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Home address: Rue des Vierges 58, 1000 Bruxelles
 
Home address: Rue des Vierges 58, 1000 Bruxelles
   
Telephone number: +32 483 382 207
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WhatsApp number: +32 483 382 207
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Telephone number: +32 479 406 747
   
 
== Milestones ==
 
== Milestones ==
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* Three papers
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* Thesis
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** [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/wiki/PhDSupervision:Dhananjay_Ipparthi/Table_of_contents Table of contents]
   
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== Project pages ==
* Advanced Studies Thesis due in April 2013
 
* FNRS scholarship proposal due in January 2013
 
* Self Reproduction Review Paper due in October 2012
 
   
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=== [[Study of yield predictions of a self-assembling system - extended]] ===
== Academic Activities ==
 
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=== [[Conformational Switching]] ===
   
=== 1st March, 2013 ===
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=== [[Dynamics of self-assembly]] ===
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=== [[Dipole words]] ===
'''Literature Review'''
 
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=== [[Parallel self-assembling systems review paper]] ===
* Suitable 3D printers
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Work on FRS-FNRS Fellowship application
 
* Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
* Talk in Dubai
 
'''Development'''
 
*
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assisting in big-arena robot storage setup
 
   
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== Papers in progress ==
'''Ideas'''
 
  +
Updated March 2, 2017
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* <b>Yield Predictions for a Model of Homogeneous Parallel Aggregation</b>
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** Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Andrew Winslow, Metin Sitti, Marco Dorigo, Massimo Mastrangeli.
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** Target journal: Soft Matter
  +
** Synopsis: Statistics to compare model and physical experiments.
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** Project page: [[Theory of incompatible substructure problem]]
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** Forecast submission: March 15, 2017
   
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* <b>Velocities of 2D constrained orbitally shaken particles are Rayleigh distributed</b>
'''Deliverable'''
 
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** Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Tijmen Hageman, Nicolas Cambier, Metin Sitti, Marco Dorigo, Leon Abelmann and Massimo Mastrangeli
* Synthetic Reproduction Review Paper due by May 2013
 
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** Target journal: Advanced Physics Letters
* Defense of Report of Advancement on 17th May 2013
 
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** Synopsis: Experimental evidence that velocities of components constrained in 2D that are orbitally shaken are Rayleigh distributed
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** Project page: [[Dynamics of self-assembly]]
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** Draft to Massimo: March 7th, 2017
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** Forecast submission: May 10th, 2017
   
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* <b>1, 2 and 3 order Chi-distribution </b>
=== 21st December, 2012 ===
 
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** Authors: Tijmen Hageman, Dhananjay Ipparthi, Marc Pichel, Per Arvid Loethman, Marco Dorigo, Massimo Mastrangeli and Leon Abelmann
'''Literature Review'''
 
  +
** Target journal: TBD
* Suitable 3D printers
 
  +
** Synopsis: The velocity distribution of 1 particle shaken in 1D, 2D and 3D are respectively Gaussian, Rayleigh and Maxwell-Boltzman distributed. That is, their velocity distributions are nth order of Chi.
'''Project Work'''
 
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** Forecast submission: April 30, 2017
* Work on SynDev proposal
 
* Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Development'''
 
* Designs for reverse engineering an existing reproductive system
 
   
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* <b>Solutions to the incompatible substructures problem in macroscale systems</b>
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
  +
** Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Andrew Winslow, Massimo Mastrangeli and Marco Dorigo
* Assisting in big-arena multi camera setup
 
  +
** Target journal:
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** Synopsis: Presentation of the different approaches to the incompatible substurcture problem: modifying geometry, modifying bonding rules, conformational switching, high inertia particles, partitioning the container and self-assembly.
  +
** Project pages: [[Conformational Switching]], [[Use of a external agent to break incompatible substructures]]
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** Missing: Conformational switching design still not working
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** Forecast submission: July 31, 2017 (it will include parts of PPSN 2015 paper and parts of Theoretical Computer Science 2015 paper)
   
  +
* <b>Review of macroscale parallel self-assembling systems</b> - Not sure it will be done
'''Ideas'''
 
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** Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Massimo Mastrangeli and Marco Dorigo
  +
** Target journal: ''Micromachines: Special Issue on Building by Self-Assembly''
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** Synopsis: An in-depth review of macroscale parallel self-assembling systems. Summaries, categorisations and differentiations of the various works till date. Provide open problems.
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** Project page: [[Parallel self-assembling systems review paper]]
   
