My first post on this blog. Arrived at IHPC with Zac at 8 am sharp today. Had to fill up some HR documents before we got anything started. We are working at IHPC's Advanced Computing (AC) department, in the Geometrical Modeling group. Sounds cool! The lab that we would be working in is called the Visualization Chamber (VC). It's really big!
Our supervisor, Kevin, talked to us about some things to expect during this whole period. We're told that we would not be working on HoloTouch. Instead, we would be working on a project with regards to Human Computer Interaction (HCI). This project would be related to medical applications, in particular, education. End product - iPad application? We shall see... Development would be done using Objective-C, something to look forward to. We have got interesting tasks on hand, and I hope to accomplish these tasks as much as possible.
We also took some time to get to know each other better. Seems to me that Kevin works out everyday. Gym on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Running on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wow! Looks like I gotta do some jogging to keep in shape too. Hehe.
We would be setting up our lab for use tomorrow, and touching on some things related to Operating Systems (OS), the various different tools. Kevin calls it CS101 - Computer Science 101 (sounds good eh?).
It's time for me to continue reading up on Lup Peng and Situ's blogs. I would probably be able to learn some new things from there. While doing that, I guess it would be good if I try to familiarize with the MAC.
P.S. I had no idea how to copy and paste (command + c & command + v) using a MAC -.- so much for a Computer Science person! Haha!
Oh and by the way, Zac and I have to speak english wherever we go. Seems like a good chance to improve my spoken English eh? Still lots of getting used to be done.
Here are some pictures of our lab before the setting up tomorrow:
Some mugs that should contain plants
My desk!
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