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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.
1/18/2017 10-09-25:00New task -12:00: Downloaded pdfs in the background for the - Create text file with company, description, and company type.#[http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler ProjectVC_Database_Rebuild VC Database Rebuild]#psql vcdb2#table name, sdccompanybasecore2#Combine with Crunchbasebulk #TODO: Write wiki on linkedin crawler, write wiki on creating accounts.
1/19/2017 14:30- 1709-21:45: Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/Wrote 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 on Linkedin crawler, met with Laura about patents project], completed creation of final data set(yay!). Began working on cohort parser.
1/23/2017 10:00-1209-20:00: Worked on parser for cohort Finished running linkedin crawler. Transferred data of the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]to RDP. Preliminary code is written, working on debuggingWill write wikis next.
1/24/2017 14:30-1709-19:15: Worked on parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairBegan running linkedin crawler.bakerinstitute.org/Helped Yang create RDP account, get permissions, and get 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 soonsetup.
1/25/2017 10:00-12:0009-18: Finished parser for cohort data implementation 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 format. Began Experience Crawler, continued working on Google sitesearch projectEducation Crawler for LinkedIn.
1/26/2017 -09-14:30-17:45: 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 implementing LinkedIn Crawler for cohorts, priority 3, make internet archive wayback machine driver. Located [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Whois_Parser Whois Parser]profiles.
1/30/2017 10:00-12:0009-13: Optimized enclosing circle algorithm through memoizationImplemented LinkedIn Crawler for main portion of profiles. Developed script to read addresses from accelerator data and return latitude and longitude coordinatesBegan working on crawling Experience section of profiles.
1/31/2017 14:30-1709-12:15Continued working on the [http: Built WayBack Machine //www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler. Updated documentation for coordinates scriptAccelerator Founders Data]. Updated profile page Added to include locations of codethe wiki on this topic.
2/1/2017 10:00-1209-11:00Continued working on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler for Accelerator Founders Data].
Notes from Session 2017-09-06: Combined founders data retrieved with the Crunchbase API with Edthe 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: Project Post Harvey. Finished retrieving names from the Crunchbase API on US university patenting and entrepreneurship programs (writing code founders. Next step is to identify universities in assignees), search Wikipedia (XML then query crunchbase bulk download)database to get linkedin urls. For more information, student pop, faculty pop, etcsee [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Crunchbase_Data here].Circle project 2017-08-24: Began using the Crunchbase API to retrieve founder information for VC data will end up being accelerators. Halfway through compiling a joint project dictionary that translates accelerator names into proper Crunchbase API URLs. 2017-08-23: Decided with Ed to abandon LinkedIn crawling to join retrieve accelerator founder data, and instead use crunchbase. Spent the day navigating the crunchbasebulk database, and seeing what useful information was contained in it. 2017-08-22: 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://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) here] under Section 4. Pull descriptions 2017-08-21: Began work on extracting founders for VC. Founders of accelerators in linkedinthrough LinkedIn Crawler. LinkedIn Discovered that Python3 is not installed on RDP, so the virtual environment for the project cannot be caughtfired up. Continued working on Ubuntu machine.</onlyinclude> ===Spring 2017=== 2017-05-01: Continued work on HTML Parser. Uploaded all semester projects to git server. 2017-04-20: Finished the HTML Parser for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(pretend Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. Ran HTML parser on accelerator founders. Data is stored in projects/accelerators/LinkedIn Founder Data. 2017-04-19: Made updates to not be a botthe [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. 2017-04-18: Ran LinkedIn Crawler on matches between Crunchbase Snapshot and the accelerator data. Can eventually 2017-04-17: Worked on ways to get academic backgrounds through linkedincorrect search results from the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. Worked on an HTML Parser for the results from the LinkedIn Crawler. Pull business registration 2017-04-13: Worked on debugging the logout procedure for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. Began formulation of process to search for founders of startups using a combination of the LinkedIn Crawler with the data, Sternresources from the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Crunchbase_2013_Snapshot CrunchBase Snapshot]. 2017-04-12: Work on bugs with the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. 2017-04-11: Completed functional [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Guzman AlgorithmLinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) crawler of LinkedIn Recruiter Pro]. Basic search functions work and download profile information for a given person. 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, searches for a query, navigates through search pages, Maps API and Rlogs out. Recruiter program can now login and search. 2017-04-05: Began work on the LinkedIn Crawler. Researched on launching Python Virtual Environment.NLP Projects, Description 2017-04-03: Finished debugging points for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Added Command Line functionality to the Industry Classifier. 2017-03-29: Worked on debugging points for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. 2017-03-28: Finished running the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Worked on removing incorrect points from the data set(see above).
