Speech:Spring 2013 Michael Mailloux Log


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Week Ending February 5th, 2013

 * Task: Get together with other groups to gather contact info. Gather information on the project.


 * Results:

1/31: Helped Vinnie get contact information from the other groups for easier contact out of class.

2/1: Read previous class proposals and reports to get a better understanding of how our proposal should be formatted.

2/5: Went over some more of the previous semesters wiki pages to do some more research on the project.


 * Plan: Work on the proposal with my immediate team members as well as the other groups in class to get our proposal ready.


 * Concerns: My only concern as of now is not being able to get in contact with other teams or getting the right information out of them. Besides that, as long as we have the information that we need I think it should go smoothly.

Week Ending February 12, 2013

 * Task: Get proposal draft together for this week, get it touched up over next few weeks.


 * Results:

2/6: Met with groups to try and get information based on their tasks and timelines for the next few weeks.

2/8: Read logs of classmates.


 * Plan: Meet with groups to gather data based on what they are working on. Get timeline information to see how they plan on progressing with the project. Gather data, write up proposal with detailed information from each group.


 * Concerns: Not being able to get in touch with the other groups and not having enough information from the specific groups to put together a detailed proposal.

Week Ending February 19, 2013
Finish draft of proposal. Compile notes and data from other teams and work with my own teammate to finish the work in the proposal.
 * Task:

2/15: Read logs of classmates. Looked over current proposal and took note of compiled sections. Didn't make class this week due to work, wouldn't have made it on time. Will look for notes from classmates if there was a lecture.
 * Results:

2/17: Read logs

2/19: Catch up with project as it is now, get info from teammate due to not being in class. Make some last minute changes to proposal, go over what was added, see what needs to be reviewed.

To get extra data from classmates and teammate and complete proposal. My concern at this point is mainly getting the required information to finish the proposal with enough data. Not making class only makes this a bit tougher.
 * Plan:
 * Concerns:

Week Ending February 26, 2013
Finish draft of proposal for Friday, this weekend at absolute latest. Compile data gathered from the groups, edit data in the wiki. have to update Vinnie with new information and tasks for the rest of this week due to him missing class this week.
 * Task:

Didn't seem like we got all of the information by the time requested by our manager, guess we'll find out tomorrow! Does look like more information has been added over the weekend, that's a good sign. Proposal at this point seems to be shaping up well, although I assume more still needs to be added or its simply too late.
 * Results:


 * Plan:

2/21: Read logs. Read over the proposal we have so far. Looks like the proposal has been updated by some of the teams, still waiting on others. Will be going over the new data that has been presented and see what needs to be gone over. Will get in touch with Vinnie about our new tasks for the week, as well as the new updates I got from class yesterday. Have to get in touch with other teammates about poster as well as update Vinnie on that.

2/22: Still need data from a few of the groups, getting short on time now. Will reach out to Vinnie and the groups to try and get the missing data throughout the day. Reorganized a few of the sections.

2/26: Edited some of the proposal, went over the extra info added to get a better understanding of what my classmates are doing. Getting data we need from other teams to finish the proposal in time. Seems my concerns were met with gusto.
 * Concerns:

Week Ending March 5, 2013

 * Task: With the proposal turned in for grading and with no class last week, unsure of where Vinnie and I stand as far as grouping goes..


 * Results:

3/2: Read logs. Trying to keep up with everyone after the cancelled class last week.

3/3: Read logs.


 * Plan: Read logs, get up to speed with what is going on in the individual groups as well as the whole project.


 * Concerns:

Week Ending March 12, 2013

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Week Ending March 26, 2013

 * Task: Gather more info for what is happening in the data group so far. Only talking in person so far, Matt seems to have made good progress on separating and finding all of the relevant data.

3/15: Read logs. Focused on Matt so far to see the scripts he has been working on he mentioned last class. 3/17: Read logs of fellow teammates.
 * Results:

3/21: Wasn't able to make class this week. Was moved into Group C. Marc contacted me with some info on what happened in class yesterday. Contacted Josh for the files, waiting on them tonight. The rest of the group is having a meeting tomorrow at 1PM, unfortunately I have work. Will try and get notes from their meeting.

