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<font size="5">'''==Fall 2016'''2017===</fontonlyinclude>
09/27/2016 15:00-18:00: Set up Staff wiki page, work [[Peter Jalbert]] [[Work Logs]] [[Peter Jalbert (Work Log)|(log page; registered for Slack, Microsoft Remote Desktop; downloaded Selenium on personal computer, read Selenium docs. Created wiki page for Moroccan Web Driver Project.)]]
09/29/2016 15:002017-12-18:0021: Re-enroll in Microsoft Remote Desktop with proper authentication, set up Selenium environment and Komodo IDE on Remote Desktop, wrote program using Selenium that goes Last minute adjustments to a link and opens up the print dialog boxMoroccan Data. Developed computational recipe for a different approach to the problemContinued working on [[Selenium Documentation]].
09/30/2016 2017-12:00-14:0020: Working on Selenium program selects view pdf option from the website, and goes to the pdf webpageDocumentation. Program then switches handle to the new pageWrote 2 demo files. CTRL S Wiki Page is sent to the page to launch save dialog windowavaiable [http://www. Text cannot be sent to this windowedegan. Brainstorm ways around this issuecom/wiki/Selenium_Documentation here]. Explored Chrome Options Created 3 spreadsheets for saving automatically without a dialog window. Looking into other libraries besides selenium that may helpthe Moroccan data.
10/3/2016 13:00 2017-12- 16:0019: Moroccan Web Driver projects completed for driving of Finished fixing the Monarchy proposed bills, the House of Representatives proposed bills, and the Ratified bills sitesDemo Day Crawler. Begun process of devising a naming system for the Changed files that does not require scraping. Tinkered with naming through regular expression parsing of the URL. Structure for the oral questions and written questions drivers is set up, but need fixes due installed as appropriate to the differences make linked in crawler compatible with the sitesRDP. Fixed bug on McNair wiki for women's biz team where email was plain text instead Removed some of an email link. Took a glimpse at Kuwait Parliament website, the bells and it appears to be very different from the Moroccan setupwhistles.
10/6/2016 13:30 2017-12- 18:00: Discussed Continued finding errors with Drthe Demo Day Crawler analysis. Elbadawy about Rewrote the desired file names for Moroccan data download. The consensus was parser to remove any search terms that were in the bill programs are ready top 10000 most common English words according to launch once the files can be named properly, Google. Finished uploading and the questions submitting Moroccan data must be retrieved using a web crawler which I need to learn how to implement. The naming of files is currently drawing errors in going from arabic, to url, to download, to filename. Debugging in process. Also built a demo selenium program for Dr. Egan that drives the McNair blog site on an infinite loop.
10/7/2016 2017-12:00 - 14:0015: Learned unicode and utf8 encoding and decoding in arabicFound errors with the Demo Day Crawler. Still working on transforming an ascii url into printable unicodeFixed scripts to download Moroccan Law Data.
10/11/2016 15:00 2017-12- 18:0014: Fixed arabic bug, files can now be saved with arabic titles. Monarchy bills downloaded and ready for shipmentUploading Morocco Parliament Written Questions. House of Representatives Bill mostly downloaded, ratified bills prepared Creating script for next Morocco Parliament download. Started learning scrapy library in python for web scrapingBegin writing Selenium documentation. Discussed idea of screenshot-ing questions instead of scrapingContinuing to download TIGER data.
10/13/2016 13:002017-12-1806:00: Completed download of Moroccan Bills. Working on either a web driver screenshot approach or a webcrawler approach to download the Moroccan oral and written questions data. Began building Web Crawler for Oral and Running Morocco Parliament Written Questions sitescript. Edited Moroccan Web Driver/Analyzing Demo Day Crawler wiki pageresults. [http://mcnair.bakerinstituteContinued downloading for TIGER geocoder.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
10/14/2016 12:002017-11-1428:00: Finished Oral Questions crawlerDebugging Morocco Parliament Crawler. Finished Written Questions crawlerRunning Demo Day Crawler for all accelerators and 10 pages per accelerator. Waiting for further details on whether that data needs TIGER geocoder is back to be tweaked in any way. Updated the Moroccan Web Driver/Web Crawler wiki page. [http://mcnair.bakerinstituteForbidden Error.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
10/18/2016 15:002017-11-1827:30: Finished code for Oral Questions web driver Rerunning Morocco Parliament Crawler. Fixed KeyTerms.py and Written Questions web driver using seleniumrunning it again. Now, the data Continued downloading for the dates of questions can be found using the crawler, and the pdfs of the questions will be downloaded using selenium. [http://mcnair.bakerinstituteTIGER geocoder.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
10/2017-11-20/2016 13:00-18:00: Continued to download data for the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Updated Wiki page. Started working on Twitter project with Christy. running [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web DriverDemo_Day_Page_Parser Demo Day Page Parser]. Fixed KeyTerms.py and trying to run it again. Forbidden Error continues with the TIGER Geocoder. Began Image download for Image Classification on cohort pages. Clarifying specs for Morocco Parliament crawler.
