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	# Week 2 progress:		# Week 2 progress:
−	#* Met with Prof. Abbott	+	#* Met with Prof. Abbott.
−	#* Conducted Background research by reading about previous final year projects	+	#* Conducted Background research by reading about previous final year projects.
	# Goals for Week 3:		# Goals for Week 3:
		+	#* Start preparing for the Proposal Seminar.
		+	#* Research about Somertons Mans letters.
	=== Semester 1 Week 3===		=== Semester 1 Week 3===
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	# Week 3 progress:		# Week 3 progress:
		+	#* Start Work Break Down Structure
		+	#* Commenced work on project Gantt Chart
		+	#* Organised meeting with Professor Abbott
		+	#* Worked on Proposal
		+	#* Met with project partner
	# Goals for Week 4:		# Goals for Week 4:
		+	#* Attend meeting with Professor Abbott
		+	#* Finish project Gantt Chart
	=== Semester 1 Week 4===		=== Semester 1 Week 4===
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	# Week 4 progress:		# Week 4 progress:
		+	#* Finished project Gantt Chart
		+	#* Met with Professor Abbott
		+	#* Worked on Proposal
		+	#* Met with project partner
		+	#* MATLAB coding started for Task 1
	# Goals for Week 5:		# Goals for Week 5:
−		+	#* Finish Power point for proposal
		+	#* Make more progress in with Task 1
	=== Semester 1 Week 5===		=== Semester 1 Week 5===
	# Week 5 progress:		# Week 5 progress:
		+	#* Power Point nearly completed
		+	#* Names of horses, city names etc. have been finalized
		+	#* Task 1 about 50% complete
	# Goals for Mid-Semester Break:		# Goals for Mid-Semester Break:
		+	#* Power Point has to be completed
		+	#* Prepare speech for proposal
		+	#* Meet with project partner in break to complete Task 1
	=== Semester 1 Mid-Semester Break===		=== Semester 1 Mid-Semester Break===
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	# Mid-Semester Break progress:		# Mid-Semester Break progress:
		+	#* Met with project partner
		+	#* More coding done for Task 1
		+	#* Graphs have been produced for Task 1
		+	#* Task 1 75% complete
		+	#* Power Point got drafted by Prof. Abbott
		+	#* Proposal seminar completed
		+	#* DNA testing kit has been delivered
	# Goals for Week 6:		# Goals for Week 6:
−		+	#* Organise meeting with Prof. Abbott
−		+	#* Complete Task 1
		+	#* Collect the DNA kit
		+	#* Send DNA kit ASAP
	=== Semester 1 Week 6===		=== Semester 1 Week 6===
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	# Week 6 progress:		# Week 6 progress:
		+	#* Sent DNA to 23andMe
		+	#* Had meeting with Derek
		+	#* An extension of Task 1 was given, to further look into the book
		+	#* Still working on Task 1
	# Goals for Week 7:		# Goals for Week 7:
−		+	#* Work on the extension task
−		+	#* Start working on thesis
−		+
	=== Semester 1 Week 7===		=== Semester 1 Week 7===
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	# Week 7 progress:		# Week 7 progress:
−		+	#* Original of Task 1 is completed
		+	#* Extension of Task 1 near completion
		+	#* The code is complete to count the letter in each line of the book
		+	#* Thesis layout completed
		+	#* Thesis introduction started
		+
	# Goals for Week 8:		# Goals for Week 8:
		+	#* Complete extension of Task 1
		+	#* Complete Thesis introduction
		+	#* Oragnize meeting with Derek
	=== Semester 1 Week 8===		=== Semester 1 Week 8===
	# Week 8 progress:		# Week 8 progress:
−		+	#* Meeting with Derek
		+	#* Derek said that we have good progress
		+	#* Meeting with partner, to talk about thesis
		+	#* Task 1 is fully completed
		+	#* Results show that horse names are not the mysterious code
