Reviewed the first draft of thesis proposal

I have just reviewed the first draft of the thesis proposal. In general it was very good. I have also added my comments. It seems the students should be careful about their English.

Proposal submitted on: 16-8-2007

Milestone 2

I am proposing a break down of Milestone 2.

Task 1: Collect at least five proceedings of ICCITs

Task 2: List the Title and Author of the papers related to OCR

Task 3: Do a comprehensive Internet search to find out the available OCR/Bangla OCR algorithm

Task 4: Compile a list of papers on OCR/Bangla OCR technology

Task 5: Compile a list of industrial solution of Bangla OCR technology

Task 6: Identify the scopes of applying the OCR/pattern matching technique in the project

Milestone timelines

I am proposing following milestone timelines. Anybody can propose a modification if there is any issue. It will be finalized as soon as Milestone 2 starts.

July '07 - 1 Week - Milestone 1
August '07 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 1,2
September '07 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 2,3
October '07 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 4
November '07 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 4,5
Decmeber '07 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 5
January '08 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 6
February '08 - 4 Weeks - Milestone 7

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Milestone 1

I have proposed the following breakdown for Milestone 1.

Task 1: Technical briefing by the MD of ASD (already completed)

Task 2: Individual feedback from the four team members following the standard communication protocol

Task 3: Prepare a thesis proposal and submit it to the academic supervisor (Sajib bhai) - it's a team assignment

Task 4: Propose a task plan for Milestone 2 - individual assignment to be submitted following the standard communication protocol

First technical meeting @ ASD

Today we met for the first time at the DOHS office. The meeting was very successful. It started with the introduction of Jamil bhai, MD of ASD. He talked about the history, business issues and technical issues of the project. He also shed some light on the technical and business constraints. The session was very comprehensive and rich. He also shared his experience regarding the project. He pointed out his concrete requirements.

Then I took over. I explained the project breakdown (seven milestones), grading policy and communication protocol (weekly reports).

With much interest and intelligent feedbacks, all the four interns participated greatly and individually. They asked about the current prospect of the project, its technical issues and also about the management and coordination of the program. Their feedbacks are of great help while we design or run different program issues.

In general it was a very feedback rich succesful program. It took 1.25 hours to complete.

All the interns are requested to send individual reports to intern-asd-2007@yahoogroups.com with a Cc to Shajib sir's official address after arriving at Sylhet. This report should contain the points we have told in the meeting and the way they have realized the points.

I am expecting to recieve the email by next Friday. Thanks to all for today's successful session.

Received the resumes of four interns

I have received the resume of four interns yesterday. Thanks to them for sending me their details. I handed them all to Jamil bhai last night. Although there were scopes for improvement, in general these four are very good resumes. Infact, they still have one year before improve them and start job hunting.

I am looking forward to see them in the first technical meeting this evening.

Weekly reporting

I am proposing a communication protocol which is expected to be followed throughout the program. Every Thursday, each team member will send two emails to intern-asd-2007@yahoogroups.com with a CC to the official email address of Sajib bhai/sir. The first one is the report of what he has done during the last seven days and the following will be what he is going to do during the next seven days.

So, the first email should contain the text, "Weekly Status: , ", in the subject line. For example, "Weekly Status: Jul 12, 2007". Similarly, the weekly plan email should have something like "Weekly Plan: Jul 12, 2007" in the subject line. Again, it should be sent to intern-asd-2007@yahoogroups.com with a CC to the official email address of Sajib bhai/sir.

Please let me know if anyone have a better idea. We are always happy to improve our processes.