Mon 28-Apr-2008: Notes from F2F …

… from Frii 25-Apr-2008:

1. look at bin packing for optimal packing of oranges
2. look for a traffic flow simulator, pref. written in Python
3. there is a Postgraduate conference taking place in September, around same time as vivas. Need to find out submission date
4. publishing a paper effectively marks your territory
5. writing style — look at:
   1. Cybernetics writing style: https://redgloo.sse.reading.ac.uk/seconference/files/-1/387/school_style_guide.pdf
   2. Will Browne’s homepage
   3. How to get a PhD book
   4. Reading writing a report guides
6. NB remember to plan the transfer report: what it will look like
7. Solution techniques cf. what people have done with problems
   1. important criteria, features, issues
   2. what techniques were applied, on what platforms
8. NB you will probably be writing an Aim:
   1. do not use “prove”: use shown, demonstrate, etc
   2. need to include Problem Definition, Aim, Hard Constraints, Soft Constraints, Criteria of Measurement
   3. (Hypothesis and Aim are different)