	# Goals for Week 9:		# Goals for Week 9:
−		+	#* Work on thesis
−		+
	=== Semester 1 Week 9===		=== Semester 1 Week 9===
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	# Week 9 progress:		# Week 9 progress:
−		+	#* DNA results have come back, need to have meeting with Derek ASAP
		+	#* Thesis introduction completed
		+	#* Sent drafts to each other
	# Goals for Week 10:		# Goals for Week 10:
−		+	#* Have meeting with Derek
−		+	#* Continue working on the thesis
	=== Semester 1 Week 10===		=== Semester 1 Week 10===
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	# Week 10 progress:		# Week 10 progress:
−		+	#* Meeting with Derek
		+	#* Informed that we can't do any of the DNA task until the ethics is signed
		+	#* Showed Derek results for task 1 and told us it was good
		+	#* Drafted each others thesis and sent it back to each other
		+
	# Goals for Week 11:		# Goals for Week 11:
−		+	#* Only task to do now is the thesis
−		+
	=== Semester 1 Week 11===		=== Semester 1 Week 11===
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	# Week 11 progress:		# Week 11 progress:
−		+	#* Thesis introduction completed again
		+	#* Thesis technical background started
		+	#* Thesis project management started
	# Goals for Week 12:		# Goals for Week 12:
−		+	#* Have the thesis completed by Tuesday, so we can send our drafts to each other
−		+
	=== Semester 1 Week 12===		=== Semester 1 Week 12===
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	# Week 12 progress:		# Week 12 progress:
		+	#* Thesis completed and sent to partner
		+	#* Draft each others thesis
		+	#* Final copy of draft thesis completed and sent to my uni
	# Goals for Week 13:		# Goals for Week 13:
−		+	#* Have meeting with Derek to talk about the next task that need to be completed
−		+
	=== Semester 1 Week 13===		=== Semester 1 Week 13===
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	# Week 13 progress:		# Week 13 progress:
−		+	#* Exam study, therefore no project work
	# Goals for Exam Period:		# Goals for Exam Period:
−		+	#* Do Exam
−		+
−		+
	===Mid Year Break Week 1===		===Mid Year Break Week 1===
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	# Week 1 progress:		# Week 1 progress:
−		+	#* Meet up with partner to talk about next task
		+	#* Ethics been approved
		+
	# Goals for Week 2:		# Goals for Week 2:
−		+	#* Start doing DNA task
−		+
	===Mid Year Break Week 2===		===Mid Year Break Week 2===
	# Week 2 progress:		# Week 2 progress:
−	.	+	#* Degrading the DNA is nearly completed
		+	#* Matlab code is nearly done
	# Goals for Week 3:		# Goals for Week 3:
−		+	#* Have the code completed
	===Mid Year Break Week 3===		===Mid Year Break Week 3===
	# Week 3 progress:		# Week 3 progress:
−		+	#* Code is completed
		+	#* Started degrading the DNA, by removing SNPs
		+
	# Goals for Semester 2 week 1:		# Goals for Semester 2 week 1:
		+	#* Meet with Derek and show him our progress
	===Semester 2 Week 1===		===Semester 2 Week 1===
	# Week 1 progress:		# Week 1 progress:
		+	#* Met with Derek, says our work is going well
		+	#* Degraded the DNA by 10% intervals and now waiting for results
	# Goals for Week 2:		# Goals for Week 2:
−		+	#* After results have come, start to analyse the result and figure what the next steps are
−		+
	===Semester 2 Week 2===		===Semester 2 Week 2===
	# Week 2 progress:		# Week 2 progress:
−		+	#* Another set of degrading data was put into Gedmatch to compare results
		+	#* Met with Derek to inform us on what the next step is, which is to find false positives and false negatives and graph results
		+	#* Also got told to look into the heritage stuff on Gedmatch