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== Academic Activities ==
'''Deliverable'''
 
 
=== 22nd September, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Development'''
 
* Integration of shapes into Self-Assembly modeller
 
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
 
'''Ideas'''
 
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
 
=== 31st August, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
* Evolvable Physical Self-Replicators, Virgo 2012
 
* Some alternative reproductive strategies in artificial molecular machines, Laing 1975
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Development'''
 
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
 
'''Ideas'''
 
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
Advanced Studies Thesis due in April 2013
 
 
=== 17th August, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
* Self-reproduction in cellular automata, Langton 1984
 
* Formal definition of self-reproductive systems. Luskha 2003
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Development'''
 
* Staged self-assembly simulation. Development of a self-assembly modeller in the ARGoS framework.
 
** Tuning of parameters
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
 
'''Ideas'''
 
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
FNRS scholarship proposal due in January 2013
 
 
=== 29th June, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
* Compiling reading list for Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Drew skeleton for Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Development'''
 
* Staged self-assembly simulation. Development of a self-assembly modeller in the ARGoS framework.
 
** Tile integration rules introduced
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
 
'''Ideas'''
 
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
 
 
 
=== 04th June, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
* Self-Reproduction related papers
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Drew skeleton for Self-Reproduction Review Paper
 
'''Development'''
 
* Staged self-assembly simulation. Development of a self-assembly modeller in the ARGoS framework.
 
** Tile instance created and fundamental functions set up.
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
 
'''Ideas'''
 
* Include different magnetic patterns on the tiles to examine how they will be developed
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
Self Reproduction Review Paper [due October, first draft end of July(?)]
 
 
 
=== 14th May, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
# Bhalla, Bentley. Staging the Self-Assembly Process: Inspiration from Biological Development [Manuscript]
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Initial designs of Staged Self-Assembly
 
* Prepare presentation of literature review [completed]
 
'''Development'''
 
* Staged self-assembly simulation
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assist Gianpiero in drawing designs for cabinets for robots in the arena
 
* Assist Touraj in setting up the Kilo-bots
 
'''Ideas'''
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
Present an introduction to Self-Reproduction
 
 
=== 30th Apr, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
# Stephen Wolfram. New Kind of Science. [Chapters: 1 and 3]
 
# Pesavento, Umberto. An implementation of von Neumann's self-reproducing machine
 
# Zykov, Mytilinaios, Adams, Lipson. Self-reproducing machines.
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Prepare presentation of literature review [80% completed]
 
'''Development'''
 
* Staged self-assembly review
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Assist Gianpiero in procurement of robot storage cabinets for the Arena
 
'''Ideas'''
 
* Hand drawn sketch of 3D gear as an idea of machines capable of climbing one another in order to create a smart bridge over a gap.
 
* Replication inspired by DNA strands and Genetic operations
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
Present an introduction to Self-Reproduction early in May 2012
 
   
=== 26th March, 2012 ===
 
'''Literature Review'''
 
# Freitas and Merkle. Kinematic self-replicating machines. [Chapters: 1 and 2]
 
# Sipper. Book review of Kinematic self-replicating machines.
 
# Penrose and Penrose. A self-reproducing analogue. Nature.
 
# Penrose. Self-reproducing machines. Scientific American.
 
# Bhalla. Designing self-assembling systems via physically encoded information. PhD thesis. [Chapters: 1 and 2]
 
'''Project Work'''
 
* Collect available videos and links of self assembling systems
 
* Prepare presentation of literature review
 
'''Development'''
 
* Extension of mini project: Add features to the virtual arena and make the robtos find them
 
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
* Testing of robots brought back from Lausanne
 
* Testing new kernel:
 
** Connects more reliably to the wifi
 
** Hangs during operation of Nithin's script 'swarmorph'
 
'''Ideas'''
 
* Baseline problem for robots to solve: crossing a bridge
 
* 3D gear like entity which can create structures
 
'''Deliverable'''
 
Present an introduction to Self-Reproduction early in May 2012
 
   
=== 15th February, 2012 ===
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=== [[Things I'm taking to MPI]] ===
'''Literature Review'''
 
[[Image:Review_20120215.pdf‎]]
 
   
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=== [[Year 5: Feb 2016 - Feb 2017]] ===
'''Development'''
 
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=== [[Year 4: Feb 2015 - Feb 2016]] ===
* Carlo has given me a mini project to work on to get me started on Argos. I am working on it.
 