10/21/2016 12:002017-11-14:0016: Continued to download data for the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Looked over running [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Christy_Warden_(Twitter_Crawler_Application_1) Christy's Twitter CrawlerDemo_Day_Page_Parser Demo Day Page Parser] to see how I can be helpful. DrFixed KeyTerms. Egan asked me to think about how to potentially make multiple tools py and trying to get cohorts and other sorts of data from accelerator sitesrun it again. See [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator List] He also asked me to look at Forbidden Error continues with the [http://mcnairTIGER Geocoder.bakerinstituteBegan Image download for Image Classification on cohort pages.org/wiki/Govtrack_Webcrawler_(Wiki_Page) GovTrack Web Crawler] Clarifying specs for potential ideas on how to bring this project to fruitionMorocco Parliament crawler.
11/17/2016 13:002017-10-1831:00: Wrote a crawler to retrieve information about executive orders, and their corresponding pdfs. They can be found Began downloading blocks of data for individual states for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report hereTiger_Geocoder Tiger Geocoder] project.] Next step is to run code to convert Wrote out the pdfs new wiki page for installation, and beginning to text files, then use the parser fixed by Christywrite documentation on usage.
11/18/2016 12:002017-10-2:0030: Converted Executive Order PDFs With Ed's help, was able to text files using adobe acrobat DCget the national data from Tiger installed onto a database server. See The process required much jumping around and changing users, and all the things we learned are outlined in [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report WikipageDatabase_Server_Documentation#Editing_Users the database server documentation] for detailsunder "Editing Users".
11/22/2016 15:002017-10-1825:00: Transferred downloaded Morocco Written Bills to provided SeaGate Drive. Made a "gentle" F6S crawler to retrieve HTMLs of possible accelerator pages documented Continued working on the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) herePostGIS_Installation TigerCoder Installation].
11/29/2016 15:002017-10-1824:00: Began pulling data from Throw some addresses into a database, use address normalizer and geocoder. May need to install things. Details on the installation process can be found on the accelerators listed [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) herePostGIS_Installation PostGIS Installation page]. Made text files for about 18 accelerators.
12/1/2016 13:002017-10-18:0023: Continued making text files Finished Yelp crawler for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Built tool for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report E&I Governance Report Houston_Innovation_District Houston Innovation District Project] with Christy. Adds a column of data that shows whether or not the bill has been passed.
12/2/2016 12:002017-10-1419:00: Built and ran web Continued work on Yelp crawler for Center for Middle East Studies on Kuwait. Continued making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List projectHouston_Innovation_District Houston Innovation District Project].
12/6/2016 15:002017-10-18:00: Learned how to use git. Committed software projects from the semester to the McNair git repository. Projects can be found at; [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Executive Order Crawler], [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Foreign Government Web Crawlers], Continued work on Yelp crawler for [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) F6S Crawler and ParserHouston_Innovation_DistrictHouston Innovation District Project].
12/7/2016 15:002017-10-1817:00: Continued making text files Constructed ArcGIS maps for the agglomeration project. Finished maps of points for every year in the [http://mcnairstate of California.bakerinstituteFinished maps of Route 128.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]Began working on selenium Yelp crawler to get cafe locations within the 610-loop.
12/8/2016 14:002017-10-1816:00: Continued making text files for Assisted Harrison on the [http://mcnairUSITC project.bakerinstituteLooked for natural language processing tools to extract complaintants and defendants along with their location from case files.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]Experimented with pulling based on parts of speech tags, as well as using geotext or geograpy to pull locations from a case segment.
<font size="5">'''Spring 2017'''</font>-10-12: Continued work on Patent Thicket project, awaiting further project specs.
1/2017-10/2017 14:30-17:1504: Continued making text files Emergency ArcGIS creation for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List Agglomeration project]. Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].
1/11/2017 -10:00-12:00: Continued making text files for the [http02://mcnair.bakerinstituteWorked on ArcGIS data.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Downloaded pdfs in the background See Harrison's Work Log for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]details.
1/12/2017 14:30-17:45: Continued making text files for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http09-28://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]Added collaborative editing feature to PyCharm.
1/17/2017 14:30-17:15: Continued making text files for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http09-27://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]Worked on big database file.
