Progress Log
March 15, 2011 | Posted by Mathe
This page will attempt to provide major milestones of my work mainly from the perspective of my department. That is, whilst I may think I have made substantial progress in some random area, I might not rush to update the page until I have produced a paper. This is because I am currently being trained to think: you want to report anything, write a paper... finish and klaar!
Department Presentation
Officially presentated my PhD proposal to my department today (8th June 2011). My research being one of those "on the ground" type of research, I was a little bit anxious about making the presentation. But fortunately for me, I think my audience was very receptive :-). Although many of the points I made are not actually contained in the slides, below is a link to enable you to view them:
Contact Info
Phone: (046) 603 8627
Address: Hamilton Building, Prince Alfred Street, Grahamstown, 6139
E-mail: g07m5064@campus.ru.ac.za
Principal Supervisor
Alfredo Terzoli: At heart, he believes while one may not receive a Nobel prize for their work, no contribution is invaluable. He believes creating hierarchies that suggest that some fields, area of expertise or any form of work is superior than others is a fallacy.
To him, any work done honestly and with the necessary effort that it deserves is worthy of recognition. As his student, you work hard, apply your grey matter and right/wrong, he already values your effort/contribution.
E-mail: a.terzoli@ru.ac.za
Favourite Quotes
“People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.” -- Soren Kierkegaard
"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." -- Albert Einstein
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou
"The African dream is a piece of each and every African, the African dream is Hope, the African dream is rekindling a fighting spirit of Success and not Helplessness because of our economic conditions."-- Mahlao Maema