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| − | # Iridia Administration (0 - 15 mins) |
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# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins) |
# Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins) |
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| + | #* Area in which you consider yourself as an expert e.g. Statistical analysis, data structures, results visualization etc. (To help others if they want some help in your area) |
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#* Work you have been doing |
#* Work you have been doing |
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#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work |
#* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work |
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#* Other reading on something you are passionate about |
#* Other reading on something you are passionate about |
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| − | # Optimization Group Administration (0 - 15 mins) |
+ | # Optimization Group and IRIDIA Administration (0 - 15 mins) |
Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone: |
Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone: |
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| − | * Send |
+ | * Send the article/handout to be read beforehand. |
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss. |
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss. |
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* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc. |
* Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc. |
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Revision as of 22:35, 1 November 2005
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)
- Area in which you consider yourself as an expert e.g. Statistical analysis, data structures, results visualization etc. (To help others if they want some help in your area)
- Work you have been doing
- Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
- Other reading on something you are passionate about
- Optimization Group and IRIDIA Administration (0 - 15 mins)
Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
- Send the article/handout 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
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 Minutes and agendas from previous meetings.
Friday 28th October - Prasanna
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Local Search under Uncertainty:
- Overview of the state-of-the-art local search techniques to tackle uncertainty
- Empirical estimation based local search to tackle uncertainty
Administration Issues
- Structure for the weekly meeting
- Time schedule for the Optimization weekly meeting
- Wiki page administration
- Next week...
People who will be absent -NA-
Results
Wednesday 2nd November - Rehan
Agenda
- IRIDIA Admin
- Coffee Machine
- New Wiki Pages
- Next week...
- Presentation / Discussion
- What is robotic pattern formation?
- Potential applications using the Swarm Bot robotic platform
- Discussion / feedback on my research direction
- Robotics Group Admin
- Sbot / Simulator programmatic interfaces
- Buying a computer+flatscreen for the robot room (or taking one that is not used)
Reading Material
- There is no reading material for this weeks presentation
People who will be absent
Elio, Marco