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/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Guzman-Stern-State-of-American-Entrepreneurship-FINAL.pdf Stern-Guzman algorithm]. Research into [http27://mcnairWorked on debugging the Enclosing Circle Algorithm.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/interactive_maps Interactive Maps]. No helpful additions Implemented a way to remove interior circles, and determined that translation to map embedding problemlatitude and longitude coordinates resulted in slightly off center circles.
2/7/2017 14:30-1703-23:15: Fixed bugs in parse_cohort_data.py, Finished debugging the script brute force algorithm for parsing the cohort data from the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List projectEnclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]. Added descriptive statistics Implemented a method to cohort data excel fileplot the points and circles on a graph. Analyzed runtime of the brute force algorithm.
2/8/2017 10:00-1203-21:00 Worked on Neural Net Coded a brute force algorithm for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier ProjectEnclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm].
2/13/2017 10:00-1203-20:00 Worked on Neural Net for debugging the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier ProjectEnclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm].
2/14/2017 14:30-1703-09:15: Worked on the application of the Enclosing Circle algorithm to the VC study. Working on bug fixes in the Enclosing Circle algorithm. Created wiki page for the Continued running [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]on the Top 50 Cities. Finished script to draw Enclosing Circles on a Google Map.
2/15/2017: 10:00-12:0003-08: Finished Continued running [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] applied on the Top 50 Cities. Created script to draw outcome of the VC study. Enclosing Circle algorithm still needs adjustment, but the program runs with the temporary fixesAlgorithm on Google Maps.
2/16/2017 14:30-1703-07:45Redetermined the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on. Data on the [http: Reworked //www.edegan.com/wiki/Top_Cities_for_VC_Backed_Companies Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies can be found here.] Ran [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 speedTop 50 Cities.
2/20/2017 10:00-12:0003-06: 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. Assisted work on Fixed the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier]VC Circles script to take in a new data format.
2/21/2017 14:30- 1703-02:15: 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. Researched into C++ Compilers for Python so that Began work on the Enclosing Circle Algorithm could be wrapped in C. Found a recommended one [httpshttp://www.microsoftedegan.com/en-uswiki/download/details.aspx?id=44266 hereLinkedInCrawlerPython LinkedIn Crawler].
2/22/2017 10:00-12:0003-01: Continued to download geocoded data Created statistics for the VC Data as part of the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Helped out with [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Circles Project].
2/23/2017 14:30-17:4502-28: Continued to download Finished downloading geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Installed C++ Compiler for Python. Ran tests on difference between Python and C wrapped Python Found bug in Enclosing Circle Algorithm.
2/27/2017 10:00-12:0002-27: Continued 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 [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier].
2/28/2017 14:30-17:1502-23: Finished downloading Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Found bug in Enclosing Circle AlgorithmInstalled C++ Compiler for Python. Ran tests on difference between Python and C wrapped Python.
3/1/2017 10:00-1202-22:00: Created statistics Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the VC Circles [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Helped out with [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project].
3/2/2017 14:30-1702-21:45: 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 work on Researched into C++ Compilers for Python so that the Enclosing Circle Algorithm could be wrapped in C. Found a recommended one [httphttps://mcnairwww.bakerinstitutemicrosoft.orgcom/wikien-us/download/LinkedInCrawlerPython LinkedIn Crawlerdetails.aspx?id=44266 here].
3/6/2017 10:00-1202-20:00: 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. Assisted work onthe [http://www. Fixed the VC Circles script to take in a new data formatedegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier].
3/7/2017 14:30-1702-16:15: Redetermined the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on. Data on the Reworked [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.org/wiki/Top_Cities_for_VC_Backed_Companies Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies can be found here.] Ran [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] to create a file of geocoded data. Began work on wrapping the Top 50 Citiesalgorithm in C to improve speed.
