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Robotics weekly meetings

2008-05-13T11:33:29Z

Xsmarty: /* Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23rd November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Social learning in swarms

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Observation and Control of Robots Behaviors by Thermodynamics-based
Macroscopic State Values

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Morphology control using SWARMORPH-script.
Rapid development using an interpreted scripting language on the
robots.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Automated Design of Two Dimensional Self-assembling Systems

In this presentation, I will discuss the research I have planned for the
remainder of my Ph.D. (to get feedback before I submit my formal
research proposal and write my candidacy exams this May).

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 22nd May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 29th May 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-05-13T11:33:17Z

Xsmarty: /* Thursday 22nd May 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23rd November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Social learning in swarms

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Observation and Control of Robots Behaviors by Thermodynamics-based
Macroscopic State Values

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Morphology control using SWARMORPH-script.
Rapid development using an interpreted scripting language on the
robots.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Automated Design of Two Dimensional Self-assembling Systems

In this presentation, I will discuss the research I have planned for the
remainder of my Ph.D. (to get feedback before I submit my formal
research proposal and write my candidacy exams this May).

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 29th May 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-04-25T15:54:44Z

Xsmarty:

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23rd November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Social learning in swarms

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Observation and Control of Robots Behaviors by Thermodynamics-based
Macroscopic State Values

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Morphology control using SWARMORPH-script.
Rapid development using an interpreted scripting language on the
robots.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Automated Design of Two Dimensional Self-assembling Systems

In this presentation, I will discuss the research I have planned for the
remainder of my Ph.D. (to get feedback before I submit my formal
research proposal and write my candidacy exams this May).

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 22nd May 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-04-16T13:47:10Z

Xsmarty:

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Social learning in swarms

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Observation and Control of Robots Behaviors by Thermodynamics-based
Macroscopic State Values

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Morphology control using SWARMORPH-script.
Rapid development using an interpreted scripting language on the
robots.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
*Automated Design of Two Dimensional Self-assembling Systems

In this presentation, I will discuss the research I have planned for the
remainder of my Ph.D. (to get feedback before I submit my formal
research proposal and write my candidacy exams this May).

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 22th May 2008 - Giovanni + Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-04-16T13:44:11Z

Xsmarty: /* Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 22th May 2008 - Giovanni - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-04-16T13:43:41Z

Xsmarty: /* Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni -Xavier */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-04-16T13:43:32Z

Xsmarty: /* Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni -Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-04-16T13:43:14Z

Xsmarty: /* Thursday 10th April 2008 - Xavier */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 17th April 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Diversity and Communication in the Swarmanoid Project

I will speak about some ideas I had for communication between eye-bots and foot-bots. The aim of the presentation is to get feedback (what's interesting, what's not) and to trigger a discussion to develop the presented ideas.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-03-06T13:55:16Z

Xsmarty:

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 13th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 20th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 27th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 10th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 24th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 8th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

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* [[#anc1_1 | Moving and surviving in Brussels]]
* [[#anc1_2 | Information for students]]
* [[#anc1_3 | Useful informations]] (menu, pizza, etc...)
* [[#lab_responsibilities | Lab responsabilities]]

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<h1>[[#anc2 | Research]]</h1>

* [[#anc2_1 | Robotics]] (S-Bots, E-pucks, Software, Links)

* [[#anc2_2 | Optimization]] (Links)

* [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/IridiaTrSeries.html IRIDIA reports]

* [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/seminars IRIDIA seminars]

* [[#anc2_3 | Publications]] (how to publish IRIDIA reports, digital libraries)

* [[#anc2_4 | Other seminars]]
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* [[#anc3_2 | Software]] (HOWTOs, homepage, etc...)

