployments' | relative_url }}">
+      {% include figure.html path="assets/img/new_imgs/alan_brendan_river_experiments.jpg" alt="Field Robotics" class="img-fluid rounded z-depth-1" %}
+    </a>
+    <div class="caption">
+      Field experiments
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 1rem;">
+  <a href="{{ '/gallery/' | relative_url }}">view full gallery →</a>
+</p>

_pages/about.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ See the information on my
 I also welcome inquiries from prospective postdocs, and
 University of Michigan undergrads.
 
-## A bit about me
+## A Bit About Me
 
 I am an (incoming) Assistant Professor to the University of Michigan.
 <!--  -->
@@ -42,24 +42,15 @@ explore and monitor challenging environments, with a particular focus on
 underwater environments. We work on the tools that will allow
 future robots to autonomously study and understand the natural world.
 
-<!-- My PhD research focused on enabling long-term, low-cost underwater navigation (a
-serious limitation to widespread autonomous ocean observation). This direction
-led to the development of a
-<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.11614">state-of-the-art SLAM backend</a> --
-built on tools from optimization, geometry, and graph theory -- that is both
-faster than existing methods and provides rigorous performance guarantees. This
-paints a picture of future work I am interested in: solving fundamental robotics
-problems that are motivated by important societal challenges. -->
-
-### Honors and awards
+### Honors and Awards
 
 - 2025 Robotics: Science and Systems Pioneer
 - 2024 Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Best Paper Award
 - MathWorks Fellow
 - Woods Hole Next Wave Fellow
 - Undersea Technology Innovation Scholar
 
-### Roadmap for Climate Robotics
+### Roadmap for Climate-Relevant Robotics
 
 If you're interested in the future of robotics and how it can help us
 understand, mitigate, and adapt to climate change, check out this

_pages/cv.md

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ title: CV
 nav: true
 nav_order: 4
 cv_pdf: cv.pdf
-last_updated: January 2024
+last_updated: December 2025
 ---