May 5 2000

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Bead from Paul Prueitt, June 25, 2000

We might make it clear what are the most important aspects of the reuse of the CCG methodology from the domain of some aspects of number theory to the domain of analysis of patterns (or quasi patterns - repetitions with instances that are close but not the same).

We should now have, in place, a 90 day extension of the dead line to complete the work we have started for ARL. Basically, we need the EEG data sorted into CCG images and the results presented.

The CCG work is truly revolutionary, but we can not move this forward very much more giving the difficulties of web based collaboration with Alex Zenkin, and given the level of effort that we have made up to now. I personally am far to exhausted to think deeply about the work... and yet I know that I must find some reserve somewhere, at the right time, to write the Final Report.

As my employment work requires that I focus only on the Acappella data models for a while, I should not get into a re-visit to the theory of CCG - and how we might extend this most interesting theory. However, I do expect and hope that others within our group will take serious next steps towards making clear what are the aspects that we need to attend to. Please make these contributions in such a fashion that I can reformat into a bead and place into the record in this game.

Peter Kugler can also be brought into the team again, but only when we are at a more advanced stage of the EEG analysis - as his opinion is that this is the wrong data set (not a very helpful opinion given where we are at and what we have to work with .. I might say... and I might say also that I disagree with him.. but that is a long story ..)

We must work with what we have. The very next step is to get a Java version (Noah's task), and to refine and improve on the current Visual Basic - so that its function is documented (perhaps Alex Citkin might do this). We must also wait on the Radford lab to tell us what the format of the data is.. or acquire a different data set.

Alex Citkin's code is not very clear to me.. as it is written without much explanation as to what is doing what. The code takes a file of numbers, a sequence, and displays the sequences in a way that allows control over color coding and modulus coding. We need a UML type description of the process of using the software.

Perhaps others will see the steps towards the necessary transition as we move forward, and submit appropriate beads

I am still entangled with getting data format for the EEG data. The lab at Radford is not aware of, does not appreciate, the difficult that we are having in general with making steps.. nor the great need we have for some guidance on the data format. I hope that this may change as I have come almost to pledging with them to be aware of our needs. I pray that someone will solve this format problem so that I can turn to the next issue, which is to view the data with the program.

After his return to Moscow, I do not hear from Alex Zenkin very well, and suppose that the difficulties of living in Moscow will make his regular collaboration with us a continuing high effort difficulty. It would be nice if this where not so.. but as Fiona might say : "it is as it is".