3/8/2017 10:00-1202-15:00: Continued running Finished [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] on applied to the Top 50 CitiesVC study. Created script to draw outcome of the Enclosing Circle Algorithm on Google Mapsalgorithm still needs adjustment, but the program runs with the temporary fixes.
3/9/2017 -02-14:30-17:45: Continued running Worked on the application of the Enclosing Circle 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] on the Top 50 Cities. Finished script to draw Enclosing Circles on a Google Map.
3/20/2017 10:00-12:0002-13: Worked on debugging Neural Net for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmIndustry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project].
3/21/2017 14:30-17:1502-08: Coded a brute force algorithm Worked on Neural Net for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmIndustry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project].
3/23/2017 14:30- 1702-07:45: Finished debugging Fixed bugs in parse_cohort_data.py, the brute force algorithm script for parsing the cohort data from the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Implemented a method Added descriptive statistics to plot the points and circles on a graph. Analyzed runtime of the brute force algorithmcohort data excel file.
32017-02-02: Out sick, independent research and work from RDP. Brief research into the [http:/27/2017 10:00jorgeg.scripts.mit.edu/homepage/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Guzman-Stern-State-of-American-Entrepreneurship-FINAL.pdf Stern-12Guzman algorithm]. Research into [http:00: Worked on debugging the Enclosing Circle Algorithm//www.edegan.com/wiki/interactive_maps Interactive Maps]. Implemented a way No helpful additions to remove interior circles, and determined that translation to latitude and longitude coordinates resulted in slightly off center circlesmap embedding problem.
3/28/2017 14:30- 1702-01:15Notes from Session with Ed: Finished running the Enclosing 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 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. Worked GIS ontop of geocoded data.Maps that works on removing incorrect points from the data setwiki or blog (see aboveCartoDB), Maps API and R.NLP Projects, Description Classifier.
3/29/2017 10:00-12:0001-31: Worked on debugging points Built WayBack Machine Crawler. Updated documentation for the Enclosing Circle Algorithmcoordinates script. Updated profile page to include locations of code.
4/3/2017 10:00-12:00: Finished debugging points for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Added Command Line functionality to the Industry Classifier.
4/5/2017 9:45-11:4501-30: Began work on the LinkedIn CrawlerOptimized enclosing circle algorithm through memoization. Researched on launching Python Virtual EnvironmentDeveloped script to read addresses from accelerator data and return latitude and longitude coordinates.
4/6/2017 14:00-17:1501-26: Continued working on debugging and documenting the 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://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn CrawlerWhois_Parser Whois Parser]. Wrote a test program that logs in, searches for a query, navigates through search pages, and logs out. Recruiter program can now login and search.
4/10/2017 10:00-12:00: Began writing functioning crawler of LinkedIn.
4/11/2017 14:30-1701-25:15: Completed functional Finished 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 personSome data files still need proofreading as they are not in an acceptable format. Began working on Google sitesearch project.
4/12/2017 10:00-1201-24:00: Work Worked on bugs with parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project]. Cohort data file created, debugging is almost complete. Will begin work on the google accelerator search soon.
4/13/2017 14:30-17:4501-23: Worked on debugging the logout procedure parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator Seed List project]. 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 Snapshot]Preliminary code is written, working on debugging.
4/17/2017 10:00-1201-19:00Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http: Worked on ways to get correct search results from //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!). Worked Began working on an HTML Parser for the results from the LinkedIn Crawlercohort parser.
4/18/2017 14:30-1701-18:15Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http: Ran LinkedIn //www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler on matches between Crunchbase Snapshot and the accelerator dataProject].
4/19/2017 10:00-1201-13:00: 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 14:30-1701-12:45: 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 13:00-1701-11:00Continued making text files for the [http: Continued work on HTML Parser//www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://www.edegan. Uploaded all semester projects to git servercom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].
<font size="5">'''Fall 2017'''<-01-10: Continued making text files for the [http:/font>/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 Project].
8/21/2017 14:00-17:00: Began work on extracting founders for accelerators through LinkedIn Crawler. Discovered that Python3 is not installed on RDP, so the virtual environment for the project cannot be fired up. Continued working on Ubuntu machine.
