Taking the A.I. module this sem, the first A.I. ends up a failure. It's just a simple A.I. yet i'm struggling with it. I really admire people who devote their time to developing A.I. for people to play with.
When computer weren't that common 15 years ago, I used to play many multi-player games myself. Mahjong, Big2, Chinese Chess etc. it's gets really boring since I always have knowledge of the whole environment and can manipulate the results of the game as I wished.
With A.I., I finally can stop playing all the players. At least I get to play against some "players" though they are just algorithms that use probability to determine their next move.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Presentation Commences
Presentations are fun and exciting, yet scary and stressful to have..
Prior to presentations, one has to do much researching, then after collecting all the information needed, one has to start his preparation for the actual presentation. The most common way is to make a powerpoint slide.
My first presentation of the year is a self-learning assignment. The class is divided into six groups, and each group assigned a topic where we go read up on. This will brand us as the experts in that particular topic, giving us the credentials to lecture on that topic. Therefore, apart from saying what is on the slideshow, you will have to add in explanations to make things more understandable.
The second presentation is relatively easier, just having the prepare the solution to one of the tutorial question on powerpoint slides then present before the class. As the answers aren't supposed to be that long, and the group size of six is large, each person just has to say a few lines of text. With all the explanations on the slide, nothing will go wrong. Two more of this sort of presentation still to come.
Two more other presentations will be the most terrifying of all. Even though it's just a 3-5 min talk, it will be done in front of the class and a camera. I always get very tensed up in front of camera, cause I'm scared of getting sucked into the camera, lol..
Prior to presentations, one has to do much researching, then after collecting all the information needed, one has to start his preparation for the actual presentation. The most common way is to make a powerpoint slide.
My first presentation of the year is a self-learning assignment. The class is divided into six groups, and each group assigned a topic where we go read up on. This will brand us as the experts in that particular topic, giving us the credentials to lecture on that topic. Therefore, apart from saying what is on the slideshow, you will have to add in explanations to make things more understandable.
The second presentation is relatively easier, just having the prepare the solution to one of the tutorial question on powerpoint slides then present before the class. As the answers aren't supposed to be that long, and the group size of six is large, each person just has to say a few lines of text. With all the explanations on the slide, nothing will go wrong. Two more of this sort of presentation still to come.
Two more other presentations will be the most terrifying of all. Even though it's just a 3-5 min talk, it will be done in front of the class and a camera. I always get very tensed up in front of camera, cause I'm scared of getting sucked into the camera, lol..
Thursday, February 14, 2008
道不同不相为谋
我已经觉得很烦闷。虽然我对工作上的事情不是很挑剔，这两年我以觉得非常懊恼。既然我们的理想不同，工作方式也不同，为何我们还是硬要组成同一队。
我非常讨厌其他人在我做事时，对我说“没可能。”，“办不到。”，这类的话。我痛恨你的眼高手低，每天只会想着几个礼拜后才得交的作业，但明天需要交的，你却还没做。
嗨！真是苦恼。
我非常讨厌其他人在我做事时，对我说“没可能。”，“办不到。”，这类的话。我痛恨你的眼高手低，每天只会想着几个礼拜后才得交的作业，但明天需要交的，你却还没做。
嗨！真是苦恼。
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
stumble, mumble, trouble
The past two days basically can be summarised with these three words. Stumbling into people I don't know, then forming groups with them, while they talk to me, I'll mumble back a reply. With the groups formed, all the troubles just come swarming in. Projects, assignments, presentations and so much more.
The first thing due will be the user manual, done in group of threes, then software engineering project, then preparing to give a lecture on week 6, next to form group for database project, and finally forming group for the group presentation of tutorial answer.
And while in lecture today, I happened to sit beside this guy who didn't bring a laptop, and so asked to share so that he will be able to see what the software the lecturer gave does. During the interval, he suddenly pops up a question "Where do I stay?". I was kind of surprised by the phrasing since usually people asks where i live, nevermind, so I told him. He was surprised by the answer, and told me "oh, I thought you were a chinese..". That puzzled me further. Then the conversation went on to talk about the influence of the U.S. and U.K. on us, and I wasn't really into this sort of topics, so I just tried to smoke it through.
This sem is the sem to remember, never were there so many things presentations in a single semester. Though I don't mind giving small talks, I always freezes up in front of audiences and cameras, familiarity with the topic and audiences will help matter, but it seems that none of the presentations will have both qualities.
Therefore one can conclude that I'm in for it..
The first thing due will be the user manual, done in group of threes, then software engineering project, then preparing to give a lecture on week 6, next to form group for database project, and finally forming group for the group presentation of tutorial answer.
And while in lecture today, I happened to sit beside this guy who didn't bring a laptop, and so asked to share so that he will be able to see what the software the lecturer gave does. During the interval, he suddenly pops up a question "Where do I stay?". I was kind of surprised by the phrasing since usually people asks where i live, nevermind, so I told him. He was surprised by the answer, and told me "oh, I thought you were a chinese..". That puzzled me further. Then the conversation went on to talk about the influence of the U.S. and U.K. on us, and I wasn't really into this sort of topics, so I just tried to smoke it through.
This sem is the sem to remember, never were there so many things presentations in a single semester. Though I don't mind giving small talks, I always freezes up in front of audiences and cameras, familiarity with the topic and audiences will help matter, but it seems that none of the presentations will have both qualities.
Therefore one can conclude that I'm in for it..
Monday, January 28, 2008
Monday Sadness!!
Just went you think the timetable couldn't get any worse than this, it will certainly get worse.
The chain of events in the problemetic module bidding really causes a lot of inconvenience to me this sem. After they had initially estimated that about 60 people will be taking this particular module, the final number stands at 22. This changes the initial plan for having 3 classes to become 1. With this group of 22 students having different timetables, it's an uphill task to decide on what time should we have our recitations.
There are heated arguments, confrontations and fierce battle on the forum between the lecturer and students to decide the time, but leading to no conclusion.
Then the time came for the first recitation, where most of the personels involved come together on a not very convenient time for everyone to discuss this issue. With the lecturer's explanation of the need to have the recitation class for us to give each other lectures on different topics, the recitation concluded with the following timeslot:
2030 - 2130 hrs, Mondays
Now what time will I reach home on Mondays..
The chain of events in the problemetic module bidding really causes a lot of inconvenience to me this sem. After they had initially estimated that about 60 people will be taking this particular module, the final number stands at 22. This changes the initial plan for having 3 classes to become 1. With this group of 22 students having different timetables, it's an uphill task to decide on what time should we have our recitations.
There are heated arguments, confrontations and fierce battle on the forum between the lecturer and students to decide the time, but leading to no conclusion.
Then the time came for the first recitation, where most of the personels involved come together on a not very convenient time for everyone to discuss this issue. With the lecturer's explanation of the need to have the recitation class for us to give each other lectures on different topics, the recitation concluded with the following timeslot:
2030 - 2130 hrs, Mondays
Now what time will I reach home on Mondays..
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