12017-09-25: New task -- Create text file with company, description, and company type.#[http://www.edegan.com/wiki/VC_Database_Rebuild VC Database Rebuild]#psql vcdb2#table name, sdccompanybasecore2#Combine with Crunchbasebulk #TODO: Write wiki on linkedin crawler, write wiki on creating accounts. 2017-09-21: Wrote wiki on Linkedin crawler, met with Laura about patents project. 2017-09-20: Finished running linkedin crawler. Transferred data to RDP. Will write wikis next. 2017-09-19: Began running linkedin crawler. Helped Yang create RDP account, get permissions, and get wiki setup. 2017-09-18/: Finished implementation of Experience Crawler, continued working on Education Crawler for LinkedIn. 2017 10-09-14:00Continued implementing LinkedIn Crawler for profiles. 2017-09-13: Implemented LinkedIn Crawler for main portion of profiles. Began working on crawling Experience section of profiles. 2017-09-12:00Continued working on the [http: Downloaded pdfs in //www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler for Accelerator Founders Data]. Added to the background wiki on this topic. 2017-09-11: Continued working on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler for Accelerator Founders Data]. 2017-09-06: Combined founders data retrieved with the Crunchbase API with the crunchbasebulk data to get linkedin urls for different accelerator founders. For more information, see [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Crunchbase_Data here]. 2017-09-05: Post Harvey. Finished retrieving names from the Crunchbase API on founders. Next step is to query crunchbase bulk database to get linkedin urls. For more information, see [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler ProjectCrunchbase_Data here].
1/19/2017 14:30- 1708-24:45: Downloaded pdfs in Began using the background Crunchbase API to retrieve founder information for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstituteaccelerators.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]. Created parser for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project], completed creation of final data set(yay!). Began working on cohort parserHalfway through compiling a dictionary that translates accelerator names into proper Crunchbase API URLs.
1/23/2017 10:00-1208-23:00: Worked on parser for cohort Decided with Ed to abandon LinkedIn crawling to retrieve accelerator founder data of , and instead use crunchbase. Spent the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Preliminary code is writtenday navigating the crunchbasebulk database, working on debuggingand seeing what useful information was contained in it.
1/24/2017 14:30-1708-22:15: Worked on parser for cohort data of Discovered that LinkedIn Profiles cannot be viewed through LinkedIn if the target is 3rd degree or further. However, if entering LinkedIn through a Google search, the profile can still be viewed if the user has previously logged into LinkedIn. Devising a workaround crawler that utilizes Google search. Continued blog post [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_LinkedIn_Crawler_(DataPython) Accelerator Seed List projecthere]. Cohort data file created, debugging is almost complete. Will begin work on the google accelerator search soonunder Section 4.
1/25/2017 10:00-1208-21:00: Finished parser Began work on extracting founders for accelerators through LinkedIn Crawler. Discovered that Python3 is not installed on RDP, so the virtual environment for cohort data of the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Some data files still need proofreading as they are not in an acceptable formatcannot be fired up. Began Continued working on Google sitesearch projectUbuntu machine.</onlyinclude>
1/26/===Spring 2017 14:30-17:45: Continued working on Google sitesearch project. Discovered crunchbase, changed project priority. Priority 1, split accelerator data up by flag, priority 2, use crunchbase to get web urls for cohorts, priority 3, make internet archive wayback machine driver. Located [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Whois_Parser Whois Parser].===
1/30/2017 10:00-12:0005-01: Optimized enclosing circle algorithm through memoizationContinued work on HTML Parser. Developed script Uploaded all semester projects to read addresses from accelerator data and return latitude and longitude coordinatesgit server.
1/31/2017 14:30-1704-20:15Finished the HTML Parser for the [http: Built WayBack Machine //www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. Updated documentation for coordinates scriptRan HTML parser on accelerator founders. Updated profile page to include locations of codeData is stored in projects/accelerators/LinkedIn Founder Data.
2/1/2017 10:00-1204-19:00Made updates to the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler] Wikipage. Ran LinkedIn Crawler on accelerator data. Working on an html parser for the results from the LinkedIn Crawler.
Notes from Session with Ed2017-04-18: Project Ran LinkedIn Crawler on US university patenting matches between Crunchbase Snapshot and entrepreneurship programs (writing code the accelerator data. 2017-04-17: Worked on ways to identify universities in assignees), get correct search Wikipedia results from the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(XML then bulk downloadPython), student pop, faculty pop, etcLinkedIn Crawler]. Worked on an HTML Parser for the results from the LinkedIn Crawler.Circle project 2017-04-13: Worked on debugging the logout procedure for VC data will end up being the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. Began formulation of process to search for founders of startups using a joint project to join accelerator combination of the LinkedIn Crawler with the dataresources from the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Crunchbase_2013_Snapshot CrunchBase Snapshot]. Pull descriptions for VC2017-04-12: Work on bugs with the [http://www. Founders of accelerators in linkedinedegan. com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn cannot be caughtCrawler]. 2017-04-11: Completed functional [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(pretend to not be a botPython)crawler of LinkedIn Recruiter Pro]. Can eventually get academic backgrounds through linkedinBasic search functions work and download profile information for a given person. Pull business registration data, Stern/Guzman Algorithm. GIS ontop 2017-04-10: Began writing functioning crawler of geocoded dataLinkedIn.Maps that works 2017-04-06: Continued working on debugging and documenting the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki or blog /LinkedIn_Crawler_(CartoDBPython)LinkedIn Crawler]. Wrote a test program that logs in, Maps API searches for a query, navigates through search pages, and logs out. Recruiter program can now login and Rsearch.NLP Projects, Description Classifier2017-04-05: Began work on the LinkedIn Crawler. Researched on launching Python Virtual Environment.
