9/24/21: Focus on reading and discussion

  AGENDA  AND  MINUTES

  1. Updates: 

• SD results.
• VJB paper for JSCI. RS spearheaded the submittal process - thanks! At this point we simply need to wait.
• MH paper. We're waiting for it to appear. 
• PT paper. Next step is the presentation, for which they already have received the video.
• PT preliminary research plan. Proposal should get into more detail about the data sources. Compare them and justify decisions. He has had his candidacy cleared by 2 out of 3 examiners and will meet with the 3rd next week.
• Financials. 
• As of 6/25/21, PT paid $400 for FTC and the college has agreed to reimburse him for it after the conference, which is in late October.

2. Reading and discussion:

• Hu et al. 2015, A survey on life prediction of equipment. This time we finished up to section 5, so we can start from there next time.

---------------------------------------Below are some ideas for future discussion----------------------

• We found that the paper at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-40896-1_3 seems like a good paper for us to read.
• MH suggests a short book called Future Spaceflight Meditations, a cosmist perspective, by Jiulio Prisco, physicist formerly with the ESA.
• MH suggests Pantelis Koutroumpis, The Productivity Paradox, a report.

3. Background literature update.

• Some interesting videos are at the Kartik Gada channel such as  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRX67CJhaOT98Jdjh85CEQ which we discussed previously.
• For general reference here are some generic questions about articles (and videos):

What is the source?
What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper? 
Why is that advance important?
What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer? 
What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)? 
What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
Questions from the group?

 

9/17/21: Research results, etc.

 AGENDA  AND  MINUTES

  1. Updates: 

• Welcome to guest JH.

• DB will present some findings.

• SD will present an update on her results. She will next look at the fraction of female astronauts broken out by year. 

• A recent case of Moore's law?Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00530-0)

• VJB paper was accepted by the journal version of the conference. See Sept. 8 11:18 am email (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/wmsci/FMfcgzGljlkzzBbjpdJQMtBTvxprnRXs) for instructions. RS spearheaded the submittal process - thanks!
• MH paper: any news? 
• PT presentation for conference was uploaded to the conference.
• PT candidacy exam updates? 
• Financials.
• As of 6/25/21, PT paid $400 for FTC and the college has agreed to reimburse him for it after the conference, which is in late October.

2. Reading and discussion:

• Hu et al. 2015, A survey on life prediction of equipment. We did not do any readings last time. This leaves us at section 3.2.2, item (5), so we can start from there as time allows.

---------------------------------------Below are some ideas for future discussion----------------------

• We found that the paper at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-40896-1_3 seems like a good paper for us to read.
• MH suggests a short book called Future Spaceflight Meditations, a cosmist perspective, by Jiulio Prisco, physicist formerly with the ESA.
• MH suggests Pantelis Koutroumpis, The Productivity Paradox, a report.

2. Background literature update.

• Some interesting videos are at the Kartik Gada channel such as  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRX67CJhaOT98Jdjh85CEQ which we discussed previously.
• For general reference here are some generic questions about articles (and videos):

What is the source?
What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper? 
Why is that advance important?
What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer? 
What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)? 
What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
Questions from the group?

 

9/10/21: Focus on publication activities

1. Updates:

VJB paper selected for journal. Due Oct. 6 by email reply. See Sept. 8 11:18 am email (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/wmsci/FMfcgzGljlkzzBbjpdJQMtBTvxprnRXs) for instructions. RS will spearhead the submittal process.

MH paper update? It was accepted and now we should only have to wait for it to appear. 

PT presentation for conference. He uploaded the video (about 5 min. 40 sec.) to their website yesterday. He played the video for this meeting. Congrats!

PT candidacy exam updates? He will send a revised research plan to the committee. He will email it to us for comments as well.

What is the difference RMSE and SSR or RSS (root mean squared error vs. sum of squared residuals or residual sum of squares)? Discussion. Error is about deviation from the true value, while residual is more about deviation from a predicted value.

Financials status. 

As of 6/25/21, PT paid $400 for FTC and the college has agreed to reimburse him for it. 

2. Reading and discussion:

Hu et al. 2015, A survey on life prediction of equipment. We did not do any readings today. For next time, we are up to section 3.2.2, item (5), so we can start from there.

---------------------------------------Below are some ideas for future discussion----------------------

We found that the paper at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-40896-1_3 seems like a good paper for us to read.

MH suggests a short book called Future Spaceflight Meditations, a cosmist perspective, by Jiulio Prisco, physicist formerly with the ESA.

MH suggests Pantelis Koutroumpis, The Productivity Paradox, a report.

 

3. Background literature update.

Https://gizmodo.com/the-last-images-from-doomed-space-probes-1847100494

Some interesting videos are at the Kartik Gada channel such as  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRX67CJhaOT98Jdjh85CEQ which we discussed previously.

For general reference here are some generic questions about articles (and videos):

What is the source?
What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper? 
Why is that advance important?
What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer? 
What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)? 
What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
Questions from the group?

 

 

9/3/21: Focus on status updates, as a number of things are going on

 1. Updates:

• MH: All payments for the page charges received. However he has no acknowledgement from the conference. Could send a note asking about the current status.
• VJB: will be doing 4 analyses. He is almost done with the first one. He noted https://www.iiis-spring22.org/imcic/website/default.asp?vc=26 which sounds like WMSCI and is the same organization, in essence.
• RS reports that the WMSCI fee is fully paid by your dept. Great!
• PT: Status of video presentation of the paper: he is almost finished with the slides. Length must be 6-8 minutes. He has found a committee for the candidacy exam. 
• Comment on last time's video: https://youtu.be/Pz4ephK-f94 on attenuation bias.
• DB pointed out how different variations in the analysis of deep space vessel lifetimes gives a rather wide spread of different doubling time estimates for increasing lifespans over time. MH suggests filtering as a general concept. Means are more subject to outliers (very long lives, very short lives). Attenuation bias might affect the raw data more than a moving window average.
• Financials. 
• As of 6/25/21, PT paid $400 for FTC and the college has agreed to reimburse him for it. 

2. Reading and discussion:

• Hu et al. 2015, A survey on life prediction of equipment. We read section 3.2.2 items (3) and (4). So, now we are up to section 3.2.2, item (5), so we can start from there next time.

---------------------------------------Below are some ideas for future discussion----------------------

• We found that the paper at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-40896-1_3 seems like a good paper for us to read.
• MH suggests a short book called Future Spaceflight Meditations, a cosmist perspective, by Jiulio Prisco, physicist formerly with the ESA.
• MH suggests Pantelis Koutroumpis, The Productivity Paradox, a report.

2. Background literature update.

• Https://gizmodo.com/the-last-images-from-doomed-space-probes-1847100494
• Some interesting videos are at the Kartik Gada channel such as  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRX67CJhaOT98Jdjh85CEQ which we discussed previously.
• For general reference here are some generic questions about articles (and videos):
  

What is the source?
What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper? 
Why is that advance important?
What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer? 
What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)? 
What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
Questions from the group?