Week 5 (06/27 - 07/03)

Monday

- Continued working on the improved parallel Nth Element algorithm. I will need to look at the files (pAccumulate files) Timmie will be committing to the cvs repository in order to finish.

- Received guidelines on how to write the Abstract and the Final Report/Paper.

- Went to the Rec Center in the evening and played badminton with Stuart.

Tuesday

- Worked on my presentation slides & images (diagrams I will be using during the presentation) most of the day.

- Took a break from preparing my slides and updated this website.

- We took some great group pictures to be displayed on the CS website.

 

 

- 3:00-6:00pm: Attended the USRG GRE Prep (Verbal 1) Seminar.

- Met with Gabi to look over my slides.

Wednesday

- 12pm: Attended the Campus REU Brown Bag Lunch. The topic was "Writing an Abstract (Technical Writing)."

- Met with Gabi to look over my slides and make final changes.

Thursday

- 11:30: Attended the CS Brown Bag Lunch. The topic was "Graduate Admissions Panel." We had chance to talk to the graduate admissions panel to get more information on the admissions process (how we should prepare).

- Met with Gabi one last time before the presentation to look over the final copy of my presentation slides.

- Gave my first presentation on the parallel algorithms I am working on. I found Timmie's presentation notes very helpful and I will make sure not to make the same mistakes for my next presentation.

- 5pm: Attended the STAPL group meeting with Nancy and Lawrence.

Friday

- Started looking at STAPL documentation and learning LaTeX.

- Started reading about Stable Sort. Looked at the way Stable Sort is implemented in STL. The specification of Stable Sort is very vague and its implementation in
STL incorporates quite a few different sorting algorithms.

- I am planning to finish the improved parallel Nth Element algorithm by the beginning of next week and start working on the Stable Sort algorithm. Also planning to write documentation for the Nth Element algorithm (using pAccumulate documentation as a reference).

- 3:30-4:00pm: Attended the weekly CS Cookie Break.

- Went ice skating to the Arctic Wolf Arena with Yuri & Co.

Saturday

- Went to the Rec Center with Stuart to lay out in the sun and swim in the outdoor pool.

- Updated this web site in the afternoon.

- Played cards with the CS crowd and watched a movie in the evening.

Sunday

- Went to Freeport ocean beach. Drove through Galveston and ate at a seafood buffet "Gold Coral." Drove through downtown Houston at night.