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<h1>Weekly meetings</h1>
* Thursdays at 15h00 : [[Robotics weekly meetings | Robotics weekly meeting]]
* Thursdays at 10h30 : [[Administration weekly meetings | Administration weekly meeting]]
* Thursdays at 11h00 : [[Optimization weekly meeting]]

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== <div id="anc1">Practicalities</div> ==

* <div id="anc1_1">'''Brussels'''</div>
** [[Moving to Brussels]] - What you need to know for moving to Brussels (housing, transport, health care, etc.).
** [[Surviving in Brussels]] - French lessons, cultural events, etc.

* <div id="anc1_2">'''Students'''</div>
** [[What you need to begin to work in IRIDIA]] - Resources to activate to work at IRIDIA.
** [[For students visiting IRIDIA]] - Information for new students coming to IRIDIA.
** [[University Administration]] - (IMPORTANT!) The what, the where and the how of navigating university bureaucracy - inscription, regulations etc.
** [[Equivalence]] - Step by step explanations to request an equivalence of diplomas from Belgium.
** [[Funding]] - Information on getting funding for projects, scholarships and unemployment benefits in Belgium once the Ph.D. grant runs out.
** [[StudentsIRIDIA | Students]] - Information on students in IRIDIA.
** [http://www.ulb.ac.be/dep/financier/perso-avantages/index.html Intranet for ULB employees] - Web site with list of benefit for being ULB employees
** [[Insurance while travelling abroad]] - ULB's insurance
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ IRIDIA mailing lists]

* <div id="anc1_3">'''Useful information'''</div>
** [[Working late | Pizza]] - menu for the local pizza place, it is a good idea to order in advance.
** [http://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/restaurants/solbosch_s/r_pub.php3 Weekly menu at ULB restaurant]

* <div id="lab_responsibilities">'''Lab responsibilities'''</div>
** [[Lab responsibilities]] - list of labs responsibilities/tasks and who takes care of them.

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== <div id="anc2">Research</div> ==

=== <div id="anc2_1">Robotics</div> ===
* '''Swarmanoid'''
** [http://www.swarmanoid.org The official Swarmanoid webpage]
** [http://www.swarmanoid.org/wiki The official Swarmanoid Wiki page]

* '''Sbots'''
** [http://www.swarm-bots.org The official SwarmBots webpage]
** [http://lis.epfl.ch/internal/wiki/index.php?page=SwarmBots SBOT technical resource page] - download the SBOT API and the tool chain for cross-compilation.
** [[SBOT FAQ]] - howtos/faqs for the real s-bots
** [[SBOT STATUS]] - The status of the s-bot in iridia (failures, errors, ...)
** [[Arena time slots]] - Reserve sbot arena time

* '''E-pucks'''
** [http://asl.epfl.ch/research/systems/epuck/ The official website of e-pucks]
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~e-puck/wiki The e-puck wiki] at IRIDIA

* '''Software'''
** [[Sbot Common Repository]] - Common version control area for all sbot development.
** [[Sbot Common Interface]] - Write your controller once. Compile it for simulation and real robot.
** [[OMiss - The ODE based simulator]] - Get started with the ODE based simulator
** [[libsboteye]] the sboteye api to use 'easily' the camera.
** [[libheading]] A library to detect directions pointed by other sbots.
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~acampo/wiki/index.php/Tracker tracker] A program to track a single pattern in a sequence of pictures.
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~acampo/wiki/index.php/Libdistortion libdistortion] a simple library to rectify camera images and extract easily real world coordinates of objects.

* '''Links & news'''
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/comp2sys/ COMP2SYS project website]
** [[Robot labs around the World]]
** [[The e-puck page]] - About the e-puck robots.
** [http://robots.net Read more news on robots.net...]
** [[Old news]]

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=== <div id="anc2_2">Optimization</div> ===

