University of Southampton

After “forcing” multiple friends to proof-read my report, it reached a stage where I deemed it “fit for purpose” and handed it in. What a relief! Now I have the distributed (COMP3019) coursework to deal closely followed by the viva and the important end-of-degree exams. These next few weeks are going to be crazy, but [...]

Easter came and Easter left. I ended up stuck in Washington DC for the first week of term due to the volcano on Iceland. The University has been very understanding of any inconvenience that it may have caused and have given automatic extensions on all hand-ins due within a month of my return. This included [...]

The coding section of my TYP is almost complete. Got one last feature to implement, and then probably quite a few bugs to kill. Spent a substantial amount of time over the past few days debugging database inconsistencies happening when encountering low memory warnings. Also had a lot of interesting bugs in my code that [...]

Got the first semester marks back a week ago; no big surprises, and I am still on track for my goal. Still haven’t heard back regarding my I-20 application, and the international office at CMU seemingly get swamped with paperwork this time of year so they don’t offer any confirmation of having received them. So [...]

Still waiting for the exam results and module marks from last semester, they should be available by the end of this week or beginning of next one. It’s always torture having to wait for marks that could make such a difference. Even though I have been offered a place by CMU, they require that my [...]

A few months back I mentioned that I have been applying to do an MSc at a few US universities. I applied for a few really good ones with the hopes that I might be able to convince them that I would be worthy of one such place. Never had I imagined that my truly [...]

As expected, the rest of December and January were hectic. Coursework deadlines hit hard and fast, followed by frantic exam revision. It all culminated last weekend with the final exam being the hardest. The weekend was spent, finally, getting some third year project work done. The questionnaires are going well, though I need to get [...]

The holidays are upon us, and I now realise what the third year is going to be about: individual work! It has been a nice, even workload so far, but I can see the rest of December and January being quite hectic. I have a couple of coursework deadlines right after New Year which are [...]

Already December! This term has just absolutely flown by. Christmas is a time to be spent with family, and I will be doing very little work over the holidays. Unfortunately, the lecturers believe this is the perfect time for courseworks. This means whatever I don’t get done before the holidays, will have to be done [...]

The focus of my third year project is coming along, though I am getting worried about the scope. Spent most of today researching the relevant topics, and putting the finishing touches on my ethics comittee application for a questionnaire I intend to run to gather requirements for my 3YP. Had the second of two graphics [...]