Archive for November, 2008

So basically I’ve been on a “break” for a week now. Although it still doesn’t feel like a break. I’ve been attending the Nicta Summer Scholarship and it’s only been today that I’ve done any sort of work. Over the past few days I’ve been trying to understand the software that they gave me. I only realised yesterday how the process works and have been begun programming. Although it’s not as easy as it seems. My task is to analyse a set of trajectories and output if this is a single file formation. If it is a single file formation I will then have to output the ordering of the single file. It gets complicated later on since I will then have to implement time stamps, since the formation may not be consistent throughout the entire time frame. Another feature is to cut down on space costs from being O(n^2) down to hopefully an O(n) implementation. The problem related to the O(n) implementation is that we may have to compute twice as many comparisons and also have to determine a suitable “space” to compute which would vary from trajectory to trajectory. That is basically the gist of it.

It seems doable over the 12 weeks and I’m actually beginning to have fun. Although to be honest I’d prefer something more practical.

I also contacted my current workplace and asked if I can have 3 months off to complete my summer scholarship. Amazingly, they complied. So I guess I don’t have to quit after all. Although, I am sorta bored of my current job and wish for something more on the development side of things. I guess I should just keep my current job as insurance.

I feel pretty good at the moment. Working on a unique problem. I feel like I’m using my time productively. In between I’ll still be trying to catch up on other aspects of life. I heard that Richard will be coming to USYD to work on his Summer Scholarship too, so that should be extremely interesting

That’s it for now. Toodles.