Project now on Google Code

I was introduced to using Google Code recently by my fellow graduate student Niels. Before, I didn't know how awesome it was... but now I know. I had always looked through it and knew that open source projects were hosted there but I never knew how easy it was to make your own project and interface svn with it. I am excited about being able to continuously back up my work as I make changes to it. The source browsing feature is absolutely amazing. The other features such as the wiki I may never use, but I appreciate them.

My new Google Code project: minerswarm

I added pretty much all code (python scripts mostly), data (results, swarm position data) and papers (LaTeX source, PDFs, images, etc.) that have to do with my dissertation research.

October 2008 Research Map

Instead of writing out a text outline of what current problems remain in my dissertation research, I decided to make a hierarchical graph outlining open problems. I made the figure with OmniGraffle (lays out the hierarchy on its own).

I strongly suggest this method to people trying to map out their dissertation. I have found it easier to keep up to date after meetings and more intuitive to lay out. The only problem is that I can't place paragraph-length descriptions without making the graph cluttered. This results in my research map pretty much only useful to me because it only contains key words. Sorry.

Link: October 2008 Research Map

Introduction

This blog will serve mainly as a documentation tool for my academic endeavors (dissertation research, classwork, teaching, etc.). I often update my personal website with no way of saying what is new and interesting that is going on.

Therefore, this will be my "news" site, and my original website will continually serve as a reference.