In the last few weeks (as you have seen from previous blog posts), I have been working on the topic modeling project utilizing ongoing, cutting-edge work that is being done here at the University of Maryland in its Computer Science … Continue reading
My time at CDRH is coming to a close – Monday is the start of my last week here. I’ve learned so much! Where do I even begin? As far as how I’ll be spending my last week here – … Continue reading
This is Sayan Bhattacharyya again, making his second blog post. As you may remember from my previous blog post, I am a grad student from the University of Michigan interning this summer at MITH, working on the topic modeling … Continue reading
As my time at the CDRH nears its end (my last day is next Friday, August 6th), I have begun to reflect on the work I’ve done this summer. I have had the opportunity to exercise a variety of intellectual “muscles.” My … Continue reading
Writing a blog entry is a nice way to start my week. Much has happened since my last entry. I can’t believe it’s already the end of July! I’m really happy about how things are going. I’ve learned so much! … Continue reading
Work with Omeka soldiers on. As I write more PHP to handle the relational metadata on display for the site, I continue to notice some of constraints of my present setup: The code specifying the functionality for recognition and categorization … Continue reading
Not much to report actually, just lots of coding. I spent the week building a web utility to bridge the gap between the needs archaeology folks and the CDRH. It works, but I am still getting all the bits and … Continue reading
I spent the early part of my internship scouring the internet for best practice documents related to digital video and oral history. I also organized them by subject on a page in the project wiki. This week I read through … Continue reading
This week I’ve been working with Omeka a good deal, experimenting with an approach to modeling and documenting a computer system through it. The first issue is what metadata and what documentation needs to be provided for MITH’s purposes, a … Continue reading
In my work on Louis XIV, I’ve been trying to keep in mind the site’s primary audience, that is, French language students. While the site is available on the Web for anyone–teachers, students in other disciplines, or enthusiasts–it was originally … Continue reading