PSICAT

PSICAT is currently being used in Antarctica for the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound (SMS) drilling expedition. Things have been going well as we worked out most of the bugs last year. The PSICAT source code repository is tracking changes made to the code. The most recent changes have been to add symbols and lithologies to the ANDRILL schemes.

Last week Dr. Dobbs Journal ran an article about PSICAT. The article does a good job of describing the internals of PSICAT. It's worth checking out if you're interested in how PSICAT works.

• DrDobbs.pdf (158.55 KB)

I did an interview with the guys from the JavaPosse podcast. We talked about CHRONOS, ANDRILL, PSICAT, and Antarctica. Last year while I was on the ice, I went to great pains to subvert the ban on podcasts so I could listen to the Posse. While not too heavily focused on PSICAT, the interview turned out well so it might be an interesting listen. You can check it out at the JavaPosse site.

I successfully defended my Master's thesis which is based on PSICAT. I've included the text of the thesis and the slides from my defense.

• Thesis.pdf (6.56 MB)
• Thesis-Defense.ppt (7.29 MB)

I attended this years AccessData workshop. It's a really great workshop where they get tool developers, data providers, scientists, and educators together in teams and then work on developing educational activities. There was also a poster and a demo session, so I presented the poster below and did a demo of PSICAT.


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I presented a poster about PSICAT at the 2007 Emerging Technologies Conference. The conference was at Iowa State University and it showcased the work that is going on in the Human Computer Interaction program.


ETC_07.png (9.13 MB)

The cover story in the latest issue of Enterprise Open Source Magazine has is about PSICAT. The article provides an overview of PSICAT and discusses living and working in Antarctica. I've attached the preprint and the formatted article with the magazine cover. The EOS folks did a great job of making things look nice and professional.

• EOS_preprint.pdf (844.9 KB)
• EOS_12_06.pdf (1.19 MB)

The 2007 Eclipse Community Awards were announced at a ceremony tonight and PSICAT won the award for the Best Open Source RCP application. All I can say is: Wow! It's a great honor considering the caliber of the other entries. And I want to take a moment to thank the Eclipse community. Without their hardwork, PSICAT wouldn't exist. So a big "Thank You" to everyone! The trophy I recieved bears a striking resemblance to the cores that PSICAT is used to describe, which was a nice touch by the Eclipse Foundation, I must say.

PSICAT is a finalist for the 2007 Eclipse Community Awards in the category of Best Open Source RCP Application. The press release is available. I'm going out to Santa Clara, CA to attend EclipseCon and give some demos of PSICAT.

PSICAT was featured in John K. Water's blog over at Application Development Trends