* '''Links & news'''
** [http://www.informs.org/Resources/ INFORMS OR/MS]
** [http://143.129.203.3/eume/php/eume.main.php EU/ME]
** [http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~vdc/ECCO/ ECCO]
** [http://landau.ulb.ac.be/sls-forum/ MH/SLS forum]
* '''Metaheuristics'''
** [http://www.aco-metaheuristic.org Ant Colony Optimization]
** [http://iew3.technion.ac.il/CE/about.php Cross Entropy Method]
** [http://evonet.lri.fr/ Evolutionary Computing]
** [http://www.research.att.com/~mgcr/grasp/gannbib/gannbib.html GRASP]
** [http://www.tabusearch.net/ Tabu Search]
* '''Projects'''
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/comp2sys/ COMP2SYS]
** [http://www.metaheuristics.org/ Metaheuristics Network]
* '''Applications'''
** [http://www.nada.kth.se/~viggo/wwwcompendium/ A compendium of NP optimization problems]
** [http://www.tsp.gatech.edu/ TSP]
** [http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/groups/comopt/software/TSPLIB95/ TSPLIB95] - A Traveling Salesman Problem Library
** [http://www.seas.upenn.edu/qaplib/ QAPLIB] - A Quadratic Assignment Problem Library
** [http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~mastjjb/jeb/info.html OR-Library]
* '''Experimental Analysis and Statistics'''
** [http://www.r-project.org/ R project]
** [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html Electronic Statistics Textbook. StatSoft, Inc. (2006)]
** [http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/ NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods]
** [[Repository of scripts used by IRIDIA members]]
* '''Software Development'''
** [http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html C99 standard and use GCC compiler tools] - Suggested compiler
** [http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.pdf GNU Coding Standards] - Suggested coding style guidelines
** [http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/ GSL] - GNU Scientific Library
** [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion] - Suggested version control tool
** [http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ Doxygen] - Suggested documentation tool for source code
* '''Optimization videos'''
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/Bin-Packing.m4v Bin Packing & the Problem That Would Not Go Away] - David Johnson talk
** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/Optimization-with-constraints.mp4 Optimization with constraints] - MIT OCW Lecture
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=== Neural Networks ===
* [[Neural Network Tutorials]]

=== <div id="anc2_3">Publications</div> ===

* [[IRIDIA Technical reports]] - Information on publishing a technical report and LaTeX package(s).
* [[Access to Digital Libraries]] - Which on-line papers archive we have access from IRIDIA network.
* [[Robotics and AI conferences, journals and impact factors | Conferences, journals and impact factors]]
* [[Coming paper submissions | Coming paper submissions]] - Information on papers that will be soon submitted to conferences.
* [[Iridia Supplementary Information Instructions page]] - Information on HOW TO use the Iridia Supplementary Information page.
* [[Write Better English]] - Basic pointers on how to raise the level of english in your paper.

=== <div id="anc2_4">Seminars</div> ===
* [[Seminars | Seminars]] - and talks given in IRIDIA, and more generally in Brussels.

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== <div id="anc3">Infrastructure</div> ==

* <div id="anc3_1">'''Hardware'''</div>
** [[Workstation configuration]] - How to setup your personal workstation and laptop, printers, etc.
** [[Backup Server]] - How to use the backup server of IRIDIA
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Robotics weekly meetings

2008-03-03T15:53:42Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Alex */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-03-03T15:21:32Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 15th May 2008 - Eliseo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-02-26T16:14:29Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Alex */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* Colective Measures

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-02-26T16:13:40Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 27th February 2008 - Alex */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-02-18T13:43:57Z

Xsmarty:

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 27th February 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-02-18T13:43:01Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 20th February 2008 - Navneet */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 27th February 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-02-11T11:06:38Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 13th February 2008 - Navneet */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 20th February 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 27th February 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Robotics weekly meetings

2008-01-22T16:29:16Z

Xsmarty: /* Wednesday 30th January 2008 - Takashi */

==Purpose==

# '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
# '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
# '''Admin'''. Lab administration.
 

==Format==

# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins)
#* Work you have been doing
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about
# Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins)

Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
* Send round material to be read beforehand.
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
 

==Timing & Attendance==

The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on

<center> '''Wednesdays at 15.00''' </center>

Unless:
* A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
* Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.

If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.

'''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before).

If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting.
 

==Previous Meetings==

See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]].

