Οι φυσικοί και το σχήμα του κότσου-αλογοουράς

Όχι φίλε αναγνώστη, δεν αναφέρουμε σε κάποια ιστορία για μωρά, αν και η Ραπουνζέλ έχει κάποια σχέση! 

Φαίνεται ότι οι φελλοου φυσικοί περνούν μια άλφα κρίση.  Tρίτης ηλικίας, οικονομική, φύλου, ένιξερω τι ακριβώς, αλλά εκαταφέραν να με εκπλήξουν πάλε!! 

Λοιπόν οι φίλοι στο Cambridge και την Unilever αποφασίσαν να δημιουργήσουν εξισώσεις για να περιγράψουν τη διανομή των τριχών σε μια αλογοουρά. 

Φωτογραφία από: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v108/i7/e078101

Εν εκατάλαβα γιατί ακόμα, αλλά προσπαθούν να βρούν ένα σχήμα-εξίσωση το οποίο περιγράφει την αλογοουρά! Εν μπορώ να πω, εν ενδιαφέρων το πέιπερ τους, και θα ήθελα να καταλάβω γιατί κάμνουν τούτη τη δουλειά. Εν γίνεται να εν απλά που περιέργεια! 

Το πέιπερ μπορείτε να το δείτε εδώ αν έχετε πρόσβαση σε journals, αλλιώς μπορείτε να διαβάσετε μια πιο απλή περιγραφή εδώ και μια πιο περιπλοκή εδώ!! 

Τα φιλιά μου! 

The Physicist

My -possibly cheeky- plan

No this is not another pathetic post :)

As I (hope I) mentioned sometime around Christmas, I was feeling quite unsure about the direction of my project. As a foreigner in the UK, there were times that I was doubting my English communication skills. I still am to tell you the truth, as I am not sure if it is my understanding that's 'faulty' or if my project aim and objectives can have various definitions.

I have the feeling that each one of my four supervisors has a different impression, and a different image in his head (yes they are all male) about the final product of my research. I probably have a fifth view on how things will look like 2.5 years from now!

So I have decided to take action!
I an planning to use all the 'core skills & tools' that my company is offering me, to restructure my project.
There is a document called the 'project brief' and as its name suggests, it is a brief document describing a project. It comprises of sub-sections such as the description of the project, 'problem statements', as well as goal statements; that talk more specifically about what problem the project is going to solve, and what the outcomes will be. It can be as specific as you want, including % savings, and what areas are in and out of scope.

I have filled in one of these project briefs before, about one of my shorter projects, but I have decided to complete one for the whole of my project.
This proved to be quite challenging, as I do not feel that my aim and objectives are specific enough, therefore I came up with a plan!

Next week I have a meeting with all my supervisors in one room. I do not want them to start arguing about what I should and should not be doing, it is MY project anyway! Rather than me deciding what I want to do and just presenting it to them, my plan is to guide them to first of all express their opinion, but ultimately agreeing on my version. It is not cheeky, I am no Derren Brown, but I think it will work!

So what have I done? I have created a list of matching problem & goal statements that are relevant to my project. Some of which are the ideas of my academic supervisors on what I should be working on. Some are what my company wants me to work on. Some are very relevant, and very rewarding, some are irrelevant, and are there to create discussion. Of course the list includes the ones I want to work on.

The list was sent to all my supervisors, with an extra column on the right hand side for them to rag the statements in a priority order (1-10). What I am expecting? I am expecting to see 1s and 10s for the same statements from different people. I am expecting to see 5s next to statements that are not really beneficial, and further down the line, and I hope that I see some 2s and 3s next to the ones that are most interesting to me! They should be sending their lists to me, before the meeting..


Lets see how it goes next week!!



The Physicist

This is London Calling

Ναι ναι, ξέρω το ότι έχουμε ακόμα καιρό για την Γιουροβίζιον, αλλά εγώ σαν κλασσική Κυπραία που σέβετε τον εαυτό της εθθυμήθηκα την τωρά!

Ένιγουεϊ! Έμεινα σπίτι σήμερα γιατί είμαι λίο γριππωμένη εβαρκούμουν να πάω γραφείο  και αφού είναι επιτέλους μια ηλιόλουστη μέρα στο Λονδίνο, είπα σας βάλω λλίες φωτογραφίες να απολαύσετε την θέα! not the perfect quality, γιατί εβαρκούμουν να έβρω την Canon, αλλά μια χαρά εν η κάμερα του 4s!

Πολλά πολλά φιλιά,

The Physicist

Secret Santa - Revisited

A fellow blogger organised a secret santa game between some of the cypriot and greek bloggers. It was an excellent idea, congrats prasinada!

Being so unorganised, I forgot to send an email, and therefore didn't take part in the game, but I read most of their present-posts anyway! I have to admit I felt a bit lonely reading all their posts and presents they thought/created/made for each other.

But as Invictus says, "Worry not myfriend"
Santa thought about me as well. Even if my mum didn't find the laptop bag I wanted, and my boyfriend was broke, santa still gave me a present :)

and it arrived right one time (English Santa you see)

I have finally received my acceptance email for the Olympic Games :D

I am officially a games maker for London 2012!

http://www.london2012.com/volunteer

That's all for now..
I ll try to be back soon with some more news and goals for the new year! (one of which is to write here more often ;) )


The Physicist

The emotional cycle of change

You are right... this does exist, and when you get as low as you possibly thought you could, it's about time to realise it and do something about it..

So I took the first step and realised I ve hit bottom (of the current state)
I've been through anxiety, denial, fear, despair, panic, discouragement, but I think I am ready to move to the other side.

Hopefully you will see from the diagram I found (even though it is about investing- it is very relevant) that I am meant to be on an upward curve! 

It is now 3 days before Christmas, today was my last day in the office before the end of the year, and thankfully I have 'ended' the year on a high note..

I am finally hopeful for the future, I ve brainstormed, and I have started forming ideas for the year ahead. I have even formed a hypothesis and started collecting some data.

It is about time I acknowledge what I have achieved in the past year, where I was a year and a half ago, and where I am currently. What potential and future plans I am now able to have, and quite importantly, how lucky I am with the financial stability I have right now.

Sometimes it is important to sit down and do some self criticising. It might be a bit time consuming, but re-alighning your goals and objectives according to your current needs can prove quite important. It can give you a better understanding of yourself, and clearer directions as to what actions you need to take in order to achieve those goals.

I am actually quite happy that I ve hit my bottom before Christmas! I now have my holidays to think about it, and come fresh in January with more ideas in order to plan for the year ahead.

The Physicist