3/26: Read logs of teammates at end of week to see where everyone is at. Haven't received any material from the meeting or the modules, but I'll be able to take a look tomorrow during class.
 * Plan: Get files, go over them as best I can. Hopefully can get insight on what happened in the meeting as well, if not I can catch up next week in class.

Not being able to work on the data in real time before the class. Will try and get more info on the data before Wednesday's meeting.
 * Concerns:

Week Ending April 2, 2013

 * Task: Successfully run a train by next class along with the rest of the team.

3/27: Set up the experiment in class, got up to the point of actually running the train. Decided to run it at home due to time constraints.
 * Results:

3/31: Read logs. Plan on running train later today, will update accordingly. See Group C logs...

4/1: Read logs.

4/3: Got error when running train: Something failed: (/mnt/main/Exp/0044/scripts_pl/50.cd_hmm_tied/slave_convg.pl). Not sure how to resolve this one. Will go over in class today. -Started to setup experiment on my own machine (Traubadix), realized I had some questions on how the machine assignments work along with the experiments. -Is it possible to use the experiment I created on Obelix and run a train from this new machine, or should I start fresh?


 * Plan:

Get my experiment running along with a successful train.


 * Concerns:

Having errors I can't fix on my own and not being able to get in touch with other team members in time for next class.

Week Ending April 9, 2013

 * Task: Improve our language models to be more accurate, aiming for 100%.


 * Results:

4/3: Was able to get a successful experiment made in class today. See Group C Log for more info..

4/5: Read logs & groups logs.

4/9: Read logs of members of group as well as group logs. Sent team leaders the dictionary work I did last night. Right now decoding is being done for our train, unfortunately I am at work for the remainder of the day, won't be able to check for further updates until much later tonight. Will try and address this during the next meeting, trying to get people's schedules worked around better. I missed some important updates due to simply being on a different schedule than other members of the team it seems.


 * Plan:

Meet up with group later on in the week with updates. Run the experiment, specifically the decoder to tune our LM more.
 * Concerns:

Not getting the accuracy up as planned. Not getting the experiment to run successfully.

Week Ending April 16, 2013

 * Task: Work with group C to increase accuracy of our trains.


 * Results:


 * Plan:

4/12: Read logs. Google group page was updated as well as our group page on the wiki.

4/13: Started work on the group assignments for the week. My tasks so far have been to create a new experiment and get things started on that one. So far for the team I have set up the task directory we will be using for the current experiment, and setup the configuration file. Will be checking back periodically to check other team members progress and to take up new tasks.

4/16: Read logs, checked up on what rest of team is doing. Most of he tasks are completed during the day, very tough to try and keep up with these while at work everyday. By the time I get home, tasks are completed, and the remaining ones I need to be at the computer for extended periods of time.


 * Concerns: Not being able to get our meet our goals in the allotted time.

Week Ending April 23, 2013

 * Task: Work on accuracy for experiments as well as poster for with Data group.


 * Results:

4/20: Read logs. Looked over current poster and abstract in progress.

4/22: Read logs.


 * Plan:


 * Concerns:

Week Ending April 30, 2013

 * Task:


 * Results:

4/25: Couldn't get to class this week, had a car appointment that ran late and since we can't get to class late, I was out of luck. Car's safe now though! WIll partner with other group members to catch up on what was missed this week as far as our experiments go.

4/29: Had time to create the LM for the team's newest experiment. Had no problems doing so. Checked up on logs and the other teams status to get a better understanding of where everyone is on the project.


 * Plan: Gather information from team members and push ahead from there.


 * Concerns:

Week Ending May 7, 2013

 * Task: Last week to get the accuracy up for our experiments.


 * Results:


 * Plan:

5/4: Read logs.

5/7: Read logs. Prepared for the evaluations tomorrow.


 * Concerns: Not getting our results to where we wanted them with this being the last week to work on our project.