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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