Attendees:
- Vy
- Yoonha
- Eve
- Vikas
- Michael
Meeting Summary:
- Michael:
- Distributed feedback for weeks 7 and 8 to researchers.
- Discussed details of the feedback with Charlie Clark.
- Updated tasks and progress on ClickUp.
- Spent the majority of the week addressing issues due to Hurricane Milton.
- Eve:
- Updated the Lizard CV folder in ClickUp and documented shared PACE ICE.
- Reviewed and sent out slides for week 8 to the Lizard group.
- Created a feedback form for researchers.
- Compiled a list of topics for office hours upon request.
- Conducted a 5-minute demo for management.
- Yoonha:
- Provided feedback to the NLP team, received responses.
- Updated the team website with meeting details.
- Collaborated with Eve and Vy on conference-related information.
- Vy:
- Worked on updating a website for projects assigned by Bree; focused on web scraping based on last summer’s report.
- Updated guidelines for conference and journal submissions.
- Attended a conference, resulting in a busy week.
- Updated ClickUp with report slides for the NFHM team.
- Vikas:
- Compiled a list of template expectations from conferences.
- Reviewed videos and slides from the Cichlid team and provided feedback.
- Updated himself on Nguyen’s projects through GitHub.
- Expressed a desire for more time to understand models and project details.
- Discussed holding a weekly seminar for Bree’s proposal to gather community feedback.
- Exploring ideas for hosting a hackathon, reaching out to colleagues for insights.
General Discussion:
- Resource and Support Initiatives:
- Eve proposed adding everyone’s emails to a Google Sheet for conference tracking, which is a work in progress.
- Discussed differentiating between conferences and journals in the Google Sheet, now including a new biology section.
- Vy suggested creating a resource support table with topics and corresponding experts for direct communication via OMSCS-Course or Resource-Support channels.
- Feedback and Management:
- Michael highlighted the value of non-expert perspectives in refining presentations through practice sessions.
- Eve shared positive feedback on the new feedback form, suggesting live feedback sessions every couple of weeks to foster debate and improve quality.
- Vikas proposed consolidating feedback forms to reduce redundancy and enhance clarity for researchers.
- Future Plans:
- Planned Project Management Tool demos for the next meeting, as Bree’s absence and scheduling conflicts prevented some presentations.
- Raised a question to Bree about the possibility of switching to biweekly feedback to streamline processes.