2/2/2017 14:30-15:45: Out sick, independent research and work from RDP. Brief research into the [http://jorgeg.scripts.mit.edu/homepage/wp04-content/uploads/2016/03/Guzman-Stern-State-of-American-Entrepreneurship-FINAL.pdf Stern-Guzman algorithm]. Research into [http://mcnairFinished debugging points for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/interactive_maps Interactive Maps]. No helpful additions Added Command Line functionality to map embedding problemthe Industry Classifier.
2/7/2017 14:30-17:1503-29: Fixed bugs in parse_cohort_data.py, the script Worked on debugging points for parsing the cohort data from the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Added descriptive statistics to cohort data excel fileEnclosing Circle Algorithm.
2/8/2017 10:00-1203-28:00 Finished running the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Worked on Neural Net for removing incorrect points from the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project]data set(see above).
2/13/2017 10:00-1203-27:00 Worked on Neural Net for debugging the [http://mcnair.bakerinstituteEnclosing Circle Algorithm.org/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project]Implemented a way to remove interior circles, and determined that translation to latitude and longitude coordinates resulted in slightly off center circles.
2/14/2017 14:30-17:1503-23: Worked on the application of Finished debugging the Enclosing Circle brute force algorithm to the VC study. Working on bug fixes in the Enclosing Circle algorithm. Created wiki page for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]. Implemented a method to plot the points and circles on a graph. Analyzed runtime of the brute force algorithm.
2/15/2017: 10:00-1203-21:00: Finished Coded a brute force algorithm for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] applied to the VC study. Enclosing Circle algorithm still needs adjustment, but the program runs with the temporary fixes.
2/16/2017 14:30-1703-20:45: Reworked Worked on debugging the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] to create a file of geocoded data. Began work on wrapping the algorithm in C to improve speed.
2/20/2017 10:00-12:0003-09: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the running [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Assisted work on the [http://mcnairTop 50 Cities.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier]Finished script to draw Enclosing Circles on a Google Map.
2/21/2017 14:30- 17:1503-08: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the running [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Projecton the Top 50 Cities. Researched into C++ Compilers for Python so that Created script to draw outcome of the Enclosing Circle Algorithm could be wrapped in C. Found a recommended one [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266 here]on Google Maps.
2/22/2017 10:00-1203-07:00: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Redetermined the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on. Data as part of on the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmTop_Cities_for_VC_Backed_Companies Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies can be found here.] Project. Helped out with Ran [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier ProjectEnclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]on the Top 50 Cities.
2/23/2017 14:30-1703-06:45: Continued Ran script to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of determine the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Projectshould be run on. Installed C++ Compiler for Python. Ran tests on difference between Python and C wrapped PythonFixed the VC Circles script to take in a new data format.
2/27/2017 10:00-1203-02:00: Continued to download geocoded Cleaned up data for the VC Data as part Circles Project. Created histogram of the data in Excel. See [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Assisted Began work on the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry ClassifierLinkedInCrawlerPython LinkedIn Crawler].
2/28/2017 14:30-17:1503-01: Finished downloading geocoded data Created statistics for the VC Data as part of the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Circles Project. Found bug in Enclosing Circle Algorithm.
3/1/2017 10:00-1202-28:00: Created statistics Finished downloading geocoded data for VC Data as part of the VC Circles [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Found bug in Enclosing Circle Algorithm.
3/2/2017 14:30-1702-27:45: Cleaned up Continued to download geocoded data for the VC Circles Project. Created histogram Data as part of data in Excel. See the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Began Assisted work on the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedInCrawlerPython LinkedIn CrawlerIndustry_Classifier Industry Classifier].
3/6/2017 10:00-1202-23:00: Ran script Continued to determine download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the top 50 cities which [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle should be run Algorithm] Project. Installed C++ Compiler for Python. Ran tests on. Fixed the VC Circles script to take in a new data formatdifference between Python and C wrapped Python.
3/7/2017 14:30-1702-22:15: Redetermined the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on. Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data on as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Top_Cities_for_VC_Backed_Companies Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies can be found hereEnclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project.] Ran Helped out with [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmIndustry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project] on the Top 50 Cities.
