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Goals and Milestones
Week 1:
- Complete the education module “The Biology and Mathematics of Food Webs”
- Enter the title, description, and milestones/goals into the Wiki
- Search for current papers on graph theory and economics or competition graphs and economics
- Prepare initial findings for meeting with Dr. Factor on Monday, 6/8
- Combine the abstracts of the papers that have been found and come up with talking points about how to narrow down my topic and proceed efficiently with my research
Week 2:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Monday, 6/8, to discuss initial findings
- Participate in talk and luncheon on Thursday, 6/11
- Discuss accomplishments and difficulties so far
- Ask general questions about “how” to do things, “where” to find things, etc.
- Meet with Dr. Factor Thursday, 6/11, to discuss questions and comments on Katie’s paper and competition graph paper
- Research:
- Begin reading Kaitlyn Ryan’s master’s thesis
- Understand the biological background, mathematical background, and some statistical information for this topic
- Take notes to prepare for Thursday’s meeting
- Begin reading “A Characterization of Competition Graphs”
- Start learning LaTeX
- Update the wiki
Week 3:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Tuesday, 6/16
- Attend talk Tuesday, 6/16,
- Discuss good presentations, good technical writing, and the difference between them
- Attend Workshop Thursday, 6/18
- Responsible Conduct of Research Workshop
- Meet with Dr. Factor after the Workshop
- Research:
- Begin to read paper “The (1,2)-step Competition Graph of a Tournament”
- Start to compare the competition graphs and (1,2)-step competition graphs by using some small food webs from the initial food web packet, and by creating your own small food web examples.
- Try to use LaTeX to write up some findings
- Find a way to draw a small food web on the computer and find a way to import it into the LaTeX manuscript
- Update the wiki
Week 4:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Monday, 6/22
- Luncheon Thursday, 6/25
- Meet with Dr. Factor Thursday, 6/25
- Research:
- Begin to look at competition graphs and (1,2)-step competition graphs for each focus area
- Develop questions that can be asked in focus area regarding the graphs
- Continue to write up findings in LaTeX and create figures
- Prepare for the 8-10 minute talk that is due on Monday
- Update the wiki
Week 5:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Present 8-10 minute presentation to peers and mentors on Thursday, 7/2 regarding what has been learned so far
- Meet with Dr. Factor after the presentation
- Research:
- Have a draft of 8-10 minute talk prepared on what has been learned so far by 11 AM Monday, 6/29
- Show it to Dr. Factor
- Look at competition graphs and (1,2)-step competition graphs for each focus area
- Develop questions that can be asked in focus area regarding the graphs
- Update wiki
- Have a draft of 8-10 minute talk prepared on what has been learned so far by 11 AM Monday, 6/29
Week 6:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Monday, 7/6
- Evaluate status of research and make plans for the remainder of the research period
- Go to the talk on Tuesday, 7/7
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Thursday, 7/9
- Attend lunch on Thursday, 7/9
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Monday, 7/6
- Research:
- Look at competition graphs and (1,2)-step competition graphs for each focus area
- LaTeX updates
- Update wiki
Week 7:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Monday, 7/13
- Attend lunch on Thursday, 7/16
- Paper outline due by email of Friday, 7/16 by 5 PM
- Research:
- Determine how to approach a solution to the conjectures that have been made
- Create a brief paper outline
- Update wiki
Week 8:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Participate in the luncheon on Thursday, 7/23
- Initialize poster draft and email it to Dr. Factor by Friday, 7/24
- Research:
- Finalize results
- Enter results into LaTeX and create needed figures
- Create poster draft
- Update wiki
Week 9:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Tuesday, 7/28
- Discuss finalizing poster, prepare for final talk, and get pointers on the final paper
- Have updated poster emailed to Dr. Factor Tuesday, 7/28
- Submit final electronic poster version to Dr. Brylow on Wednesday, 7/29
- Attend luncheon on Thursday, 7/30
- Meet with Dr. Factor on Tuesday, 7/28
- Research:
- Finalize poster
- Finalize results
- Construct a “future research” list that will go into the paper
- Begin to turn LaTeX writings into a formal paper
- Update wiki
Week 10:
- Meetings/Important Dates:
- Draft of formal talk due to Dr. Factor Monday, 8/3
- Draft of paper due to Dr. Factor Monday, 8/3
- Poster Session Tuesday, 8/4
- Formal Presentations
- Wednesday, 8/5
- Thursday, 8/6
- Final meeting Friday, 8/7
- Paper due Friday, 8/7
- Update wiki