Computer Research Association Distributed Mentoring Project CRA - DMP
@ The University of Oklahoma, Summer 2006

Marina Djerekarova




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ABOUT ME


MY SUMMER PROJECT

Reinforcement Learning on the Bions

Bions in the Lab
A bion, AVR programmer and a circuit. The circuit allows printf output to be displayed through a connection with a program called kermit.
A close look of an individual bion.

This summer I am participating in the DMP Program at the Stephenson Research Center, which should be part of Oklahoma University, but it is definitely not a walking distance away. My mentor is Dr. Amy McGovern.

I am working on the bions and my project is to implement Reinforcement Learning on them. I am using Windows Virtual machine through Red Hat Linux OS and C programming language. The Bions have to be programmed in AVR Studio 4 IDE and that software can only be installed in Windows. So life gets complicated sometimes with so many open applications, 2 monitors and the bion hardware. But it's new and interesting. And I am getting more experience using Linux.