Week 14
This has been a hectic week.
I think I must acknowledge that I this week have been working mostly as a facilitator for other people and as an examinor.
Summary
Project asterism: I finished cookiejam and it works!
I am happy that I accomplished this. I am now running my ‘best-case’ targets through it.
Next week I will actually get to use it.
PLATO: I didn’t do PLATO this week. I want to before the telecon next week.
pitchfork: I spent hours throughout the week reading, commenting, changing, and guiding.
The draft is currently sent around the co-authors a day before our internal deadline, which is nice.
eagleescape: I am finishing it today.
beyblade: Based on a request I have helped getting key dimensions that was thought not to have been included in the initial models.
I spent time writing a script and reading papers in order to get progress in this project.
gmork: Referee report came back with a few major comments but mostly a list of trivial corrections.
The student leading this submitted her thesis last week so this is not a high priority this week.
Teaching:
- I have not heard from the Y4 students and I am not involved with the grading of them.
- We have had vivas for the Y3 students this week (Tuesday and Thursday afternoons).
I have read their 100-page report once in order to get decent and fair questions for them.
I need to finish my grading of the individual contributions to the report and we will wrap up the course on the 14th.
Postdoc rep:
- I invited people for the next jamboree.
- I had the first postdoc coffee which `failed’. We were only three (and all from the same group).
I think I should have sent more emails if I wanted a higher turnout.
I think the next informal event should be an ‘after-work’ version -> maybe a drink at Bratby instead?
admin:
- I did not do much on my long list of admin stuff this week.
Other:
- I helped my co-worker on her high priority task most of Wednesday morning.
- I attended a seminar on pulsars Wednesday afternoon.
Things I should think about strengthen:
- I feel like the estimates I send to other people (e.g. in
eagleescape) have been dishonest and too optimistic.
- I think I need to be better at time estimating tasks.
Key things
- My student reached the milestone of `finished first draft sent to co-authors’.
They are happy and relieved and I am happy to have helped make the process more smooth and easier for them.
- I have helped two other people in multi-hour sessions this week with their high-priority tasks.
- I have held exams for 16 students.
- I finished the roadblock for getting the key observables that I needed.
Challenges for next week
- I want to quality check the observables archieved using
cookiejam and PBjam.
- I want to write more and do more on my high-priority project next week.
- In two weeks we will have a workshop that partly involves BASTA. I want to do some (fun) work on BASTA prior to then.
- I want to do a bit more PLATO work before the telecon Friday next week.
- I need to give my final marks for the Y3 students before our meeting next Monday.