Archive for the ‘Masters Research’ Category
First draft of my thesis, done! Kinda.
So as many of you know, I’ve been trying to get my Master’s thesis done soon so I can graduate this May. Today I reached a bit of a milestone: the first draft. It’s not all I want it to be: it’s still missing a few figures, mostly screenshots to explain what’s going on. That’s [...]
Starting my tagging study!
So I’m starting my study of tagging, and searching with keywords. Image search has lots of really interesting nuanced problems, but the ones that interest me involve the language of the image “tag”.
If you’re interested in participating, take a look at my little recruitment page:
http://grabka.org/internet/flickrsearchtagging/
It’s a multi-step process that starts with you installing some software, [...]
Flickr Search Tagging – First Alpha Release
Introducing Flickr Search Tagging!
It’s a little utility that enables a couple of things:
Let’s you to propose tags for images that don’t belong to you on Flickr. Contributing tags if you want to help describe the image is often not possible, unless: you’re the owner, you’re a contact of the owner, or the person has allowed [...]
Defining the human context for search and retrieval.
I’m trying to wrap my head around all of the information I’m reading about image search. Search, retrieval, information, data, all of these terms are loaded, and used differently depending on whether I’m reading an HCI paper, a text analysis paper, or a blog post about search engine optimisation (SEO).
In hopes of simplifying [...]
Finding research papers online
Finding relevant and useful research papers is different now than even a few years ago. Search tools are improving, online collections are growing, and your local university library probably has a proxy that allows you to vist any paper they have access to online. I have found the following tools useful in finding papers within [...]
Settling on a Research Topic
To be perfectly honest, I was admittied into my Masters program with zero funding. In retrospect, starting a two year+ project with no guaranteed income wasn’t the greatest idea, for a variety of reasons.
First, every semester I hope/pray to get a Graduate Teaching Assistant job, which luckily gets easier and easier as I [...]
User Interface Design Patterns
This is information about design patterns that can be used in the design of user interfaces. The patterns I’m particularly concerned with deal with the look, feel, and behaviour of modern interface elements, such as those found in browsing “the Web.”
Patterns are often employed in object oriented software development and engineering, much more so than [...]
Denial of Service and Web Services Architecture
This paper addresses issues of Denial of Service (DoS) for Web Services. Architecture of Web Services is described in context of being doubly susceptible to DoS, and contrasted against other models of delivering software. The impact on the client-publisher relationship is discussed, given the impact of loss of functionality during DoS. Solutions involving performance testing and connection security are proposed.
Paper presented as part of graduate course CIS*6650, Winter of 2007, to Dr. Qusay Mahmoud at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.