User:Maxblack45
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Week 1 (5/30/17-6/2/17)
Max The Black Cat
Day 1 (5/30/17)
- Attended MSCS REU orientation
- Met with mentor, Dr. Kim A.S. Factor, and began discussing project details
- Dr. Factor and I discussed goals: having BioMath: The Biology and Mathematics of Food Webs done by Thursday and reading The (1,2)-step competition graph of a tournament (by Kim A.S. Factor and Sarah Merz) by Monday
- Completed pages 1 through 30 of BioMath: The Biology and Mathematics of Food Webs. I plan on finishing the packet tomorrow and seeing how far I can get through chapter 3 of Applied Combinatorics by Fred S. Roberts
Day 2 (5/31/17)
- Attended library orientation
- Finished the BioMath packet.
- Began reading The (1,2)-step competition graph of a tournament
- Began reading chapter 3 of Applied Combinatorics.
Day 3 (6/1/17)
- Attended a talk on good research practices by Dr. Kim Factor
- Filled out direct deposit form
- Met with Dr. Kim Factor and drafted the milestones and discussed moving our lunch with Carissa to Wednesday
- Reviewed milestones and compared them to the program's google calendar
- Printed additional readings for the weekend
- Continued reading chapter 3 of Applied Combinatorics
- Continued reading The (1,2)-step competition graph of a tournament
Day 4 (6/2/17)
- Uploaded a pdf of my milestones for the summer
- Worked on chapter 3 of Applied Combinatorics
- Continued reading The (1,2)-step competition graph of a tournament
- Began reviewing other papers