==Wednesday 7th November 2007 - Alex+Alvaro ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*We will present two different works:
#* Infrared Communication on the Epucks : We have developed a library that takes care of the proximity sensors and uses them as a communication system. Local communication is up to 33B/sec getting the distance and direction of the source as well. A proof of concept (Now you do what they told you) will be shown during the meeting.
#* Sharing knowledge to stay on the path : We have some simulations dealing with odometry errors to find nest and prey in a closed arena. Robots communicate between them to reduce dead-reckoning error. Here we present a first attempt to accomplish the task. Results show the importance of social learning with local communication without the need of a global knowledge.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Friday 23th November 2007 - Post-Swarmanoid Review Meeting discussion ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#* ''Swarms of hand-bots:'' Brainstorming about a swarm based task. The proposals will be added to the Swarmanoid Wiki pages.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Thursday 6th December 2007 - Christos ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
* The Evolution of Self-Assembly in a group of two homogeneous robots.
I will present my latest work on evolving self-assembly. The same dynamical neural network controls two sbots, providing the decision-making about who grips whom, but also directly controlling the actuators for the gripping action. This type of work differs significantly from work addressing the same issue performed previously in the lab.

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 16th January 2008 - Marco ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 6th February 2008 - Takashi ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 13th February 2008 - Navneet ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 27th February 2008 - Alex ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Rehan ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 19th March 2008 - Carlo ==

''' >>> THIS MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE 26th TO THE 19th <<< '''

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Xavier ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 23th April 2008 - Giovanni ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

 

==Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Arne ==

'''''Agenda'''''

# '''Presentation / Discussion'''
#*

'''''Reading material'''''

'''''People who will be absent'''''

Workstation configuration

2007-07-16T16:06:46Z

Xsmarty: /* Printer configuration */

== Network configuration ==
You should get a static IP from the system administrator. Your hostname will be the name of a famous scientist and the domain is ulb.ac.be. Other relevant addresses are:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description
! IP address
|-
|
Gateway
|
164.15.10.254
|-
|
DNS1
|
164.15.59.200
|}

You might also need to add the following data, althoug many systems set it automatically:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Description
!Value
|-
|
Network
|
164.15.10.0
|-
|
Netmask
|
255.255.255.0
|-
|
Broadcast
|
164.15.10.255
|}

=== Wi-Fi network configuration ===
At IRIDIA lab there are three wireless networks. To join any of them you should get the password from the system administrator. Relevant configuration data are:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description !! Value
|-
|| Network name || dorigoextreme
|-
|| Radio mode || 802.11b/g Compatible
|-
|| Channel || 10
|-
|| Wireless Security Mode || 128bit WEP
|-
|| DNS Server || 164.15.59.200
|-
|| Distributed IPs || 10.0.2.2-200
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description !! Value
|-
|| Network name || sbot
|-
|| Radio mode || 802.11b/g Compatible
|-
|| Channel || 6
|-
|| Wireless Security Mode || 128bit WEP
|-
|| DNS Server || 164.15.59.200
|-
|| Distributed IPs || IPs are provided through DHCP from iridia.ulb.ac.be
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description !! Value
|-
|| Network name || raphael
|-
|| Radio mode || 802.11b/g Compatible
|-
|| Channel || 13
|-
|| Wireless Security Mode || WPA
|-
|| DNS Server || 164.15.59.200
|-
|| Distributed IPs || 192.168.0.100-199
|}

== Firewall configuration ==
Since the computers are available through direct connections from internet you should protect your machine with a firewall.
Linux provides an integrated mechanism for accepting or rejecting incoming packets.

If you want to setup a good firewall quickly, you may use the following link :
[http://easyfwgen.morizot.net/gen/ Firewall script generator]

'''How to generate the firewall script ?'''

Usually, the interface to internet is eth0. You can check your available interfaces
by typing (as root) :

''# ifconfig -a''

Most of the time, you wish to have an access to the computer, but you still want it
to be secure. The best is to disable any inbound service except SSH. The SSH connections
are encrypted so that you can safely access to the computer even if someone is tcpdumping
your connection.

