Journal for April 2007
MSci Thesis Finished
Wed, 2007-04-25 06:13 — MichaelI've just handed in the final version of my MSci thesis! It's the culmination of my fourth-year Physics project on Interpretation of 3D Astronomical Data, in which I was studying a spectral datacube of the NGC 1068 Active Galactic Nucleus, trying to discover the structure and properties of this astronomical object from the redshift and distribution of the spectral emission lines. Sometime soon I will be posting some of the PyRAF and Python datacube analysis code that I developed.
Now I only have to worry about the Project viva, and then three exams from other modules.
The Hole in the Wall Project
Sun, 2007-04-15 14:26 — MichaelA fascinating video by Sugata Mitra at LIFT07, in which he presents his "hole in the wall project". He's been putting computers in the streets of Indian towns where the children have never seen a computer, and don't even speak any English. It's very interesting how the children have collectively discovered how to use the computers (in English), and how their group dynamics develop and affect the learning process.
