May 11 2005
PhD Update
Well the final stage of my PhD are now well and truly underway. I have written a small thesisometer to monitor the progress of my writing. I have also created a currently empty thesis page which will get updates when I can be bothered to put them up :-)
I have spent this week sorting out the forms applying for the exam. I have had to choose a title for my thesis, and i have have settled on “Scheduling in a Grid environment using high level policies”. That still has to be approved by the appropriate committee, but I don’t think they will have any problems with it. The next step is to finish the final set of extended experiments, and write it all down. I have to take at least four months, as that is how long the paperwork takes, so I’m not actually allowed to submit my thesis. I don’t think I will have any significant problems (other than motivation), touch wood!
I have also had to write a “statement of conjoint work” as I will be basing one of the the chapters on the paper I recently had published which i worked on with other people. All the forms are now done, and waiting for John to check them, and sign them.
John also needs to decided on examiners for my viva, which is already starting to scare me…
