Mike's blog
Senior Seminar / Final Quarter Final Chapter
It's not final until I have a diploma bearing the Terminator's name, but I'm pretty sure I graduated.
Senior Seminar:
Finished my paper, and turned it in on Wednesday. I have no more to do for that class.
Real Analysis:
I need to study for my final on Tuesday, but it shouldn't be a very difficult test.
Latin:
Some more study is needed, but I will do fine.
I'm glad to be finishing.
Senior Seminar / Final Quarter Chapter 5
Senior Seminar:
I've been looking at Virtanen's PhD. thesis, and I checked out some books on machine learning.
If anyone has any recommendations for machine learning, or AI books please send them along.
Real Analysis:
47/50 on the Midterm. I'm doing well so far. This last homework has been difficult but I am going to office hours tomorrow.
Latin:
Still ruling.
The Internet Is Epic
I've been trying to figure out what this video actually says. All that I've come up with is that it gives me a vague sense of hope about the possibilities of the Internet, but it is not a very meaty intellectual chunk. I feel that this could have been a short film about the wonders of flint, and that as long as it is set to a techno sound track with clever editing it will give the viewer a vague impression of a message. The message being "Humans Rule."
I mean to belittle neither flint nor the Internet, but I feel that more should and could be said about the Internet. Sure the Internet is a fast communications network, and we've never had anything like it before. People are communicating on a mass scale never before seen. That is the "What." I don't feel that any assertions were actually made about how the speed, and massive size of this communication is effecting culture.
Senior Seminar / Final Quarter Chapter 4
On Wednesday I gave my senior seminar presentation. It went well.
I am pleased with the effort I put into it, and I am relieved that that part of the class is over.
It was exciting to talk about something that I am interested in. I also feel that my understanding of the Discrete Fourier Transform has deepened.
Senior Seminar:
Now all I have to do is write a 10 page paper. I have begun it all ready.
The next step is to finish reading Virtannen, to begin understanding polyphonic source separation algorithms.
Real Analysis:
I have a midterm on Monday. This weekend I will study.
Senior Seminar / Final Quarter 3.5
Senior Seminar:
I've finished my presentation, and practiced it a few times.
Real Analysis:
I've finished my homework for tomorrow.
Latin:
I've finished my homework for tomorrow.
For the first time in a long while I feel that feeling from earlier in school when all your homework is done and you can do whatever you want for the rest of the evening. So relaxing. I'm going to go get some ice cream and then go to bed.
Senior Seminar / Final Quarter Chapter 3
Hello Everyone. My senior seminar presentation is on Wednesday of next week. Here is my current progress:
Senior Seminar:
I have 16 slides in a power point presentation, and a written outline of what I want to talk about. This weekend I'm going to go home and put the finishing touches on the presentation by adding pictures, and maybe creating some example waveforms.
While I still don't feel like an expert on the Fourier Transform I feel like I have definitely learned something, and it will certainly be an informative talk to anyone who hasn't learned anything about DSP or related topics. I am looking forward to it. I'm going to wear a tie.