8/22/2017 14:00-16:00: 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 the user has previously logged into LinkedIn. Devising a workaround crawler that utilizes Google search. Continued blog post [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) here] under Section 4.===Fall 2016===
8/23/2017 14:002016-12-1508:30Continued making text files for the [http: Decided with Ed to abandon LinkedIn crawling to retrieve accelerator founder data, and instead use crunchbase//www. Spent the day navigating the crunchbasebulk database, and seeing what useful information was contained in itedegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project].
8/24/2017 14:302016-12-1607:30Continued 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 14:002016-12-1606:00: Post HarveyLearned how to use git. Finished retrieving names Committed software projects from the Crunchbase API on founderssemester to the McNair git repository. Projects can be found at; [http://www.edegan. Next step is to query crunchbase bulk database to get linkedin urlscom/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Executive Order Crawler], [http://www.edegan. For more informationcom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Foreign Government Web Crawlers], see [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Crunchbase_Data hereAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) F6S Crawler and Parser].
9/6/2017 14:002016-12-1502:30: Combined founders data retrieved with the Crunchbase API with the crunchbasebulk data to get linkedin urls Built and ran web crawler for Center for different accelerator foundersMiddle East Studies on Kuwait. For more information, see Continued making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Crunchbase_Data hereAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project].
9/11/2017 14:002016-12-17:0001: Continued working on making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn Crawler Accelerator Seed List project]. Built tool for Accelerator Founders Datathe [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/E%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.
9/12/2017 14:002016-11-1629:00: Continued working on Began pulling data from the accelerators listed [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Accelerator_Seed_List_(PythonData) LinkedIn Crawler for Accelerator Founders Datahere]. Added to the wiki on this topicMade text files for about 18 accelerators.
9/13/2017 14:002016-11-1522:30Transferred downloaded Morocco Written Bills to provided SeaGate Drive. Made a "gentle" F6S crawler to retrieve HTMLs of possible accelerator pages documented [http: Implemented LinkedIn Crawler for main portion of profiles//www.edegan. Began working on crawling Experience section of profilescom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) here].
9/14/2017 13:302016-11-1518:30Converted Executive Order PDFs to text files using adobe acrobat DC. See [http: Continued implementing LinkedIn Crawler //www.edegan.com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Wikipage] for profilesdetails.
9/18/2017 14:002016-11-17:00Wrote a crawler to retrieve information about executive orders, and their corresponding pdfs. They can be found [http: Finished implementation of Experience Crawler//www.edegan.com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report here.] Next step is to run code to convert the pdfs to text files, continued working on Education Crawler for LinkedInthen use the parser fixed by Christy.
9/19/2017 14:302016-11-1615:30: Began running linkedin crawlerFinished download of Moroccan Written Question pdfs. Wrote a parser with Christy to be used for parsing bills from Congress and eventually executive orders. Helped Yang create RDP account, get permissions, Found bug in the system Python that was worked out and get wiki setuprebooted.
9/20/2017 14:002016-11-1511:30Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Attempted to find bug fixes for the [http: Finished running linkedin crawler//www. Transferred data to RDPedegan. Will write wikis nextcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Project] crawler.
#TODO2016-11-10: Write Continued to download Moroccan data and Kuwait data in the background. Began work on [http://www.edegan.com/wiki on linkedin /Google_Scholar_Crawler Google Scholar Crawler]. Wrote a crawler, write for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki on creating accounts/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Project] to get the HTML files of hundreds of accelerators. The crawler ended up failing; it appears to have been due to HTTPS.
9/21/2017 14:002016-11-1608:00: Wrote wiki Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Finished writing code for the embedded files on Linkedin crawlerthe Kuwait Site. Spent time debugging the frame errors due to the dynamically generated content. Never found an answer to the bug, met with Laura about patents projectand instead found a workaround that sacrificed run time for the ability to work. [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
9/25/2017 14:002016-11-1704:00: New task -- Create text file with company, description, and company typeContinued 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://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/VC_Database_Rebuild VC Database RebuildMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]#psql vcdb2#table name, sdccompanybasecore2#Combine with Crunchbasebulk
9/27/2017 14:002016-11-1603:00: Worked Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Dr. Egan fixed systems requirements to run the GovTrack Web Crawler. Made significant progress on big database filethe Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver for the Middle East Studies Department.
9/28/2017 13:302016-11-1501:30Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Went over code for GovTracker Web Crawler, continued learning Perl. [http: Added collaborative editing feature to PyCharm//www.edegan.com/wiki/Govtrack_Webcrawler_(Wiki_Page) GovTrack Web Crawler] Began Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver.