3/8/2017 10:00-12:0002-21: Continued running to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] on the Top 50 CitiesProject. Created script to draw outcome of Researched into C++ Compilers for Python so that the Enclosing Circle Algorithm on Google Mapscould be wrapped in C. Found a recommended one [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266 here].
3/9/2017 14:30-17:4502-20: Continued running to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Assisted work on the Top 50 Cities[http://www. Finished script to draw Enclosing Circles on a Google Mapedegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier].
3/20/2017 10:00-12:0002-16: Worked on debugging the Reworked [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]to create a file of geocoded data. Began work on wrapping the algorithm in C to improve speed.
3/21/2017 14:30-17:02-15: Coded a brute force algorithm for the Finished [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]applied to the VC study. Enclosing Circle algorithm still needs adjustment, but the program runs with the temporary fixes.
3/23/2017 -02-14:30- 17:45: Finished debugging Worked on the application of the Enclosing Circle algorithm to the VC study. Working on bug fixes in the brute force Enclosing Circle algorithm . Created wiki page for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]. Implemented a method to plot the points and circles on a graph. Analyzed runtime of the brute force algorithm.
3/27/2017 10:00-12:0002-13: Worked on debugging Neural Net for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm[http://www. Implemented a way to remove interior circles, and determined that translation to latitude and longitude coordinates resulted in slightly off center circlesedegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project].
3/28/2017 14:30- 1702-08:15: Finished running the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Worked on removing incorrect points from Neural Net for the data set(see above)[http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project].
3/29/2017 10:00-1202-07:00: Worked on debugging points Fixed bugs in parse_cohort_data.py, the script for parsing the cohort data from the Enclosing Circle Algorithm[http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Added descriptive statistics to cohort data excel file.
42017-02-02: Out sick, independent research and work from RDP. Brief research into the [http://jorgeg.scripts.mit.edu/homepage/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Guzman-Stern-State-of-American-Entrepreneurship-FINAL.pdf Stern-Guzman algorithm]. Research into [http://www.edegan.com/3wiki/interactive_maps Interactive Maps]. No helpful additions to map embedding problem. 2017 10:00-1202-01:00Notes from Session with Ed: Finished debugging points Project on US university patenting and entrepreneurship programs (writing code to identify universities in assignees), search Wikipedia (XML then bulk download), student pop, faculty pop, etc.Circle project for the Enclosing Circle VC data will end up being a joint project to join accelerator data. Pull descriptions for VC. Founders of accelerators in linkedin. LinkedIn cannot be caught(pretend to not be a bot). Can eventually get academic backgrounds through linkedin. Pull business registration data, Stern/Guzman Algorithm. Added Command Line functionality GIS ontop of geocoded data.Maps that works on wiki or blog (CartoDB), Maps API and R.NLP Projects, Description Classifier. 2017-01-31: Built WayBack Machine Crawler. Updated documentation for coordinates script. Updated profile page to the Industry Classifierinclude locations of code. 2017-01-30: Optimized enclosing circle algorithm through memoization. Developed script to read addresses from accelerator data and return latitude and longitude coordinates. 2017-01-26: Continued working on Google sitesearch project. Discovered crunchbase, changed project priority. Priority 1, split accelerator data up by flag, priority 2, use crunchbase to get web urls for cohorts, priority 3, make internet archive wayback machine driver. Located [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Whois_Parser Whois Parser].
4/5/2017 9:45-11:45: Began work on the LinkedIn Crawler. Researched on launching Python Virtual Environment.
4/6/2017 14:00-1701-25:15: Continued working on debugging and documenting Finished parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project]. Wrote a test program that logs Some data files still need proofreading as they are not in, searches for a query, navigates through search pages, and logs outan acceptable format. Recruiter program can now login and searchBegan working on Google sitesearch project.
4/10/2017 10:00-1201-24:00Worked on parser for cohort data of the [http: Began writing functioning crawler of LinkedIn//www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Cohort data file created, debugging is almost complete. Will begin work on the google accelerator search soon.
4/11/2017 14:30-1701-23:15: Completed functional Worked on parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) crawler of LinkedIn Recruiter ProAccelerator Seed List project]. Basic search functions work and download profile information for a given personPreliminary code is written, working on debugging.
4/12/2017 10:00-1201-19:00Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http: Work on bugs with //www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]. Created parser for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project], completed creation of final data set(yay!). Began working on cohort parser.
4/13/2017 14:30-1701-18:45: Worked on debugging Downloaded pdfs in the logout procedure background for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler]. Began formulation of process to search for founders of startups using a combination of the LinkedIn Crawler with the data resources from the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Crunchbase_2013_Snapshot CrunchBase SnapshotProject].
4/17/2017 10:00-1201-13:00: Worked on ways to get correct search results from Continued making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project]. Worked on an HTML Parser Downloaded pdfs in the background for the results from the LinkedIn [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government CrawlerProject].