	# Goals for Week 3:		# Goals for Week 3:
		+	#* Plot false positives and false negatives
		+	#* Start looking into booking the mass spectrometer lab
	===Semester 2 Week 3===		===Semester 2 Week 3===
	# Week 3 progress:		# Week 3 progress:
		+	#* Mass Spect booked
		+	#* Obtained Hair for Mass spect
	# Goals for Week 4:		# Goals for Week 4:
−		+	#* Complete Mass Spect
		+	#* Write Thesis
	===Semester 2 Week 4===		===Semester 2 Week 4===
	# Week 4 progress:		# Week 4 progress:
−		+	#* Mass Spect Completed
		+	#* Finished Task 3
	# Goals for Week 5:		# Goals for Week 5:
		+	#* Analysis results from mass spect
	===Semester 2 Week 5===		===Semester 2 Week 5===
	# Week 5 progress:		# Week 5 progress:
−		+	#* Made some progress with the results
		+	#* Met with Derek
	# Goals for Week 6:		# Goals for Week 6:
−		+	#* Continue on analyzing results
		+	#* Continue writing thesis
	===Semester 2 Week 6===		===Semester 2 Week 6===
	# Week 6 progress:		# Week 6 progress:
−		+	#* Made some progress with the results
	# Goals for Week 7:		# Goals for Week 7:
		+	#* Continue on analyzing results
		+	#* Continue writing thesis
	===Semester 2 Week 7===		===Semester 2 Week 7===
	# Week 7 progress:		# Week 7 progress:
−		+	#* Found Strontium levels are lower in Adelaide compared to Bali
		+	#* Continue analysing other elements to find any significants
	# Goals for Week 8:		# Goals for Week 8:
−		+	#* Continue writing thesis
	===Semester 2 Week 8===		===Semester 2 Week 8===
	# Week 8 progress:		# Week 8 progress:
		+	#* Graphs made with the different elements
		+
	# Goals for Mid-Semester Break:		# Goals for Mid-Semester Break:
−		+	#* Continue writing thesis
		+	#* Start making the poster
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	===Mid Semester Break===		===Mid Semester Break===
	# Week Mid-Semester Break progress:		# Week Mid-Semester Break progress:
−		+	#* Poster nearly completed
	# Goals for week 9:		# Goals for week 9:
−		+	#* Continue writing thesis
		+	#* Complete poster so Derek can draft
	===Semester 2 Week 9===		===Semester 2 Week 9===
	# Week 9 progress:		# Week 9 progress:
		+	#* Poster completed, sent to get drafted
		+	#* Thesis needs to be completed, so it can be drafted
	# Goals for week 10:		# Goals for week 10:
−		+	#* Complete thesis
		+	#* Edit poster after it is drafted
		+	#* Start the final seminar slides
	===Semester 2 Week 10===		===Semester 2 Week 10===
	# Week 10 progress:		# Week 10 progress:
−		+	#* Poster completed and submitted
		+	#* Final seminar slides done and sent to Derek to get drafted
		+	#* Sent Derek our thesis to get drafted
	# Goals for week 11:		# Goals for week 11:
−		+	#* Edit final seminar slides when drafted
		+	#* Edit thesis
		+	#* Prepare for expo
	===Semester 2 Week 11===		===Semester 2 Week 11===
	# Week 11 progress:		# Week 11 progress:
−		+	#* Get Thesis Drafted
		+	#* Final seminar slides submitted
		+	#* Expo completed
	# Goals for week 12:		# Goals for week 12:
		+	#* Finish Thesis
		+	#* Prepare for final seminar
		+	#* Give all relevant files to Derek
	===Semester 2 Week 12===		===Semester 2 Week 12===
	# Week 12 progress:		# Week 12 progress:
		+	#* Thesis done and submitted
		+	#* Work on Final Seminar
		+
		+	# Goals for week 13:
		+	#* Prepare for final seminar
		+
		+	===Semester 2 Week 13===
		+	# Week 13 progress:
		+	#* Final seminar completed
		+	#* Closed project
	==See also==		==See also==
−	* [[Cipher Cracking 2013]]	+
−	* [[Semester A Progress Report 2013 - Cipher cracking]]	+
−	* [[Semester B Final Report 2013]]	+
−	* [[Cipher Cross-off List]]	+
	==Back==		==Back==

