Genevieve's Blog

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  First Week

  By Genevieve Buthod

  This week was very exciting and very intimidating at the same time. When I first heard a run-through of what we would be expected to do, I was terrified. I had never done anything besides...

  • May 31, 2012
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  Leaving the Nest

  By Genevieve Buthod

  So far since I have been here, I have been in the main room, safely within range of people I can ask to help me. I am still pretty shaky in my understanding of all of this new material so I thought...

  • Jun 07, 2012
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  Project Proposal

  By Genevieve Buthod

  High-Level ProblemWhen using Looking Glass, kids usually have an idea of what they want the characters in their worlds to do. They may not know exactly how to do this, but they can learn through...

  • Jun 14, 2012
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  Let's Get Down to Business

  By Genevieve Buthod

  This week, I felt I took a step into what it actually means to do research work as a computer scientist, specifically in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. First of all, I learned how...

  • Jun 21, 2012
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  Pushing Through

  By Genevieve Buthod

  I feel I was a little slow this week. Most of my progress occurred in my head, rather than in the code. I know that actually writing or modifying the code to accomplish my goals takes a only few...

  • Jun 28, 2012
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  Building Bridges/Synapses

  By Genevieve Buthod

  My brain got an intense workout this week. It felt great to really push myself to think of things in entirely new ways. It took a new challenge for me to realize that I have actually grown...

  • Jul 05, 2012
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  Work it Out

  By Genevieve Buthod

  I am learning how to use w3 Schools and Stack Overflow to my advantage at this point. Whenever I am confused about something, I can for the most part find an answer through these two resources....

  • Jul 12, 2012
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  Finding Purpose

  By Genevieve Buthod

  This week, I spent some time on traditional, mathematical computing work, like investigating the “Add Tag” function so I have a better idea of how it works. I added an Add Tag function...

  • Jul 19, 2012
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  Las Plagiarismo

  By Genevieve Buthod

      Something funny and possibly troublesome happened this afternoon. I was reading Caitlin’s thesis to get a better idea of what focus to take with my poster, and I stumbled...

  • Jul 26, 2012
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  Goodbye Summer!

  By Genevieve Buthod

    Well, here we are at the end of the summer research experience. I can’t do justice to everything I learned this summer in one blog post, but I’ll do my best. I remember coming...

  • Aug 10, 2012
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