# Research --- **Jun 2026:** Open-source LLMs administer maximum electric shocks in a Milgram-like obedience experiment ([arXiv](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.21401)) * With [Roland Pihlakas](https://github.com/levitation) (part of our [Three Laws](https://threelaws.net/) research collaboration) * We ran a Milgram-style obedience test on 11 open-source LLMs across 8 conditions. Most models reach or approach the maximum shock level before refusing, which mirrors the original human study. The paper proposes a token-level pattern-continuation mechanism as a possible driver of compliance. --- **Jun 2023:** Phasor Analysis of the Symmetric Crisscrossed-assisted Coupled-Ring Reflector ([official](https://doi.org/10.1109/WOCC58016.2023.10139652)) * With [Avram J. Gutierrez](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C6SvytoAAAAJ&hl=en), [Benjamin B. Dingel](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8BpYFLUAAAAJ&hl=en), [Joel T. Maquiling](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joel-Maquiling), and [David Jonas P. Bambalan](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R0LuHnUAAAAJ&hl=en) (part of my work with [Ateneo ROSES Lab](https://roses.ateneoinnovation.org/)) * Presented in the 2023 32nd Wireless and Optical Communications Conference, May 2023 * We compared the phasor behavior of a crisscrossed coupled-ring reflector (X-CRR) against the standard coupled-ring reflector (CRR) design used in photonic circuits. The X-CRR's phasor diagram is largely a stretched, rotated version of the CRR's, meaning small changes in input frequency produce larger swings in the output. That extra sensitivity is a plausible lever for sharper channel selection in telecom filtering, though this paper only characterizes the property theoretically and doesn't test it in a working filter. --- **Nov 2021:** Balancing the Pedagogical and Practical Concerns in Remote Higher Education: A Cyberethnography ([official](https://library.apsce.net/index.php/ICCE/article/view/4266/4141)) * With [Jose Eos Trinidad](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tuWvVX4AAAAJ&hl=en), [Samantha Joan Ackary](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samantha-Ackary), [Lyka Janelle Pacleb](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lyka-Janelle-Pacleb), and [Sophia Sue Tabanao](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiatabanao/) (part of my internship with [Ateneo SALT Institute](https://www.ateneo.edu/gbseald/salt)) * Presented in the 29th International Conference on Computers in Education, Nov 2021 * We conducted a cyberethnography of a university Facebook group and an anonymous student forum during COVID-era remote learning. We found that student and faculty debates centered on three tensions: workload versus rigor, flexibility versus accountability, and integrity versus accommodation. --- **Dec 2020:** Circuit analogue of relativistic aberration of light using low-cost, low-complexity operational amplifier-based all-pass filters (APFs) ([official](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6404/abb56b)) * With [Benjamin Dingel](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8BpYFLUAAAAJ&hl=en), [Krystel Iris de Castro](https://www.linkedin.com/in/krysteldecastro/), [Nathaniel Libatique](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Blg5Xi0AAAAJ&hl=en), and [Carlos Oppus](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1m8uweMAAAAJ&hl=en) (part of my work with [Ateneo ROSES Lab](https://roses.ateneoinnovation.org/)) * Published in the European Journal of Physics in Dec 2020 * We also presented this as a conference paper back in Oct 2020 at the 38th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference as "Low-cost, low-complexity electronic analogue of the phenomenon known as Relativistic Aberration of Light using OP-AMP-based All-Pass Filter circuits" * We built a low-cost electronic circuit, an all-pass filter, whose output phase shift stands in for the angle of relativistic aberration of light, which is a Special Relativity effect. The analogy holds up across theory, circuit simulation, and a working experiment, so we thought about using it as a teaching tool in undergraduate physics. --- [CV](https://bit.ly/ld_cv) · [Substack](https://halfbakedtheories.substack.com/) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/llenzl/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/ramennaut) · [Feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/lenz)