4/18/2017 14:30-1701-12:15Continued making text files for the [http: Ran LinkedIn //www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler on matches between Crunchbase Snapshot and the accelerator dataProject].
4/19/2017 10:00-1201-11:00: Made updates to Continued making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project] Wikipage. Ran LinkedIn Crawler on accelerator data. Working on an html parser Downloaded pdfs in the background for the results from the LinkedIn [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government CrawlerProject].
4/20/2017 14:30-1701-10:45: Finished the HTML Parser Continued making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project]. Ran HTML parser on accelerator foundersDownloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://www.edegan. Data is stored in projectscom/acceleratorswiki/LinkedIn Founder DataMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].
5/1/2017 13:00-17:00: Continued work on HTML Parser. Uploaded all semester projects to git server.
<font size="5">'''==Fall 2017'''</font>2016===
8/21/2017 14:002016-12-1708:00Continued making text files for the [http: Began work on extracting founders for accelerators through LinkedIn Crawler//www.edegan. Discovered that Python3 is not installed on RDP, so the virtual environment for the com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project cannot be fired up. Continued working on Ubuntu machine].
8/22/2017 14:002016-12-1607:00: Discovered that LinkedIn Profiles cannot be viewed through LinkedIn if the target is 3rd degree or further. However, if entering LinkedIn through a Google search, the profile can still be viewed if Continued making text files for the user has previously logged into LinkedIn. Devising a workaround crawler that utilizes Google search. Continued blog post [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) hereAccelerator Seed List project] under Section 4.
8/23/2017 14:002016-12-15:3006: Decided with Ed to abandon LinkedIn crawling Learned how to retrieve accelerator founder data, and instead use crunchbasegit. Spent Committed software projects from the day navigating semester to the crunchbasebulk databaseMcNair git repository. Projects can be found at; [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Executive Order Crawler], [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Foreign Government Web Crawlers], [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) F6S Crawler and seeing what useful information was contained in itParser].
8/24/2017 14:302016-12-1602:30Built and ran web crawler for Center for Middle East Studies on Kuwait. Continued making text files for the [http: Began using the Crunchbase API to retrieve founder information for accelerators//www.edegan. Halfway through compiling a dictionary that translates accelerator names into proper Crunchbase API URLscom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project].
9/5/2017 14:002016-12-1601:00Continued making text files for the [http: Post Harvey//www. Finished retrieving names from the Crunchbase API on foundersedegan. Next step is to query crunchbase bulk database to get linkedin urlscom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. For more information, see Built tool for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Crunchbase_Data hereE%26I_Governance_Policy_Report E&I Governance Report Project]with Christy. Adds a column of data that shows whether or not the bill has been passed.
9/6/2017 14:002016-11-1529:30: Combined founders Began pulling data retrieved with from the Crunchbase API with the crunchbasebulk data to get linkedin urls for different accelerator founders. For more information, see accelerators listed [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Crunchbase_Data Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) here]. Made text files for about 18 accelerators.
9/2016-11/2017 14:00-1722:00: Continued working on the Transferred downloaded Morocco Written Bills to provided SeaGate Drive. Made a "gentle" F6S crawler to retrieve HTMLs of possible accelerator pages documented [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn Crawler for Accelerator Founders Datahere].
9/12/2017 14:002016-11-1618:00: Continued working on the Converted Executive Order PDFs to text files using adobe acrobat DC. See [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Wikipage] for Accelerator Founders Data]. Added to the wiki on this topicdetails.
9/13/2017 14:002016-11-1517:30Wrote a crawler to retrieve information about executive orders, and their corresponding pdfs. They can be found [http: Implemented LinkedIn Crawler for main portion of profiles//www.edegan.com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report here. Began working on crawling Experience section of profiles] Next step is to run code to convert the pdfs to text files, then use the parser fixed by Christy.
9/14/2017 13:302016-11-15:30: Continued implementing LinkedIn Crawler Finished download of Moroccan Written Question pdfs. Wrote a parser with Christy to be used for profilesparsing bills from Congress and eventually executive orders. Found bug in the system Python that was worked out and rebooted.
9/18/2017 14:002016-11-1711:00Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Attempted to find bug fixes for the [http: Finished implementation of Experience Crawler, continued working on Education Crawler for LinkedIn//www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Project] crawler.
9/19/2017 14:302016-11-1610:30Continued to download Moroccan data and Kuwait data in the background. Began work on [http: Began running linkedin //www.edegan.com/wiki/Google_Scholar_Crawler Google Scholar Crawler]. Wrote a crawlerfor the [http://www. Helped Yang create RDP account, edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Project] to get permissions, and get wiki setupthe HTML files of hundreds of accelerators. The crawler ended up failing; it appears to have been due to HTTPS.