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=== [[Year 3: Feb 2014 - Feb 2015]] ===
''' Laboratory Activities'''
 
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=== [[Year 2: Feb 2013 - Feb 2014]] ===
* In the afternoon on Monday, I will take a look at the Footbots with Arne.
 
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=== [[Year 1: Feb 2012 - Feb 2013]] ===
* Alessandro and I have developed a rough plan for the setup of the camera network, we plan to start the execution this week.
 
* Nithin and I have also initiated talks, and he wants to finalise a few issues before we continue.
 
'''Ideas'''
 
* Using nuclear fission or fusion models to create multiple agents, but the concern is that these models are unlike biological evolved systems and are not adaptive, versatile or agile.
 
* Study the evolution of dicarboxylic acids
 

Latest revision as of 09:59, 18 May 2017


Personal Information

Name: Dhananjay Ipparthi

Date of arrival in Brussels: 08th February, 2012

Home address: Rue des Vierges 58, 1000 Bruxelles

WhatsApp number: +32 483 382 207

Telephone number: +32 479 406 747

Milestones

Project pages

Study of yield predictions of a self-assembling system - extended

Conformational Switching

Dynamics of self-assembly

Dipole words

Parallel self-assembling systems review paper

Papers in progress

Updated March 2, 2017

  • Yield Predictions for a Model of Homogeneous Parallel Aggregation
    • Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Andrew Winslow, Metin Sitti, Marco Dorigo, Massimo Mastrangeli.
    • Target journal: Soft Matter
    • Synopsis: Statistics to compare model and physical experiments.
    • Project page: Theory of incompatible substructure problem
    • Forecast submission: March 15, 2017
  • Velocities of 2D constrained orbitally shaken particles are Rayleigh distributed
    • Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Tijmen Hageman, Nicolas Cambier, Metin Sitti, Marco Dorigo, Leon Abelmann and Massimo Mastrangeli
    • Target journal: Advanced Physics Letters
    • Synopsis: Experimental evidence that velocities of components constrained in 2D that are orbitally shaken are Rayleigh distributed
    • Project page: Dynamics of self-assembly
    • Draft to Massimo: March 7th, 2017
    • Forecast submission: May 10th, 2017
  • 1, 2 and 3 order Chi-distribution
    • Authors: Tijmen Hageman, Dhananjay Ipparthi, Marc Pichel, Per Arvid Loethman, Marco Dorigo, Massimo Mastrangeli and Leon Abelmann
    • Target journal: TBD
    • Synopsis: The velocity distribution of 1 particle shaken in 1D, 2D and 3D are respectively Gaussian, Rayleigh and Maxwell-Boltzman distributed. That is, their velocity distributions are nth order of Chi.
    • Forecast submission: April 30, 2017
  • Solutions to the incompatible substructures problem in macroscale systems
    • Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Andrew Winslow, Massimo Mastrangeli and Marco Dorigo
    • Target journal:
    • Synopsis: Presentation of the different approaches to the incompatible substurcture problem: modifying geometry, modifying bonding rules, conformational switching, high inertia particles, partitioning the container and self-assembly.
    • Project pages: Conformational Switching, Use of a external agent to break incompatible substructures
    • Missing: Conformational switching design still not working
    • Forecast submission: July 31, 2017 (it will include parts of PPSN 2015 paper and parts of Theoretical Computer Science 2015 paper)
  • Review of macroscale parallel self-assembling systems - Not sure it will be done
    • Authors: Dhananjay Ipparthi, Massimo Mastrangeli and Marco Dorigo
    • Target journal: Micromachines: Special Issue on Building by Self-Assembly
    • Synopsis: An in-depth review of macroscale parallel self-assembling systems. Summaries, categorisations and differentiations of the various works till date. Provide open problems.
    • Project page: Parallel self-assembling systems review paper

Academic Activities

Things I'm taking to MPI

Year 5: Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

Year 4: Feb 2015 - Feb 2016

Year 3: Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

Year 2: Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

Year 1: Feb 2012 - Feb 2013