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Latest revision as of 10:35, 3 November 2018

Weekly progress

Semester 1 Week 1

1. Week 1 progress:
   • Organise meeting with Prof. Abbott.
   • Contacted project partner and had a meeting.
   • Attended the literature training session with project partner at Bar Smith library.

1. Goals for Week 2:
   • Meet Prof. Abbott.
   • Understand the aims of the project

Semester 1 Week 2

1. Week 2 progress:
   • Met with Prof. Abbott.
   • Conducted Background research by reading about previous final year projects.

1. Goals for Week 3:
   • Start preparing for the Proposal Seminar.
   • Research about Somertons Mans letters.

Semester 1 Week 3

1. Week 3 progress:
   • Start Work Break Down Structure
   • Commenced work on project Gantt Chart
   • Organised meeting with Professor Abbott
   • Worked on Proposal
   • Met with project partner

1. Goals for Week 4:
   • Attend meeting with Professor Abbott
   • Finish project Gantt Chart

Semester 1 Week 4

1. Week 4 progress:
   • Finished project Gantt Chart
   • Met with Professor Abbott
   • Worked on Proposal
   • Met with project partner
   • MATLAB coding started for Task 1

1. Goals for Week 5:
   • Finish Power point for proposal
   • Make more progress in with Task 1

Semester 1 Week 5

1. Week 5 progress:
   • Power Point nearly completed
   • Names of horses, city names etc. have been finalized
   • Task 1 about 50% complete

1. Goals for Mid-Semester Break:
   • Power Point has to be completed
   • Prepare speech for proposal
   • Meet with project partner in break to complete Task 1

Semester 1 Mid-Semester Break

1. Mid-Semester Break progress:
   • Met with project partner
   • More coding done for Task 1
   • Graphs have been produced for Task 1
   • Task 1 75% complete
   • Power Point got drafted by Prof. Abbott
   • Proposal seminar completed
   • DNA testing kit has been delivered

1. Goals for Week 6:
   • Organise meeting with Prof. Abbott
   • Complete Task 1
   • Collect the DNA kit
   • Send DNA kit ASAP

Semester 1 Week 6

1. Week 6 progress:
   • Sent DNA to 23andMe
   • Had meeting with Derek
   • An extension of Task 1 was given, to further look into the book
   • Still working on Task 1

1. Goals for Week 7:
   • Work on the extension task
   • Start working on thesis

Semester 1 Week 7

1. Week 7 progress:
   • Original of Task 1 is completed
   • Extension of Task 1 near completion
   • The code is complete to count the letter in each line of the book
   • Thesis layout completed
   • Thesis introduction started

1. Goals for Week 8:
   • Complete extension of Task 1
   • Complete Thesis introduction
   • Oragnize meeting with Derek

Semester 1 Week 8

1. Week 8 progress:
   • Meeting with Derek
   • Derek said that we have good progress
   • Meeting with partner, to talk about thesis
   • Task 1 is fully completed
   • Results show that horse names are not the mysterious code

1. Goals for Week 9:
   • Work on thesis

Semester 1 Week 9

1. Week 9 progress:
   • DNA results have come back, need to have meeting with Derek ASAP
   • Thesis introduction completed
   • Sent drafts to each other

1. Goals for Week 10:
   • Have meeting with Derek
   • Continue working on the thesis

Semester 1 Week 10

1. Week 10 progress:
   • Meeting with Derek
   • Informed that we can't do any of the DNA task until the ethics is signed
   • Showed Derek results for task 1 and told us it was good
   • Drafted each others thesis and sent it back to each other

1. Goals for Week 11:
   • Only task to do now is the thesis

Semester 1 Week 11

1. Week 11 progress:
   • Thesis introduction completed again
   • Thesis technical background started
   • Thesis project management started

1. Goals for Week 12:
   • Have the thesis completed by Tuesday, so we can send our drafts to each other

Semester 1 Week 12

1. Week 12 progress:
   • Thesis completed and sent to partner
   • Draft each others thesis
   • Final copy of draft thesis completed and sent to my uni

