July 31
Day 18
Hello, did you miss me? I was out yesterday so I didn't do a blog. But I'm back.
This morning was reasonably quiet, I spent most of it making image cubes for a new manuscript that I am working on. Those don't take long, but they do get tedious. After I calibrated the cubes I am going to take certain bands and, using common principal and independent components, turn the images into a Polynomial Texture Map. It's confusing, and even my adviser hasn't used this method of imaging before, so it is going to take a lot of trial and error to find the right system. Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be too confusing once I can actually get started. Unfortunately I have not been able to start making the PTMs yet because the computer has decided to go on strike and not accept any disk drives when I plug them in. That and confusion over which disk drive that data that I need is one has caused me to lose a large chunk of the afternoon. By tomorrow (I hope) I will have the files so that I can get started working. Why, technology, do you feel the need to be so troublesome? Why?
Here's hoping tomorrow is a better day, and I can get more imaging done. But that really all depends on my computer.
DFTBA
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Clean Room Conclusion and New Projects
July 29
Day 16
Hello. we finished building the clean room today It was a lot of fun and a great break from working on manuscripts endlessly. I really miss robotics; building things and working on a team. Hopefully the clean room will be wired and ready for use soon and that research can get started in it.
Today Roger came back with new data for us from LA. I get to work on Polynomial Texture Mapping images of two manuscripts in Latin and possibly a Roman mummy portrait and a Roman statute. The Latin manuscripts are exciting because I took Latin in school and I am able to translate the visible parts. Its really cool to be able to use something that you learned in school in the real world. I am very excited about this because it I a new type of processing and I get to do something different than what I have been doing for the last 3 weeks. I am hopeful that these images will turn out well. If you are interested look up Polynomial Texture Mapping, its really cool. It involves taking pictures of an object with the light coming from different angles then compiling them all together and essentially creating a 3D image.
DFTBA
Day 16
Hello. we finished building the clean room today It was a lot of fun and a great break from working on manuscripts endlessly. I really miss robotics; building things and working on a team. Hopefully the clean room will be wired and ready for use soon and that research can get started in it.
Today Roger came back with new data for us from LA. I get to work on Polynomial Texture Mapping images of two manuscripts in Latin and possibly a Roman mummy portrait and a Roman statute. The Latin manuscripts are exciting because I took Latin in school and I am able to translate the visible parts. Its really cool to be able to use something that you learned in school in the real world. I am very excited about this because it I a new type of processing and I get to do something different than what I have been doing for the last 3 weeks. I am hopeful that these images will turn out well. If you are interested look up Polynomial Texture Mapping, its really cool. It involves taking pictures of an object with the light coming from different angles then compiling them all together and essentially creating a 3D image.
DFTBA
July 26
Day 15
Hi. Today was a very short day for me. I left after the picnic so I only worked during the morning. I managed to get a few files done, but my computer was running really slow. Apparently it couldn't wait for the weekend either. The picnic was fun. The weather was nice and Bethany brought her adorable dog. Monday will be fun, as we get to finish the clean room. Really looking forward to that.
DFTBA
Day 15
Hi. Today was a very short day for me. I left after the picnic so I only worked during the morning. I managed to get a few files done, but my computer was running really slow. Apparently it couldn't wait for the weekend either. The picnic was fun. The weather was nice and Bethany brought her adorable dog. Monday will be fun, as we get to finish the clean room. Really looking forward to that.
DFTBA
Thursday, July 25, 2013
July 25
Day 14
Hi. Today was very busy. This morning we peer reviewed our abstracts for our final presentations. Mine was okay, I just have to shorten the title and add some more about exactly what type of imaging I am doing. All of the other interns' presentations sound really cool and there is a wide range of what people are doing. Some are working with more hands-on building and testing and some are writing code. I think the biggest issue for all of us will be trying to remember what all of the acronyms stand for.
I finished the skipped over leaves and got to move on to a whole new batch today. I am making progress which I am happy about, though the endless stream of leaves and manuscripts is more than a little daunting.
This afternoon there was a talk on supernovae and using 3D models in astrophysics. I found it very interesting, even though I know very little about astrophysics. The abilities of super computers is amazing and allows researchers and scientists to do so much that they could not have done even 20 years ago.
DFTBA
Day 14
Hi. Today was very busy. This morning we peer reviewed our abstracts for our final presentations. Mine was okay, I just have to shorten the title and add some more about exactly what type of imaging I am doing. All of the other interns' presentations sound really cool and there is a wide range of what people are doing. Some are working with more hands-on building and testing and some are writing code. I think the biggest issue for all of us will be trying to remember what all of the acronyms stand for.
I finished the skipped over leaves and got to move on to a whole new batch today. I am making progress which I am happy about, though the endless stream of leaves and manuscripts is more than a little daunting.
This afternoon there was a talk on supernovae and using 3D models in astrophysics. I found it very interesting, even though I know very little about astrophysics. The abilities of super computers is amazing and allows researchers and scientists to do so much that they could not have done even 20 years ago.
DFTBA
Writing an Abstract
July 24
Day 13
Hi. Today our first Milestone was due. This milestone consisted of the title of our final presentation and an abstract summing up our presentation subject. I am going to present the research that I have done on the differences in the processes of imaging the leaves based on the side of the parchment and the damage done to the leaf. Each leaf has to be processed separately and you have to look at each band separately to find the best combination. This takes a long time and would be difficult to automate. The other part of my presentation will be on how the "outside world" impacts research. The manuscripts that I am working on now are from Sinai, Egypt and because of the current revolution it would be difficult for researchers to go there to look at the manuscripts. I find that really interesting and while it isn't exactly imaging science, it does apply to the research that we are doing. Writing the abstract itself wasn't that difficult, as it was in the same form as the projects I had to do for an online program I did with NASA through the Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars program.
