Thursday, November 09, 2006
I have reached the stage in my research where I should be wrapping up experimental work, tying up loose ends and start to churn results into publications. It's the stage where I say to myself, alright, you've got what you need to get a Ph.D., and it's time to leave the work to somebody else to continue.
It's now time to consolidate the results - make the results understandable to others. That is the hardest part. It's a logical process. But once we've got this figure out, the thesis will follow much more easily.
What we will concentrate on doing now are the following:
- prepare for a department seminar sometime in December this year
- publish in the International Journal of Robotics Research a paper encompassing mainly the results this year from model identification, simulation of control system to verification of experimental results.
- prepare and attend two international conferences, one in Italy next April and the other in China next July
Once the above papers and events have been prepared, I will be concentrating on writing up my thesis. My supervisors recommend allocating 6 months, full-time on writing the thesis from scatch to submision. It may seem like too long but I reckon that's about right. It's technical writing and that requires a lot of planning and thinking. There's always moments when you realise that, perhaps an experiment had not been conducted that is vital to the flow of your reasoning, or an experiment that needs to be re-done, etc. Anything can crop up.
So I am aiming to start on my thesis next February and get it submitted in August 2007. In the mean time, I look forward to less stressful times until the end of the year and a great Christmas vacation, although it doesn't mean that I can neglect my work. Still have a departmental seminar to prepare before Christmas and papers to write up!
It's now time to consolidate the results - make the results understandable to others. That is the hardest part. It's a logical process. But once we've got this figure out, the thesis will follow much more easily.
What we will concentrate on doing now are the following:
- prepare for a department seminar sometime in December this year
- publish in the International Journal of Robotics Research a paper encompassing mainly the results this year from model identification, simulation of control system to verification of experimental results.
- prepare and attend two international conferences, one in Italy next April and the other in China next July
Once the above papers and events have been prepared, I will be concentrating on writing up my thesis. My supervisors recommend allocating 6 months, full-time on writing the thesis from scatch to submision. It may seem like too long but I reckon that's about right. It's technical writing and that requires a lot of planning and thinking. There's always moments when you realise that, perhaps an experiment had not been conducted that is vital to the flow of your reasoning, or an experiment that needs to be re-done, etc. Anything can crop up.
So I am aiming to start on my thesis next February and get it submitted in August 2007. In the mean time, I look forward to less stressful times until the end of the year and a great Christmas vacation, although it doesn't mean that I can neglect my work. Still have a departmental seminar to prepare before Christmas and papers to write up!
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