| May '06 | This summer, I will be developing the WebBack interface to the Internet Archive's WayBack machine at Cornell University. |
June '06 |
This project is not easy, but it's running along. I've figured out the appropriate protocol and architecture to use, and have set up a test environment in Windows. Next step is getting the environment running on an Apache Linux server. |
| May '06 | Following up on a class project, I am working with Chris Cameron and Tom Lento at Cornell's Sociology, and John Lee (a Soc undergrad) to investigate the diffusion of complex contagions on a variety of artificially generated networks. We have preliminary results, but are currently expanding the functionality of our code in order to be able to run large-scale simulations to confirm our results. Expect more info, and possibly a preprint link, in the Fall. |
June '06 |
My section of the code is completed and ready for plugging into later sections! Hurrah! |
| May '06 | I have been involved with the Institute for Social Sciences at Cornell, doing research on Wikipedia. This semester saw several very interesting projects, including studies of the diffusion of innovation on Wikipedia, examinations of Wikipedia contributor roles, studies of article quality, and so on. I was involved on the data collection end of a couple of these projects, and got a lot of experience in parsing data. The projects will hopefully culminate in several papers to be finished in the Fall; I will add them to my Publications when I have them. |
| June '06 | Now that I've finally done some work on my other projects, Wikipedia is moving ahead! I've parsed out an article/editor hash table. Now to parse further... |
I am looking forward to doing some research on online games (Second Life, World of Warcraft), but who knows when that will happen.