Day 22

MatLab

My best friend today for those required graphs was...MatLab.

7/9/2012

9 July 2012, Monday

From 9:00am to 10:30am I worked on my final simulation.


From 6:30pm to 9:30pm I started and completed my final simulations and assigned graphs.

Day 19

Incredibly Exciting Opportunities

Today was another workshop in our REU program. On this day we all gathered once again to listen to several lectures having to do with graduate studies and club activities given to us by the many speakers what were invited to aid us in deciding how we might be spending our futures in our studies.
First we were informed on the many benefits we can easily detain by earning a PhD in our studies and gaining the title as Dr. Following this lecture we were introduced to several leaders of different engineering organizations such as the ASCE, SHPE, ASME, and several other exiting groups that can definitely aid us in reaching our goals of becoming great engineers in the future. 
And finally we were giving lectures by our TA's and other grad students (Most in which we all work with) and how difficult grad school can actually be as well as the benefits we can gain from it. 
All in all, Club activities and grad school both seem to be incredibly exciting. Later in the future, after returning to my home school. I will definitely be Looking into these...Incredibly Exciting Opportunities.

7/7/2012

7 July 2012, Friday

From 9:00am to 2:30pm I, and my fellow REU interns, participated in a very informative workshop.

Day 18

Constantly Learning

Today was a late night for me. Not only did I begin to focus on my program after 7, but I also was able to install MatLab that same night as well. 

I had no clue that this program could be so incredibly useful in graphing. Amazingly enough, i prefer this graphing software far more than excel which i usually use. I've nearly mastered a new program and am quite happy with the result.

During this REU, for the most part, I seem to be...Constantly Learning.

7/6/2012

6 July 2012, Thursday

From 8:00pm to 12:00am I continued to program and learn MatLab with a bit of help.

Day 17

~!! FOURTH OF JULY !!~

~ Day-Off ~

Although it was my day off, I still worked a bit on my own..

even though we had the...Day-Off.

7/4/2012

7 July 2012, Wednesday

From 8:00pm to 9:30pm, I worked on graphs for my outputs.

Day 16

Reassurance 

Today was more of a check-up than anything as far as the meeting me and my partner attended goes. After coming together at 10:00am for a small check-up on our  progress with the program, we actually ended up staying for nearly and entire 4 hours -- Just barely making lunch. 
Although I didn't have much time to eat, I must admit that it was worth the hassle. My adviser's TA, Charles Gatz, taught both me and Rebecca even more about P2P systems, how they work, and several other things related to networking. One of these included how WEP encryption is incredibly easy to hack into and only takes about 15 minutes for a regular to complete. I was never aware of this as I used to use this type of security as well...but not anymore.
All in all, today was a check-up. Nothing really more than..Reassurance.

7/3/2012

3 July 2012, Tuesday

From 10:00am to 2:00pm. I attended my teams meeting.


From 8:00pm to 9:30, I worked on a copy of the kademlia program myself.

Day 15

A New Task

In today's group meeting we discussed our previous assignment that we had been working on for the weekend and why it was cancelled after only a few hours. There seemed to be several parameters that had to be fixed and even more that needed to be switched around with one another. Apparently these modifications in the program were easily above me and my partner's heads. Things we would have no hope of fixing ourselves. After all was fixed, the modified program was given to us. With this, I am running my current program in netbeans as we speak. 
It's always nice to have...A new task.

7/2/2012

2 July 2012, Monday

From 12:00pm to 2:00pm, I attended my groups meeting.

from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, I continued to work on my program.

Day 12

Quite Rewarding

My second would have to be one my favorite days thus far, throughout my experience here at the REU.
Not only was I able to complete and turn in my work and power point project from the previous day, but I was also able to give a nice report and presentation on the results I came up with through my knowledge of P2P systems. Also, I presented my first two complete and accurate graphs to my partner as well as TAs. Although I will be creating many many more graphs as this REU continues to push forward,  I still find these to graphs to be my first step into the professional world. 
This internship is definitely...Quite Rewarding.

6/29/2012

29 June 2012, Friday

From 12:00pm to 2:30pm, I attended my groups meeting.

From 3:00pm to 4:30pm, I continued to review what I initially learned.