9/20/2017 14:002016-11-15:3008: Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Finished running linkedin crawlerwriting code for the embedded files on the Kuwait Site. Spent time debugging the frame errors due to the dynamically generated content. Transferred data Never found an answer to the bug, and instead found a workaround that sacrificed run time for the ability to RDPwork. Will write wikis next[http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
#TODO2016-11-04: Write wiki on linkedin crawler, write Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Finished writing initial Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver for the Middle East Studies Department. Middle East Studies Department asked for additional embedded files in the Kuwait website. [http://www.edegan.com/wiki on creating accounts./Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
9/21/2017 14:002016-11-1603:00: Wrote wiki Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Dr. Egan fixed systems requirements to run the GovTrack Web Crawler. Made significant progress on Linkedin crawler, met with Laura about patents projectthe Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver for the Middle East Studies Department.
9/25/2017 14:002016-11-1701:00: New task -- Create text file with company, descriptionContinued to download Moroccan data in the background. Went over code for GovTracker Web Crawler, and company typecontinued learning Perl.#[http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/VC_Database_Rebuild VC Database RebuildGovtrack_Webcrawler_(Wiki_Page) GovTrack Web Crawler]#psql vcdb2#table name, sdccompanybasecore2#Combine with CrunchbasebulkBegan Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver.
92016-10-21: Continued to download data for the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Looked over [http://www.edegan.com/27wiki/2017 14Christy_Warden_(Twitter_Crawler_Application_1) Christy's Twitter Crawler] to see how I can be helpful. Dr. Egan asked me to think about how to potentially make multiple tools to get cohorts and other sorts of data from accelerator sites. See [http:00-16//www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator List] He also asked me to look at the [http:00: Worked //www.edegan.com/wiki/Govtrack_Webcrawler_(Wiki_Page) GovTrack Web Crawler] for potential ideas on big database filehow to bring this project to fruition.
9/28/2017 13:302016-10-1520:30Continued to download data for the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Updated Wiki page. Started working on Twitter project with Christy. [http: Added collaborative editing feature to PyCharm//www.edegan. com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
10/18/2017 14:152016-09-1530:45: Continued work on Yelp crawler Selenium program selects view pdf option from the website, and goes to the pdf webpage. Program then switches handle to the new page. CTRL S is sent to the page to launch save dialog window. Text cannot be sent to this window. Brainstorm ways around this issue. Explored Chrome Options for [http://mcnair.bakerinstitutesaving automatically without a dialog window.org/wiki/Houston_Innovation_DistrictHouston Innovation District Project]Looking into other libraries besides selenium that may help.
10/19/2017 142016-09-29:30Re-16:30: Continued work enroll in Microsoft Remote Desktop with proper authentication, set up Selenium environment and Komodo IDE on Yelp crawler Remote Desktop, wrote program using Selenium that goes to a link and opens up the print dialog box. Developed computational recipe for [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Houston_Innovation_District Houston Innovation District Project]a different approach to the problem.
10/23/2017 14:002016-09-1726:00: Finished Yelp crawler Set up Staff wiki page, work log page; registered for [http://mcnairSlack, Microsoft Remote Desktop; downloaded Selenium on personal computer, read Selenium docs.bakerinstitute.org/Created wiki/Houston_Innovation_District Houston Innovation District page for Moroccan Web Driver Project].
10/24/2017 14:00-16:00: Throw some addresses into a database, use address normalizer and geocoder. May need to install things.=='''Notes=='''
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2017-11/1/2016: -15:00-18Continued running [http:00: Continued //www.edegan.com/wiki/Demo_Day_Page_Parser Demo Day Page Parser]. Wrote a script to download Moroccan data in the backgroundextract counts that were greater than 2 from Keyword Matcher. Went over code Continued downloading for GovTracker Web Crawler, continued learning Perl. [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Govtrack_Webcrawler_(Wiki_Page) GovTrack Web CrawlerTiger_Geocoder TIGER Geocoder] Began Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver. Finished re-formatting work logs.
2017-11/3/2016: 13:00-1814:00Continued running [http: Continued ///www.edegan.com/wiki/Demo_Day_Page_Parser Demo Day Page Parser]. Wrote an HTML to download Moroccan data in the backgroundText parser. See Parser Demo Day Page for file location. DrContinued downloading for [http://www. Egan fixed systems requirements to run the GovTrack Web Crawleredegan. Made significant progress on the Kuwait Web Crawlercom/Driver for the Middle East Studies Departmentwiki/Tiger_Geocoder TIGER Geocoder].
2017-11/4/2016: 12:00-1413:00: Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Finished writing initial Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver for the Middle East Studies Department. Middle East Studies Department asked for additional embedded files in the Kuwait website. Built [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web DriverDemo_Day_Page_Parser Demo Day Page Parser].
