I am not the author of the thesis and I found your post absurd and offensive. Given the author's CV, he obviously has far better use of his time than visiting

I am not the author of the thesis and I found your post absurd and offensive. Given the author's CV, he obviously has far better use of his time than visiting HN, much less submitting his thesis for a scant few eyeballs. As to the thesis, the MIT page has an informative synopsis. The thesis has received distinguished citation from both MIT and ACM, and the subject matter is entirely relevant to interests of a subset of HN readers, which clearly does not include yourself. https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/ghaffari_0702269 https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/ghaffari_0702269 https://people.inf.ethz.ch/gmohsen/Short-CV.pdf https://people.inf.ethz.ch/gmohsen/Short-CV.pdf > a friend ... offering me $100 ... Some say a man is known by the company he keeps.