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A few weeks ago, I decided to take on the incredible task of cleaning my inbox. This meant categorizing around 1000 e-mails, most of which have absolutely no relevance to my life anymore. However, since I do have some things in common with Nixon, I had to keep all of them. Since about two weeks my inbox has been pristine.

As life changing experiences go, cleaning your inbox is pretty low on the list, but it is on the list. I not only have found that I am now more careful about responding to e-mails, but I am also more meticulous about getting the most of each e-mail. I now watch most of the videos and visit the links presented to me. If your inbox is not clean, I would certainly recommend tending to it.I am also planning for the fast approaching school year.

My first semester is looking like it will a busy one. I am going to begin work for my honors thesis, in addition to my four other classes. Exactly how much work this will entail has yet to be seen. I’m excited for my classes. It’s nice to again be at the point in my education where each class is essentially an elective (a luxury I haven’t enjoyed since senior year of high school). I’m taking Abstract Algebra, Machine Learning, Modern Physics, and Japanese Architecture.

I’ll also be doing research through Tufts’ Computing Undergraduate Scholar Program (CUSP) under Professor Souvaine. The research is in data mining, or, more specifically, Proximity-Graph-Based Data Measures. I’m psyched about this research, as it covers a bunch of my interests–graph theory and data mining (the money doesn’t hurt either). I’m also going to be a TA for Comp 15 again, so I should be rolling in dough this semester .

My honors thesis will be even more exciting. I think most of the people who do them are building upon previously completed research, like something they did over a previous school year or Summer Scholars or something like that. I haven’t done research at Tufts yet, so I’m not entirely sure that a thesis is feasible, but my advisor assured me otherwise. I’m beginning to investigate what I might want to do so that I can get a start on it now. One possibility is to find a topic related to my CUSP research that I can elaborate on and do something interesting with. The other option is extending the gait research I did last year by rewriting the code, collecting data, and data mining it. There will definitely be more to come on this subject.

Most importantly, I’m highly anticipating my living situation. I think it will be awesome to live with Bennett, Pete, and Steve. It will be a nonstop, intellectually stimulating party. Our apartment is awesome in every way conceivable. I’ll even have a car which is an unexpected luxury. So much fun.