Internet-Only-Papers (IOPs)
An 'open' gesture to disseminating information and expediting the advancement
of knowledge
In honor of Grigory
(Grisha) Perelman, his quest for truth. his finding
truth,1a
his brilliance, and finally, his manner of communicating his solution
to the world-- via the internet. Inspired by this open approach
to disseminating information, I am posting drafts of
unpublished work I have done over the years. This is work which I have
not (yet) submitted for traditional publication. |
My IOPs1b |
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| Projects | Visual
search 2, 3, 4 |
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| Perception: | ||
| Societal : | ||
1a Perelman
found truth in his critical soution to Poincare's
conjecture of a defining property of 3D objects
collapsing to a single point. Pereleman's proof has the potential
to significantly advance our understanding of the
shape of spaces and objects.
1b Posting materials on-line,
while intended as a way of openly sharing information,
(on its own) offers no verifiable documentation of the originality or dates
of this work--unless authors seek formal copyright. Pereleman reported his
work in an online form (in ArXiv)
providing such verification. I am now learning about 'self-archiving' as
a way to document scientific work. Science
commons offers one such
solution, and Numley offers proof
of copyright by assigning 'electronic serial numbers' (ESN) to on-line work.
Might this be a future approach to academic publishing? Here is some more information
on this 'Creative
Commons' and open-source approach to disseminating information. I'm starting
to gather additional articles on IOP approach
here.
2Many of these IOPs are drafts of work from
years ago which I did with various students during my early years as a UWW
faculty (1994 to 2000). This is unpublished work although a couple have been
presented at conferences.
3aEye-tracking postings are closer to proposal stage and best classified as SFIOPs. Of the online work, these are most likely to be submitted for publication in traditional peer-review journals after data collection and formalized writing of this work.
3b Here is the start of my draft 'Characterizing the pattern of eye-movements produced by challenging search tasks.' This document will describe theoretical ideas and prediction for current eye-trackign projects.
4Is there thematic synchrony here? Poincare conjecture pertains to understanding of 3d shape -- from infinite perspectives. 3D information and perspective also are important themes in much of my previous 'visual search' research which tested (our perception of) representations of 3D structure. Furthermore, my more recent work 'Gaining Perspective' --as the name implies-- pertains to topic of viewing (contemporary societal) problems from a unique perspective.
Please note potential irony in my attempt
at openness: If after clicking on any of above links you get the message:
'Directory Listing Denied: This Virtual Directory does not allow contents
to be listed'.--this means server settings have changed back to default 'secured'
state. I'll try to get this changed ASAP but please feel free to notify me
if not remedied rapidly enough.
Thanks for your patience. --daksATrci.rutgers.edu
----D.J. Aks (9/7/06)
|D.J. Aks | Eye-tracking
research | System
noise | Time series & fractal
analysis | Visual
search | Attention | Satellite
Imagery | Tumor detection+ | Web
eval & info search | Illusions