A productive summer Comment

4:25 pm on August 13, 2010 ,

It’s hard to believe 10 weeks have already passed, but the summer internships at ORNL wrapped up today. I big Thank You! is in store for all the hard work this summer from Ashley Dailey, Jason Frank, and Tim Garvin. All three played a critical part of making this a very successful and productive summer [...]

An update on the Sensorpedia iPhone application 3 Comments

1:40 pm on August 7, 2009 , , , , , , , , ,

This summer I worked on creating an iPhone application for Sensorpedia. The goal of the project was to develop a software application that can be run on a mobile computing device and used to transmit distributed data readings from citizens and first responders in near-real time. This application will permit citizens to rapidly report event [...]

End of the Road for Summer Interns Comment

1:38 pm

Well, it’s around the beginning of August and it’s time to head out back to our universities and hometowns. First of all, I’ve got to say that I’ve had a blast working and learning with these guys at ORNL! I started this internship with knowledge in C++ alone and as a result ended with skills [...]

Python Library Update Comment

9:46 am , , , ,

It’s August, and the time of interns at Sensorpedia for the summer is coming to an end.  This internship has been a fantastic experience in every possible way, and has helped me develop professionally and technically, to say nothing of the immense and invaluable knowledge of presentation and communication techniques that David has imparted on [...]

Glad to be apart of something great!!!!!!!!!! Comment

9:29 am on August 6, 2009

I’ve enjoyed my summer here working along with the Sensorpedia project. I’ve been able to contribute a lot to a project that I feel will be a beneficial project in the future to come. Also, pretty happy to see that we have reached a milestone with the sensor count at over 3000 sensors. I hope to [...]

Hey, nobody gets it right the first time! Comment

4:41 pm on July 20, 2009 , , , , ,

My mouth is going dry, my mind is leaving, I’m beginning to sweat… I must be filming the Sensorpedia video blog… Here is the outtakes version: Trouble seeing the video? View Sensorpedia: Who and Where (Outtakes) on YouTube.

Sensorpedia Video: Who and Where Comment

8:30 am on July 15, 2009 , , , ,

Have you ever visited the website of a company or organization but still just couldn’t quite get a “feel” for what the place or the people there were really like? Perhaps you couldn’t visualize the physical layout of the campus, or maybe the people mentioned didn’t seem “human” in the context of cyberspace. Or was [...]

No Rest For The Weary Comment

11:15 am on June 25, 2009

Hi all, I’m Brandon Zachary. I’m currently a sophomore at Tuskegee University pursuing a Double Major in Computer Science and Mathematics. I play baseball for Tuskegee as well as participate in other clubs and organizations at my school. I am really looking forward to working more and more on the Sensorpedia project, and I hope [...]

Zen in Computer Science? Comment

1:20 pm on June 24, 2009 ,

Hello, my name is Jason Frank.  I’m a computer science student at the University of Tennessee and I’m interning here at Sensorpedia this summer.  I’m planning to introduce myself more thoroughly with a video blog that I will post in a couple of weeks.  Stay tuned… this video will also give you a little behind-the-scenes [...]

Concerning an Intern Comment

2:00 pm on June 23, 2009 ,

My name is Tim Garvin. I’m a summer intern here at Oak Ridge National Lab, working on Sensorpedia with David and a host of others.  During the school year, I’m an undergraduate in computer engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology, working my way towards an eventual masters in that field.  My career interests, very [...]