FYP Interim Demos

Hi all,

well done to everyone who successfully completed their interim demos, over two days I certainly saw a wide range of weird-and-wonderful technologies and techniques. Here is a sampling of a few of the cool things that I've learned more about on Thursday and Friday:

Software / Systems
* Apache Lucene http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/
* Apache Maven for project management http://maven.apache.org/
* Cocoa API http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/navigation/index.html#topic=Guides§ion=Resource+Types
* Google Web Toolkit http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
* Hibernate Java persistence framework https://www.hibernate.org/
* Impronto Developer Kit (Java tool for building Bluetooth applications) http://www.rococosoft.com/blue_dk.html
* Jaxcent framework and API for AJAX programming http://www.jaxcent.com/
* JiST / SWANS (Java in Simulation Time / Scalable Wireless Ad hoc Network Simulator) http://jist.ece.cornell.edu/
* Mozilla XUL (XML User Interface Language) https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XUL
* Prefuse visualization toolkit http://prefuse.org/
* Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment http://sakaiproject.org/
* Subversion (SVN) http://subversion.apache.org/
* TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library http://www.turnkeylinux.org/
* Windows Presentation Foundation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754130.aspx

Techniques / Tools
* Accesskeys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_key
* Automated planning and scheduling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_planning_and_scheduling
* Levenshtein distance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance
* McNemar's test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNemar%27s_test
* Qualitative coding: Initial and Focused Coding http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/assessment/iar/programs/report/focus-QualCode.php
* Smoke testing in software development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_testing#Smoke_testing_in_software_development
* X10 standard for home automation http://software.x10.com/pub/manuals/xtdcode.pdf