2017-11/8/2016: 15:00-1809:00: Continued to download Moroccan data in the backgroundRunning demo version of Demo Day crawler (Accelerator Google Crawler). Finished writing code for the embedded files on the Kuwait Site. Spent time debugging the frame errors due to the dynamically generated content. Never found an answer to the bug, and instead found a workaround that sacrificed run time for the ability to Fixing worklog format. [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2017-11/10/2016 13:00-1807:00: Continued to download Moroccan data Created file with 0s and Kuwait data in 1s detailing whether crunchbase has the backgroundfounder information for an accelerator. Began work Details posted as a TODO on [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Google_Scholar_Crawler Google Scholar CrawlerAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List]page. Wrote a crawler Still waiting for feedback on the PostGIS installation from [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator ProjectTiger_Geocoder Tiger Geocoder] to get the HTML files of hundreds of accelerators. The crawler ended up failing; it appears to have been due to HTTPSContinued working on Accelerator Google Crawler.
2017-11/11/2016 12:00-206:00Contacted Geography Center for the US Census Bureau, [https: Continued to download Moroccan data in the background//www.census.gov/geo/about/contact.html here], and began email exchange on PostGIS installation problems. Attempted to find bug fixes for Began working on the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Selenium_Documentation Selenium Documentation]. Also began working on an Accelerator Project] crawlerGoogle Crawler that will be used with Yang and ML to find Demo Days for cohort companies.
2017-11/15/2016 15:00-1801:00Attempted to continue downloading, however ran into HTTP Forbidden errors. Listed the errors on the [http: Finished download of Moroccan Written Question pdfs//www. Wrote a parser with Christy to be used for parsing bills from Congress and eventually executive ordersedegan. Found bug in the system Python that was worked out and rebootedcom/wiki/Tiger_Geocoder Tiger Geocoder Page].
2017-10-13: Updated various project wiki pages.
2017-10-05: Emergency ArcGIS creation for Agglomeration project.
2016-10/2/2017 14:00-1718:00: Worked on ArcGIS Finished code for Oral Questions web driver and Written Questions web driver using selenium. Now, the data. See Harrison's Work Log for the detailsdates of questions can be found using the crawler, and the pdfs of the questions will be downloaded using selenium.[http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/4/2017 -14:00-16Finished Oral Questions crawler. Finished Written Questions crawler. Waiting for further details on whether that data needs to be tweaked in any way. Updated the Moroccan Web Driver/Web Crawler wiki page. [http:00: Emergency ArcGIS creation for Agglomeration project//www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/5/2017 14:15-1513:45Completed download of Moroccan Bills. Working on either a web driver screenshot approach or a webcrawler approach to download the Moroccan oral and written questions data. Began building Web Crawler for Oral and Written Questions site. Edited Moroccan Web Driver/Crawler wiki page. [http: Emergency ArcGIS creation for Agglomeration project//www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/12/2017 14:00-1511:30: Continued work on Patent Thicket projectFixed arabic bug, files can now be saved with arabic titles. Monarchy bills downloaded and ready for shipment. House of Representatives Bill mostly downloaded, awaiting further project specsratified bills prepared for download. Started learning scrapy library in python for web scraping. Discussed idea of screenshot-ing questions instead of scraping.
2016-10/13/2017 14:00-15:0007: Updated various project wiki pagesLearned unicode and utf8 encoding and decoding in arabic. Still working on transforming an ascii url into printable unicode.
2016-10/16/2017 14:00-1706:00: Assisted Harrison on Discussed with Dr. Elbadawy about the USITC projectdesired file names for Moroccan data download. Looked for natural language processing tools The consensus was that the bill programs are ready to extract complaintants launch once the files can be named properly, and defendants along with their location from case filesthe questions data must be retrieved using a web crawler which I need to learn how to implement. Experimented with pulling based on parts The naming of speech tagsfiles is currently drawing errors in going from arabic, to url, to download, as well as using geotext or geograpy to pull locations from filename. Debugging in process. Also built a case segmentdemo selenium program for Dr. Egan that drives the McNair blog site on an infinite loop.
2016-10/17/2017: 15:00-1703:00: Constructed ArcGIS maps Moroccan Web Driver projects completed for driving of the Monarchy proposed bills, the House of Representatives proposed bills, and the Ratified bills sites. Begun process of devising a naming system for the agglomeration projectfiles that does not require scraping. Finished maps Tinkered with naming through regular expression parsing of points the URL. Structure for every year the oral questions and written questions drivers is set up, but need fixes due to the differences in the state of Californiasites. Finished maps Fixed bug on McNair wiki for women's biz team where email was plain text instead of Route 128an email link. Began working on selenium Yelp crawler Took a glimpse at Kuwait Parliament website, and it appears to get cafe locations within be very different from the 610-loopMoroccan setup.
*Ed moved the Morocco Data to E:\McNair\Projects from C:\Users\PeterJ\Documents
