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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Personal Information==<br />
Casey J. O'Brien<br><br />
Ubicomp Lab, CU301E<br><br />
Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science<br><br />
Marquette University<br><br />
<code>cobrie {at} mscs {dot} mu {dot} edu</code><br />
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A senior with majors in Computer Science and English Literature, I work in [http://www.mscs.mu.edu/~iq Dr. Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed's] Ubicomp Lab in CU301E.<br />
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==Summer Goals/Milestones==<br />
These are preliminary goals/milestones. Most will be expanded/modified as the project develops.<br />
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*June 17th: Finish literature survey on 1) privacy in ubiquitous computing and 2) simple/complex activity recognition <br />
*June 30th: (Mini Presentations) Finish design of preliminary system<br />
*July 29th: Finish basic simple activity recognition on device<br />
*August 1st: Finish preparing final poster<br />
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==Zotero Bibliography Manager==<br />
My Zotero working bibliography is available at [http://www.zotero.org/caseyobrien/items http://www.zotero.org/caseyobrien/items].<br />
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==Week 8: Characterizing Sensor Noise: Allan Variance==<br />
*Allan Variance to determine noise coefficients<br />
*Using AV to determine update equations in Kalman Filter<br />
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==Week 7: Inertial Navigation==<br />
*Obtaining fairly accurate displacement calculations over short distances<br />
*Modeling error in accelerometers and gyroscopes<br />
**Ellipsoid fitting using least squares<br />
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==Week 6: Inertial Navigation==<br />
*Continued working on internal navigation as it relates to map generation<br />
*Worked on iPhone code for SLAM<br />
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==Week 5: Mini Presentations==<br />
*Formalized technical proposal<br />
*Wrote preliminary parts of new grant proposal<br />
*Prepared presentation for Thursday<br />
*Delivered presentation<br />
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==Week 4: System Requirements and Design==<br />
*Read/annotated numerous papers on complex activity recognition <br />
*Began to gather design requirements and design features of our system<br />
**How it differs from existing systems<br />
**What issues it addresses<br />
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==Week 3: Map Generation Implementation Experiments==<br />
===Monday 13 June===<br />
*Built up Android development environment<br />
**Android toolchain<br />
**Eclipse plug-ins<br />
*Started code for wifi localization implementation<br />
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===Tuesday 14 June===<br />
*Continued code for wifi localization implementation<br />
*Worked through mathematics for multifeature multiclass Bayesian classifier<br />
*Attended talk on good presentations and research papers<br />
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===Wednesday 15 June===<br />
*Read papers and tweaked implementation of localization project<br />
*Gathered preliminary data on beacon attributes<br />
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===Thursday 16 June===<br />
*Attended lecture on responsible research practices<br />
*Worked through beacon probability mathematics<br />
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===Friday 17 June===<br />
*Worked through beacon probability mathematics<br />
*Developed Bayesian classifier generic Java class<br />
*Gathered comprehensive data on wifi environment in MSCS department<br />
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==Week 2: Localization and Map Generation==<br />
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===Monday 06 May===<br />
*Read/edited new book chapter on carbon footprint calculation framework to be published soon <br />
*Explored potential print resources in the library and photocopied potentially relevant sections<br />
**G. Bekey, Autonomous robots : from biological inspiration to implementation and control, Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press, 2005. [TJ211.495 .B45 2005]<br />
**D. Fox, S. Thrun, W. Burgard, and F. Dellaert, “Particle filters for mobile robot localization,” Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Practice, New York, NY, USA: Springer-VErlag, 2001, pp. 401-428. [QA298 .S47 2001]<br />
**José del R. Millán, “Robot Navigation,” The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, 2003, pp. 987-990. [QP363.3 .H36 2003]<br />
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===Tuesday 07 May===<br />
*Read/skimmed/annotated a variety of somewhat unhelpful, yet intellectually stimulating papers<br />
**10.1109/WCNM.2005.1544306<br />
**10.1109/PERCOM.2010.5466999<br />
**10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526254<br />
**10.1109/IPIN.2010.5647107<br />
**10.1109/AERO.2006.1655801<br />
**10.1109/IPIN.2010.5646861<br />
**10.1109/IPIN.2010.5647505<br />
*Organized things in Ubicomp lab<br />
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===Wednesday 08 May===<br />
*Found/read book sections on methods of localization in wifi networks<br />
**S.-L. Wu, Wireless ad hoc networking : personal-area, local-area, and the sensory-area networks, Boca Raton FL: Auerbach Pub., 2007. [TK5105.78 .W59 2007]<br />
**A. LaMarca, Location systems an introduction to the technology behind location awareness, [San Rafael, Calif.] :: Morgan & Claypool Publishers,, 2008.<br />
*Contemplated system components and design<br />
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===Thursday 09 May===<br />
*Read book sections on methods of localization in wifi networks<br />
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===Friday 10 May===<br />
*Worked on developing wifi localization implementation using Bayesian networks<br />
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==Week 1: Summer Planning==<br />
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===Monday 30 May (Memorial Day)=== <br />
*Summer residents move-in<br />
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===Tuesday 31 May===<br />
*REU orientation<br />
*"Rehired" by HR<br />
*Prepared SafeTask and EcoDrive for presentation at R2D2 lab tomorrow<br />
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===Wednesday 01 May===<br />
*Meeting w/ Dr. Iqbal and Aaron on summer projects<br />
*Meeting at UWM R2D2 Center ([http://www.r2d2.uwm.edu/ Dr. Roger Smith]) to share lab experiences<br />
**Showed two demos on iPhone -- SafeTask and EcoDrive<br />
*Meeting of the Official Funtivities Committee<br />
**Brainstormed ideas<br />
**Planned first weekend event -- lunch at Sobelman's<br />
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===Thursday 02 May===<br />
*Talk on research practices <br />
*Library tour and database orientation<br />
*Checked out potentially useful books<br />
**A. Acquisti, Digital privacy : theory, technologies, and practices, New York: Auerbach Publications, 2008. [QA76.9.A25 D528 2008]<br />
**G. Giannotti, Mobility, data mining, and privacy : geographic knowledge discovery, Berlin: Springer Heidelberg, 2008. [G70.2 .M62 2008]<br />
**M. Wachowicz, Movement-aware applications for sustainable mobility : technologies and approaches, Hershey PA: Information Science Reference, 2010. [TK5105.65 .M68 2010]<br />
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===Friday 03 May===<br />
*Explored potential articles in IEEE Xplore, entered citations into Zotero <br />
*Read general overviews of security/privacy in ubiquitous computing environments<br />
*Summer residents move into new apartment</div>Cobrien