I continued to work on the leaves from the manuscript I have been working on from the beginning. Now I'm just going back and doing the leaves that were skipped over before, and there aren't that many, so that's good.
Today's video was about Patent laws and the changes that came in March of 2013. As someone who wants to be an engineer and wants to invent things this was actually interesting to me and will probably become very important.
DFTBA
Day 13
Hi. Today our first Milestone was due. This milestone consisted of the title of our final presentation and an abstract summing up our presentation subject. I am going to present the research that I have done on the differences in the processes of imaging the leaves based on the side of the parchment and the damage done to the leaf. Each leaf has to be processed separately and you have to look at each band separately to find the best combination. This takes a long time and would be difficult to automate. The other part of my presentation will be on how the "outside world" impacts research. The manuscripts that I am working on now are from Sinai, Egypt and because of the current revolution it would be difficult for researchers to go there to look at the manuscripts. I find that really interesting and while it isn't exactly imaging science, it does apply to the research that we are doing. Writing the abstract itself wasn't that difficult, as it was in the same form as the projects I had to do for an online program I did with NASA through the Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars program.
I continued to work on the leaves from the manuscript I have been working on from the beginning. Now I'm just going back and doing the leaves that were skipped over before, and there aren't that many, so that's good.
Today's video was about Patent laws and the changes that came in March of 2013. As someone who wants to be an engineer and wants to invent things this was actually interesting to me and will probably become very important.
DFTBA
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Accomplishments and a Platypus
July 23
Day 12
Hello. Another exciting day at CIS, finding ancient secrets and treasure maps. Okay, so maybe not as intense as that but still a good day. I finished up the files that my adviser Roger Easton assigned me personally. Yea! Now I am gong through the rest of the files on the disk and doing ones that were skipped over before because they weren't as important to the scholars or they were difficult. Each leaf (page) is so different from any other that there is no set in stone method. You have to look at the bands (the images taken using different types of light) each time and determine which bands look best for that leaf. A lot of the time the leaves will use similar bands, but the rest of the process is specific from each leave. I'll talk more about that tomorrow. I don't want to give you all the secrets at once.
We now have an official CIS intern T shirt design! It was made by two of the other interns, Mia and Simran. Hopefully the shirts will be in soon. Let me explain the design before you get really confused. The Center for Imaging Science mascot is a platypus, because it is a mixture of lots of different animals and imaging science is a mix of many different fields. He is surfing on a wave because its summer and that is what platypi do on their vacations (and the wave is part of the CIS official logo). Hopefully, that clears up any confusion.
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DFTBA
(For those of you who don't know DFTBA means Don't Forget To Be Awesome)
Day 12
Hello. Another exciting day at CIS, finding ancient secrets and treasure maps. Okay, so maybe not as intense as that but still a good day. I finished up the files that my adviser Roger Easton assigned me personally. Yea! Now I am gong through the rest of the files on the disk and doing ones that were skipped over before because they weren't as important to the scholars or they were difficult. Each leaf (page) is so different from any other that there is no set in stone method. You have to look at the bands (the images taken using different types of light) each time and determine which bands look best for that leaf. A lot of the time the leaves will use similar bands, but the rest of the process is specific from each leave. I'll talk more about that tomorrow. I don't want to give you all the secrets at once.
We now have an official CIS intern T shirt design! It was made by two of the other interns, Mia and Simran. Hopefully the shirts will be in soon. Let me explain the design before you get really confused. The Center for Imaging Science mascot is a platypus, because it is a mixture of lots of different animals and imaging science is a mix of many different fields. He is surfing on a wave because its summer and that is what platypi do on their vacations (and the wave is part of the CIS official logo). Hopefully, that clears up any confusion.
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DFTBA
(For those of you who don't know DFTBA means Don't Forget To Be Awesome)
Monday, July 22, 2013
Building a Clean Room
July 22
Day 11
Wow. Its day 11 already. That's scary.
Today I did not on the manuscripts very much, I ran a few bands of one leaf but that was it. My advisor, Roger Easton is out of town for the week so I am continuing through the leaves that he left me to do. I spent almost all of my day building a clean room. It was so cool. We literally built a room inside of a room. We had to connect all of the supports and walls and put in the plexiglass walls. It was a nice change to be able to do something other than on the computer. I am on a FIRST Robotics team, so working together with people to build things is something that I love. Robotics is the thing that I miss most about the school year during the summer, so this was a nice chance to get back to working in the fashion. It was a fun time getting to know the other interns better as we built something that will actually help in research. We didn't finish it so we will go back later in the week to install the ceiling and the rest of the walls. I'm looking forward to it.
DFTBA
Day 11
Wow. Its day 11 already. That's scary.
Today I did not on the manuscripts very much, I ran a few bands of one leaf but that was it. My advisor, Roger Easton is out of town for the week so I am continuing through the leaves that he left me to do. I spent almost all of my day building a clean room. It was so cool. We literally built a room inside of a room. We had to connect all of the supports and walls and put in the plexiglass walls. It was a nice change to be able to do something other than on the computer. I am on a FIRST Robotics team, so working together with people to build things is something that I love. Robotics is the thing that I miss most about the school year during the summer, so this was a nice chance to get back to working in the fashion. It was a fun time getting to know the other interns better as we built something that will actually help in research. We didn't finish it so we will go back later in the week to install the ceiling and the rest of the walls. I'm looking forward to it.
DFTBA
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