10/23/2017 14:002016-09-1730:00: Finished 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_District Houston Innovation District Project]Looking into other libraries besides selenium that may help.
10/24/2017 142016-09-29:00Re-16:00: Throw some addresses into enroll in Microsoft Remote Desktop with proper authentication, set up Selenium environment and Komodo IDE on Remote Desktop, wrote program using Selenium that goes to a database, use address normalizer link and geocoderopens up the print dialog box. May need Developed computational recipe for a different approach to install things. Details on the installation process can be found on the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/PostGIS_Installation PostGIS Installation page]problem.
10/25/2017 14:152016-09-1526:45: Continued working Set up Staff wiki page, work log page; registered for Slack, Microsoft Remote Desktop; downloaded Selenium on the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitutepersonal computer, read Selenium docs.org/Created wiki/PostGIS_Installation TigerCoder Installation]page for Moroccan Web Driver Project.
10/30/2017: With Ed's help, was able to get the national data from Tiger installed onto a database server. The process required much jumping around and changing users, and all the things we learned are outlined in [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Database_Server_Documentation#Editing_Users the database server documentation] under "Editing Users".==''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 14:00-1721:00Continued to download data for the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Looked over [http: Worked on ArcGIS //www.edegan.com/wiki/Christy_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 datafrom accelerator sites. See Harrison's Work Log [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator List] He also asked me to look at the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Govtrack_Webcrawler_(Wiki_Page) GovTrack Web Crawler] for the detailspotential ideas on how to bring this project to fruition.
2016-10/4/2017 14:00-1620:00: Emergency ArcGIS creation Continued to download data for Agglomeration the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Updated Wiki page. Started working on Twitter projectwith Christy. [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/5/2017 14:15-1518:45Finished code for Oral Questions web driver and Written Questions web driver using selenium. Now, the data for the dates of questions can be found using the crawler, and the pdfs of the questions will be downloaded using selenium. [http: Emergency ArcGIS creation for Agglomeration project//www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/12/2017 -14:00-15Finished 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:30: Continued work on Patent Thicket project, awaiting further project specs//www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/-13: 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 Written Questions site. Edited Moroccan Web Driver/2017 14Crawler wiki page. [http:00-15:00: Updated various project //www.edegan.com/wiki pages./Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]
2016-10/16/2017 14:00-1711:00: Assisted Harrison on the USITC projectFixed arabic bug, files can now be saved with arabic titles. Looked Monarchy bills downloaded and ready for natural language processing tools to extract complaintants and defendants along with their location from case filesshipment. Experimented with pulling based on parts House of speech tagsRepresentatives Bill mostly downloaded, as well as using geotext or geograpy to pull locations from a case segmentratified bills prepared for download. Started learning scrapy library in python for web scraping. Discussed idea of screenshot-ing questions instead of scraping.
2016-10/17/2017: 15:00-1707:00: Constructed ArcGIS maps for the agglomeration project. Finished maps of points for every year Learned unicode and utf8 encoding and decoding in the state of Californiaarabic. Finished maps of Route 128. Began Still working on selenium Yelp crawler to get cafe locations within the 610-looptransforming an ascii url into printable unicode.
2016-10/18/2017 14:15-1506:45: Continued work on Yelp Discussed with Dr. Elbadawy about the desired file names for Moroccan data download. The consensus was that the bill programs are ready to launch once the files can be named properly, and the questions 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 [http://mcnairDr.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Houston_Innovation_DistrictHouston Innovation District Project]Egan that drives the McNair blog site on an infinite loop.
2016-10/19/2017 14:30-1603:30: Continued work on Yelp crawler 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 [http://mcnairthe files that does not require scraping. Tinkered with naming through regular expression parsing of the URL.bakerinstituteStructure for the oral questions and written questions drivers is set up, but need fixes due to the differences in the sites.org/Fixed bug on McNair wiki/Houston_Innovation_District Houston Innovation District Project]for women's biz team where email was plain text instead of an email link. Took a glimpse at Kuwait Parliament website, and it appears to be very different from the Moroccan setup.
*Ed moved the Morocco Data to E:\McNair\Projects from C:\Users\PeterJ\Documents
