This week has been a really good week. I was extremely worried on Saturday that I might not be able to implement the flatPERM method that I needed for my project, but on Sunday something clicked and I managed to fix my code. Ever since then, things have been pretty much slotting into place and I’m getting very consistent results between all four of the methods I’ve implemented.

I’ve been marred somewhat in that computing resources at the CSC have been under quite a lot of use, but just before the holidays this is somewhat understandable. With a bit of luck, I’ll get added to another queue which isn’t quite as busy, enabling me to do some really long runs with large amounts of fun. When it’s completed, I’m certainly going to try to post a copy on here for everyone to see (as some people have asked), but that will have to wait until it’s been marked.

In other far more exciting news, I got a lovely e-mail offering me a PhD position in the maths department. Now, this doesn’t guarantee funding so I’m certainly not counting my chickens yet (in fact, not by a very long way). However, I’m one step closer so all is good.

Finally, I finished my marking today, so I have nothing more to do on that front until possibly October (if I’m back). Also, after having attended and helped out at every single open day since my first year, I finished up yesterday. So that was a bit sad.

Anyway, enough rambling. I’m going to press on whilst my luck is still moderately good! (I’m touching wood constantly these days).

10:31 pm | Posted in Project