I finally have my student ID, health insurance and other admin related stuff sorted. I've even settled into a kind of routine: wake up at 7, on the 8AM BART, 9 to 5 in the office and then back home by 6.
I've had some productive chats with people working on Hydrowatch project, particularly Jay Taneja, who'se role in Hydrowatch is similar to my role in FREE - deploying and maintaining a sensor network for collaborators in the Environmental Science department. The Hydrowatch project currently has a similar deployment scale to FREE, but they're looking to expand to over 400 nodes!
Despite some nerves, I think my presentation on Friday went well. My only remaining area of concern is how my work relates to that of Kris Pisters' research group, which focuses upon electrical engineering and the very low level software aspects of sensor networks. Hopefully Kris will be content for me to spend my time drawing on related work from the broader university (e.g. Hydrowatch)... We have a meeting on Monday to chat about it.
This will be the second Christmas I've spent looking at Chistmas trees set against sunny skies. Last Christmas I was in Gambia, this Christmas I'm in California. You know, I think I'm looking forward to spending next Christmas at home...
Fisherman's Wharf
Union Square
2 comments:
tis good you seem to be enjoying it better now :-)
Yeah... and don't get me wrong - I'm ejoying the whole experience.
It just a bit stressful as I settle in and try to find out what's expected of me. Hopefully my meeting with Kris Pister tomorrow will help in this regard.
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