For the moment, I don't know how to use the Fireparse format. If you know about it
just use it. Otherwise you'll have to take a look at the logs (''/var/log/syslog'') to
monitor the possible network problems or attacks.

Now that you have all the necessary informations, you can generate the firewall script.
Name this script ''iptables'', give it execution rights (''chmod u+x iptables'') and put it under the directory ''/etc/init.d/''.

Be aware that the script loads some iptables modules in your kernel. If you have recompiled your kernel then you
should ensure that the necessary modules are present. If you have statically linked the code to the kernel
then you should remove the modprobe commands in the firewall's script.

Now simply add a symbolic link in the runlevel 2 to this script by typing (as root) :

''# ln -s /etc/rc2.d/S12iptables /etc/init.d/iptables''

You should adapt the number 12 to your needs. The firewall must be run as early as possible.
For example if telnet services are run before it, an attack is still possible. Be careful about this.

If you want to understand more deeply iptables, you can check the following URLs :

[http://www.netfilter.org/ Iptables official website]

[http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html Iptables tutorial and explanations]

[http://lea-linux.org/reseau/iptables.html Setting up a firewall using iptables (in french)]

== Printer configuration ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Name
! URL
! Model
! Location
|-
|
Gutenberg
|
gutenberg.ulb.ac.be
|
HP4100
|
Office C.5.106A
|-
|
Meucci
|
meucci.ulb.ac.be
|
Ricoh Aficio 1027
|
Office C.5.106A
|-
|
Sabin
|
sabin.ulb.ac.be
|
Ricoh Aficio mp161 spf
|
Office C.5.106A
|-
|}

'''Linux Install'''

# Install CUPS (Debian: apt-get install cup-sys).
# Run cups daemon
# Point printer at localhost:631
# Click on Printers tab. Click the button 'Add printer'
Use following configuration options
* Location and description: Ping Pong Room - Meucci OR Gutenberg
* Device: LPD/LPR Host or Printer
* Device URL: lpd://gutenberg.ulb.ac.be:515/lp OR lpd://meucci.ulb.ac.be:515/lp
* Model/Driver: Raw Queue

'''Windows XP Install'''

# Download Printer drivers from Ricoh if you want to enjoy extra features.
# Goto Printers->Add New Printer
# Select Network Printer
# Enter URL http://gutenberg.ulb.ac.be OR http://meucci.ulb.ac.be OR http://sabin.ulb.ac.be
# (note: sabin supports smb )

'''Mac OS X Install'''

# Download the drivers for Ricoh Aficio 1027 PS printer [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/r199caL9.sit here]

== The IRIDIA and the ULB network ==
The IRIDIA system administrator can create an account on the local subnet for you, however, if you want to have access to some of the computer services of the university, you'll need an account on the university network as well. Ask the secretary for the forms and the process.

== Mail configuration ==
Assuming that you have an account on both the local and the university network the mail settings are as follows:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Service
! URL
|-
|
SMTP
|
smtp.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
Iridia POP
|
iridia.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
Iridia IMAP
|
iridia.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
ULB POP
|
pop.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
ULB IMAP
|
pop.ulb.ac.be
|}

The SMTP server does not require authentication. The POP and IMAP services of ULB accept unsecure connections (no SSL). The POP and IMAP servers of Iridia require secure connections (with SSL).

