2015 Review and 2016 Preview

2015 Review

• January
• Attended a PhD defence session of my fellow student for the first time. Got an idea how the presentation for the defence should be organized.
• February
• Started working as RA at CSIS.
• March
• Missed paper submission due of popular Computer Science conferences.
• April
• Started working as RA at lab.
• May
• G-SPASE; a collaborative educational project.
• September
• Started working as engineering intern at Nightley Inc. Having an opportunity that a portion of my work can be "cashed out" with a start-up companies changed my prospect after graduation. Now I think it is also pretty exciting to work at industry or even start up my own company.
• October
• GISA 2015. A domestic conference that I consider as my home ground. But maybe I should go to other area sometime.
• November
• CSIS Days 2015
• December
• PhD program progress report session I. A very brief session.

Objectives in 2015

• Apply for DC2 or any similar financial aids.
• Failed to apply for it, but it turns out that I could earn as much as I could from DC2 with combination of other opportunities.
• Publish a paper or give a presentation at an international conference.
• Did not accomplish. 

2016 Preview

• January
• FCS Spatial Issue due
• ISPRS Congress 2016 abstract due
• February
• G-SPASE Symposium 2016
• KDD 2016 paper due
• March
• Ubicomp 2016 paper due
• April
• ISPRS Congress 2016 paper due
• May
• SIGSPATIAL 2016 paper due
• October
• WWW 2017 paper due
• December
• PhD program progress report session II

My life works around paper due dates in the next year. I think I can enjoy it.