1. Goals for Week 13:
   • Have meeting with Derek to talk about the next task that need to be completed

Semester 1 Week 13

1. Week 13 progress:
   • Exam study, therefore no project work

1. Goals for Exam Period:
   • Do Exam

Mid Year Break Week 1

1. Week 1 progress:
   • Meet up with partner to talk about next task
   • Ethics been approved

1. Goals for Week 2:
   • Start doing DNA task

Mid Year Break Week 2

1. Week 2 progress:
   • Degrading the DNA is nearly completed
   • Matlab code is nearly done

1. Goals for Week 3:
   • Have the code completed

Mid Year Break Week 3

1. Week 3 progress:
   • Code is completed
   • Started degrading the DNA, by removing SNPs

1. Goals for Semester 2 week 1:
   • Meet with Derek and show him our progress

Semester 2 Week 1

1. Week 1 progress:
   • Met with Derek, says our work is going well
   • Degraded the DNA by 10% intervals and now waiting for results

1. Goals for Week 2:
   • After results have come, start to analyse the result and figure what the next steps are

Semester 2 Week 2

1. Week 2 progress:
   • Another set of degrading data was put into Gedmatch to compare results
   • Met with Derek to inform us on what the next step is, which is to find false positives and false negatives and graph results
   • Also got told to look into the heritage stuff on Gedmatch

1. Goals for Week 3:
   • Plot false positives and false negatives
   • Start looking into booking the mass spectrometer lab

Semester 2 Week 3

1. Week 3 progress:
   • Mass Spect booked
   • Obtained Hair for Mass spect

1. Goals for Week 4:
   • Complete Mass Spect
   • Write Thesis

Semester 2 Week 4

1. Week 4 progress:
   • Mass Spect Completed
   • Finished Task 3

1. Goals for Week 5:
   • Analysis results from mass spect

Semester 2 Week 5

1. Week 5 progress:
   • Made some progress with the results
   • Met with Derek

1. Goals for Week 6:
   • Continue on analyzing results
   • Continue writing thesis

Semester 2 Week 6

1. Week 6 progress:
   • Made some progress with the results
2. Goals for Week 7:
   • Continue on analyzing results
   • Continue writing thesis

Semester 2 Week 7

1. Week 7 progress:
   • Found Strontium levels are lower in Adelaide compared to Bali
   • Continue analysing other elements to find any significants

1. Goals for Week 8:
   • Continue writing thesis

Semester 2 Week 8

1. Week 8 progress:
   • Graphs made with the different elements

1. Goals for Mid-Semester Break:
   • Continue writing thesis
   • Start making the poster

Mid Semester Break

1. Week Mid-Semester Break progress:
   • Poster nearly completed

1. Goals for week 9:
   • Continue writing thesis
   • Complete poster so Derek can draft

Semester 2 Week 9

1. Week 9 progress:
   • Poster completed, sent to get drafted
   • Thesis needs to be completed, so it can be drafted

1. Goals for week 10:
   • Complete thesis
   • Edit poster after it is drafted
   • Start the final seminar slides

Semester 2 Week 10

1. Week 10 progress:
   • Poster completed and submitted
   • Final seminar slides done and sent to Derek to get drafted
   • Sent Derek our thesis to get drafted

1. Goals for week 11:
   • Edit final seminar slides when drafted
   • Edit thesis
   • Prepare for expo

Semester 2 Week 11

1. Week 11 progress:
   • Get Thesis Drafted
   • Final seminar slides submitted
   • Expo completed

1. Goals for week 12:
   • Finish Thesis
   • Prepare for final seminar
   • Give all relevant files to Derek

Semester 2 Week 12

1. Week 12 progress:
   • Thesis done and submitted
   • Work on Final Seminar

1. Goals for week 13:
   • Prepare for final seminar

Semester 2 Week 13

1. Week 13 progress:
   • Final seminar completed
   • Closed project

See also

Back

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