There are also web interfaces available to read the email if you can not connect to the above servers via POP or IMAP:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!SERVER
!URL
|-
|
ULB
|
[https://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/webmail2/webmail.php https://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/webmail2/webmail.php]
|-
|
IRIDIA
|
[https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/squirrelmail/ https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/squirrelmail/]
|}

== See also ==
[[Software HOWTOs]]

== For Mac OS X users ==
In order to help Mac OS X users staying updated for what concerne security issues with their systems we suggest to subscribe to the following mailing list:

[http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce Security-announce -- product security notifications and announcements from Apple]

=== Mac OS X Software for doing research ===
Here you can find a list of softwares that you might want to check out:

* LaTeX & BibTeX
[http://www.tug.org/mactex/ MacTeX.dmg package] - Easy-to-Install Package, which contains a complete and up to date TeX system from Gerben Weirda's gwTeX redistribution
Free

[http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TexShop] - graphical front-end for TeX
Free, GPL

[http://macromates.com/ Textmate] - editor (and much more)
Commercial

[http://www2.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html TeXniscope] - DVI/PDF previewer
(synchronization with external editors (e.g. Emacs) both for DVI/PDF files)
Free, sources available

[http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ BibDesk] - graphical BibTeX-bibliography manager
Free, BSD-license

[http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php LaTeXiT] - small utility to quickly typeset LaTeX equation obtaining PDF images
Free

* Statistical analysis
[http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cran/bin/macosx/ R.app] - Cocoa-based GUI for R
Free, GPL

* Secure Shell
[http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ MacFUSE] - a FUSE-Compliant File System Implementation Mechanism
Free, BSD-licence

[http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ sshFS] - a GUI for MacFUSE
Free, BSD-licence

[http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/mgorbach/MacFusionWeb/index.html MacFusion] - a GUI for MacFUSE
Free, APSL-licence

[http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/ Fugu] - SFTP, SCP and SSH Frontend
Free, BSD-license

[http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/stm/index.php SSH Tunnel Manager] - front-end for the ssh command when used to open tunnels between two hosts
Free

* Version Control System
[http://metissian.com/projects/macosx/subversion/ Subversion Client with SSL and JavaHL Bindings] - Binary Package
Free
[http://media.clickablebliss.com/screencasts/intro_to_subversion_small.mov (QuickTime movie with introduction to Subversion)]

[http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/community/subversion/svnx/ svnX] - a GUI for Subversion
Free, GPL

* System utilities
[http://www.end.com/BSP/ BSP] - customize the Spotlight search results with your own categories
Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5

[http://www.cs.haifa.ac.il/%7Eshuly/unison/ Unison] - cross platform file synchronization software - Binary Package
Free, GPL

===Setting up OS X as a Scientific Programming Environment===
[http://www.macresearch.org/a_few_tips_for_linux_switchers A few tips for Linux switchers]

===Project management on Mac OS X===
[http://www.merlin2.net/ Merlin 2]
Commercial
([http://www.macresearch.org/review_merlin_2 Review of the program by MacResearch.org])

===Performance Optimization on Mac OS X===
[http://landau.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/media/pdf/Optimization_Tutorial.pdf WWDC 2004 - Optimization Tutorial]

[http://landau.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/media/pdf/409.pdf WWDC 2005 - Performance Analysis of Your Memory Code]

Workstation configuration

2007-07-16T16:05:58Z

Xsmarty: /* Printer configuration */

== Network configuration ==
You should get a static IP from the system administrator. Your hostname will be the name of a famous scientist and the domain is ulb.ac.be. Other relevant addresses are:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description
! IP address
|-
|
Gateway
|
164.15.10.254
|-
|
DNS1
|
164.15.59.200
|}

You might also need to add the following data, althoug many systems set it automatically:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Description
!Value
|-
|
Network
|
164.15.10.0
|-
|
Netmask
|
255.255.255.0
|-
|
Broadcast
|
164.15.10.255
|}

