Hypertext, 9 Months, and Prototype
Much has occurred since I last updated this blog, so much in fact that I failed to keep this up to date. I intend to work on updating this more but for the mean time allow me to catch up on my work over the last 4 months.
A Thematic Approach to Emerging Narrative Structure was completed and accepted and I took it to the Web Science workshop at Hypertext '08, I also submitted my work on the thematic model to the ACMs SRC as a poster and presentation that was presented at Hypertext. My work received a lot of positive feedback at the workshop and an excellent discussion was had over the nature of web science and how it could become defined. The SRC was also a positive experience which gave me room to discuss my work with many intelligent individuals and take in possible ideas for where my work was going, I also managed to win 2nd place in the SRC itself - which was a pleasant boost of confidence.
Up to the conference I also spent much of my time compiling my 9 month report, essentially a document exposing my achievements and work for the 1st year of my PhD and my plans for the future, this was followed with a viva shortly after hypertext that, while difficult in places, was successful. It highlighted that I need to give careful attention to how my work will be evaluated and how the model itself can be assessed on its own merits rather then the merits of an instance of the model.
Currently I am back at work on the thematic prototype. This small prototype is a basic implementation that uses the thematic model to build themed photo montages (a very basic form of narrative). It was serve as a testing ground to raise any issues that need modifications to be made to the model through some qualitative testing. Currently I am exploring the effects of different metrics for calculating thematic score; the coverage of motifs a natom has, how well matched to a specific motif a natom is, and how focused on a specific motif a notam is. As well as exploring different ways of building instances of the model. So far the act of building the prototype has been extremely enlightening revealing many possible issues with my model and its implementation unrevealed before such as association within themes and whether a relevant theme is a sub theme at all or something the model does not allow for.
I hope further exploration of this prototype to answer several of my questions and to allow us to refine my model.
A Thematic Approach to Emerging Narrative Structure was completed and accepted and I took it to the Web Science workshop at Hypertext '08, I also submitted my work on the thematic model to the ACMs SRC as a poster and presentation that was presented at Hypertext. My work received a lot of positive feedback at the workshop and an excellent discussion was had over the nature of web science and how it could become defined. The SRC was also a positive experience which gave me room to discuss my work with many intelligent individuals and take in possible ideas for where my work was going, I also managed to win 2nd place in the SRC itself - which was a pleasant boost of confidence.
Up to the conference I also spent much of my time compiling my 9 month report, essentially a document exposing my achievements and work for the 1st year of my PhD and my plans for the future, this was followed with a viva shortly after hypertext that, while difficult in places, was successful. It highlighted that I need to give careful attention to how my work will be evaluated and how the model itself can be assessed on its own merits rather then the merits of an instance of the model.
Currently I am back at work on the thematic prototype. This small prototype is a basic implementation that uses the thematic model to build themed photo montages (a very basic form of narrative). It was serve as a testing ground to raise any issues that need modifications to be made to the model through some qualitative testing. Currently I am exploring the effects of different metrics for calculating thematic score; the coverage of motifs a natom has, how well matched to a specific motif a natom is, and how focused on a specific motif a notam is. As well as exploring different ways of building instances of the model. So far the act of building the prototype has been extremely enlightening revealing many possible issues with my model and its implementation unrevealed before such as association within themes and whether a relevant theme is a sub theme at all or something the model does not allow for.
I hope further exploration of this prototype to answer several of my questions and to allow us to refine my model.
Labels: 9 month report, ACM SRC, hypertext conference, narrative, thematic model, thematic prototype
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