=== Wi-Fi network configuration ===
At IRIDIA lab there are three wireless networks. To join any of them you should get the password from the system administrator. Relevant configuration data are:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description !! Value
|-
|| Network name || dorigoextreme
|-
|| Radio mode || 802.11b/g Compatible
|-
|| Channel || 10
|-
|| Wireless Security Mode || 128bit WEP
|-
|| DNS Server || 164.15.59.200
|-
|| Distributed IPs || 10.0.2.2-200
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description !! Value
|-
|| Network name || sbot
|-
|| Radio mode || 802.11b/g Compatible
|-
|| Channel || 6
|-
|| Wireless Security Mode || 128bit WEP
|-
|| DNS Server || 164.15.59.200
|-
|| Distributed IPs || IPs are provided through DHCP from iridia.ulb.ac.be
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Description !! Value
|-
|| Network name || raphael
|-
|| Radio mode || 802.11b/g Compatible
|-
|| Channel || 13
|-
|| Wireless Security Mode || WPA
|-
|| DNS Server || 164.15.59.200
|-
|| Distributed IPs || 192.168.0.100-199
|}

== Firewall configuration ==
Since the computers are available through direct connections from internet you should protect your machine with a firewall.
Linux provides an integrated mechanism for accepting or rejecting incoming packets.

If you want to setup a good firewall quickly, you may use the following link :
[http://easyfwgen.morizot.net/gen/ Firewall script generator]

'''How to generate the firewall script ?'''

Usually, the interface to internet is eth0. You can check your available interfaces
by typing (as root) :

''# ifconfig -a''

Most of the time, you wish to have an access to the computer, but you still want it
to be secure. The best is to disable any inbound service except SSH. The SSH connections
are encrypted so that you can safely access to the computer even if someone is tcpdumping
your connection.

For the moment, I don't know how to use the Fireparse format. If you know about it
just use it. Otherwise you'll have to take a look at the logs (''/var/log/syslog'') to
monitor the possible network problems or attacks.

Now that you have all the necessary informations, you can generate the firewall script.
Name this script ''iptables'', give it execution rights (''chmod u+x iptables'') and put it under the directory ''/etc/init.d/''.

Be aware that the script loads some iptables modules in your kernel. If you have recompiled your kernel then you
should ensure that the necessary modules are present. If you have statically linked the code to the kernel
then you should remove the modprobe commands in the firewall's script.

Now simply add a symbolic link in the runlevel 2 to this script by typing (as root) :

''# ln -s /etc/rc2.d/S12iptables /etc/init.d/iptables''

You should adapt the number 12 to your needs. The firewall must be run as early as possible.
For example if telnet services are run before it, an attack is still possible. Be careful about this.

If you want to understand more deeply iptables, you can check the following URLs :

[http://www.netfilter.org/ Iptables official website]

[http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html Iptables tutorial and explanations]

[http://lea-linux.org/reseau/iptables.html Setting up a firewall using iptables (in french)]

== Printer configuration ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Name
! URL
! Model
! Location
|-
|
Gutenberg
|
gutenberg.ulb.ac.be
|
HP4100
|
Office C.5.106A
|-
|
Meucci
|
meucci.ulb.ac.be
|
Ricoh Aficio 1027
|
Office C.5.106A
|-
Sabin
|
sabin.ulb.ac.be
|
Ricoh Aficio mp161 spf
|
Office C.5.106A
|-
|}

'''Linux Install'''

# Install CUPS (Debian: apt-get install cup-sys).
# Run cups daemon
# Point printer at localhost:631
# Click on Printers tab. Click the button 'Add printer'
Use following configuration options
* Location and description: Ping Pong Room - Meucci OR Gutenberg
* Device: LPD/LPR Host or Printer
* Device URL: lpd://gutenberg.ulb.ac.be:515/lp OR lpd://meucci.ulb.ac.be:515/lp
* Model/Driver: Raw Queue

'''Windows XP Install'''

# Download Printer drivers from Ricoh if you want to enjoy extra features.
# Goto Printers->Add New Printer
# Select Network Printer
# Enter URL http://gutenberg.ulb.ac.be OR http://meucci.ulb.ac.be OR http://sabin.ulb.ac.be
# (note: sabin supports smb )

'''Mac OS X Install'''

# Download the drivers for Ricoh Aficio 1027 PS printer [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/r199caL9.sit here]

== The IRIDIA and the ULB network ==
The IRIDIA system administrator can create an account on the local subnet for you, however, if you want to have access to some of the computer services of the university, you'll need an account on the university network as well. Ask the secretary for the forms and the process.

== Mail configuration ==
Assuming that you have an account on both the local and the university network the mail settings are as follows:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Service
! URL
|-
|
SMTP
|
smtp.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
Iridia POP
|
iridia.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
Iridia IMAP
|
iridia.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
ULB POP
|
pop.ulb.ac.be
|-
|
ULB IMAP
|
pop.ulb.ac.be
|}

The SMTP server does not require authentication. The POP and IMAP services of ULB accept unsecure connections (no SSL). The POP and IMAP servers of Iridia require secure connections (with SSL).

There are also web interfaces available to read the email if you can not connect to the above servers via POP or IMAP:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!SERVER
!URL
|-
|
ULB
|
[https://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/webmail2/webmail.php https://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/webmail2/webmail.php]
|-
|
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== See also ==
[[Software HOWTOs]]

== For Mac OS X users ==
In order to help Mac OS X users staying updated for what concerne security issues with their systems we suggest to subscribe to the following mailing list:

[http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce Security-announce -- product security notifications and announcements from Apple]

=== Mac OS X Software for doing research ===
Here you can find a list of softwares that you might want to check out:

* LaTeX & BibTeX
[http://www.tug.org/mactex/ MacTeX.dmg package] - Easy-to-Install Package, which contains a complete and up to date TeX system from Gerben Weirda's gwTeX redistribution
Free

[http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TexShop] - graphical front-end for TeX
Free, GPL

[http://macromates.com/ Textmate] - editor (and much more)
Commercial

[http://www2.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html TeXniscope] - DVI/PDF previewer
(synchronization with external editors (e.g. Emacs) both for DVI/PDF files)
Free, sources available

[http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ BibDesk] - graphical BibTeX-bibliography manager
Free, BSD-license

[http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php LaTeXiT] - small utility to quickly typeset LaTeX equation obtaining PDF images
Free

* Statistical analysis
[http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cran/bin/macosx/ R.app] - Cocoa-based GUI for R
Free, GPL

* Secure Shell
[http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ MacFUSE] - a FUSE-Compliant File System Implementation Mechanism
Free, BSD-licence

[http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ sshFS] - a GUI for MacFUSE
Free, BSD-licence

[http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/mgorbach/MacFusionWeb/index.html MacFusion] - a GUI for MacFUSE
Free, APSL-licence

[http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/ Fugu] - SFTP, SCP and SSH Frontend
Free, BSD-license

[http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/stm/index.php SSH Tunnel Manager] - front-end for the ssh command when used to open tunnels between two hosts
Free

* Version Control System
[http://metissian.com/projects/macosx/subversion/ Subversion Client with SSL and JavaHL Bindings] - Binary Package
Free
[http://media.clickablebliss.com/screencasts/intro_to_subversion_small.mov (QuickTime movie with introduction to Subversion)]

[http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/community/subversion/svnx/ svnX] - a GUI for Subversion
Free, GPL

* System utilities
[http://www.end.com/BSP/ BSP] - customize the Spotlight search results with your own categories
Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5

[http://www.cs.haifa.ac.il/%7Eshuly/unison/ Unison] - cross platform file synchronization software - Binary Package
Free, GPL

===Setting up OS X as a Scientific Programming Environment===
[http://www.macresearch.org/a_few_tips_for_linux_switchers A few tips for Linux switchers]

===Project management on Mac OS X===
[http://www.merlin2.net/ Merlin 2]
Commercial
([http://www.macresearch.org/review_merlin_2 Review of the program by MacResearch.org])

===Performance Optimization on Mac OS X===
[http://landau.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/media/pdf/Optimization_Tutorial.pdf WWDC 2004 - Optimization Tutorial]

[http://landau.ulb.ac.be/~mmanfrin/media/pdf/409.pdf WWDC 2005 - Performance Analysis of Your Memory Code]