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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.

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].

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

1/19/2017 14#TODO:30- 17:45: Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/Write wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]. Created parser for the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/on linkedin crawler, write wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project], completed creation of final data set(yay!). Began working on cohort parsercreating accounts.

1/23/2017 10:00-1209-21:00: Worked Wrote wiki on parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List Linkedin crawler, met with Laura about patents project]. Preliminary code is written, working on debugging.

1/24/2017 14:30-17:1509-20: Worked on parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]Finished running linkedin crawler. Cohort Transferred data file created, debugging is almost completeto RDP. Will begin work on the google accelerator search soonwrite wikis next.

1/25/2017 10:00-1209-19:00: Finished 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]. Some data files still need proofreading as they are not in an acceptable format. Began working on Google sitesearch projectsetup.

1/26/2017 14:30-1709-18:45: Continued Finished implementation of Experience Crawler, 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 Education Crawler for cohorts, priority 3, make internet archive wayback machine driver. Located [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Whois_Parser Whois Parser]LinkedIn.

1/30/2017 10:00-12:0009-14: Optimized enclosing circle algorithm through memoization. Developed script to read addresses from accelerator data and return latitude and longitude coordinatesContinued implementing LinkedIn Crawler for profiles.

1/31/2017 14:30-1709-13:15: Built WayBack Machine Implemented LinkedIn Crawler. Updated documentation for coordinates scriptmain portion of profiles. Updated profile page to include locations Began working on crawling Experience section of codeprofiles.

2/1/2017 10:00-09-12:00Continued working on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler for Accelerator Founders Data]. Added to the 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://www.edegan.com/wiki/Crunchbase_Data here]. 2017-08-24: Began using the Crunchbase API to retrieve founder information for accelerators. Halfway through compiling a dictionary that translates accelerator names into proper Crunchbase API URLs. 2017-08-23: Decided with Ed to abandon LinkedIn crawling to 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. 2017-08-21: 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.</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_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. Ran HTML parser on accelerator founders. Data is stored in projects/accelerators/LinkedIn Founder Data. 2017-04-19: Made 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. 2017-04-18: Ran LinkedIn Crawler on matches between Crunchbase Snapshot and the accelerator data. 2017-04-17: Worked on ways to get correct 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. 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 resources 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/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) crawler of LinkedIn Recruiter Pro]. Basic search functions work and download profile information for a given person.  2017-04-10: Began writing functioning crawler of LinkedIn.  2017-04-06: Continued working on debugging and documenting the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]. 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. 2017-04-05: Began work on the LinkedIn Crawler. Researched on launching Python Virtual Environment. 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).  2017-03-27: Worked on debugging the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Implemented a way to remove interior circles, and determined that translation to latitude and longitude coordinates resulted in slightly off center circles. 2017-03-23: Finished debugging the brute force algorithm for [http://www.edegan.com/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. 2017-03-21: Coded a brute force algorithm for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]. 2017-03-20: Worked on debugging the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]. 2017-03-09: Continued running [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] on the Top 50 Cities. Finished script to draw Enclosing Circles on a Google Map. 2017-03-08: Continued running [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] on the Top 50 Cities. Created script to draw outcome of the Enclosing Circle Algorithm on Google Maps. 2017-03-07: Redetermined the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on. Data on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Top_Cities_for_VC_Backed_Companies Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies can be found here.] Ran [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] on the Top 50 Cities. 2017-03-06: Ran script to determine the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on. Fixed the VC Circles script to take in a new data format. 2017-03-02: Cleaned up data for the VC Circles Project. Created histogram of data in Excel. See [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Began work on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/LinkedInCrawlerPython LinkedIn Crawler]. 2017-03-01: Created statistics for the VC Circles Project. 2017-02-28: Finished downloading geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Found bug in Enclosing Circle Algorithm. 2017-02-27: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Assisted work on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier]. 2017-02-23: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Installed C++ Compiler for Python. Ran tests on difference between Python and C wrapped Python. 2017-02-22: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [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]. 2017-02-21: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Researched into C++ Compilers for Python so that 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]. 2017-02-20: Continued to download geocoded data for VC Data as part of the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Assisted work on the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier]. 2017-02-16: Reworked [http://www.edegan.com/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. 2017-02-15: Finished [http://www.edegan.com/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. 2017-02-14: 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://www.edegan.com/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm]. 2017-02-13: Worked on Neural Net for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project]. 2017-02-08: Worked on Neural Net for the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Project]. 2017-02-07: Fixed bugs in parse_cohort_data.py, the script for parsing the cohort data from the [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Added descriptive statistics to cohort data excel file. 2017-02-02: 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/wiki/interactive_maps Interactive Maps]. No helpful additions to map embedding problem. 2017-02-01: Notes from Session with Ed: 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.

2/2/2017 14:30-15:45: Out sick, independent research and work from RDP. Brief research into the [http01-31://jorgegBuilt WayBack Machine Crawler.scriptsUpdated documentation for coordinates script.mitUpdated profile page to include locations of code.edu/homepage/wp  2017-content/uploads/2016/03/Guzman01-Stern-State-of-American-Entrepreneurship-FINAL.pdf Stern-Guzman 30: Optimized enclosing circle algorithm]. Research into [http://mcnair.bakerinstitutethrough memoization.org/wiki/interactive_maps Interactive Maps]. No helpful additions Developed script to map embedding problemread addresses from accelerator data and return latitude and longitude coordinates.

2/7/2017 14:30-1701-26:15: Fixed bugs in parse_cohort_dataContinued working on Google sitesearch project. Discovered crunchbase, changed project priority.pyPriority 1, the script split accelerator data up by flag, priority 2, use crunchbase to get web urls for parsing the cohort data from the cohorts, priority 3, make internet archive wayback machine driver. Located [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List projectWhois_Parser Whois Parser]. Added descriptive statistics to cohort data excel file.

2/13/2017 10:00-1201-25:00 Worked on Neural Net Finished parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier ProjectAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Some data files still need proofreading as they are not in an acceptable format. Began working on Google sitesearch project.

2/14/2017 14:30-17:1501-24: Worked on the application parser for cohort data 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 AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project]. Cohort data file created, debugging is almost complete. Will begin work on the google accelerator search soon.

2/15/2017: 10:00-1201-23:00: Finished Worked on parser for cohort data of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] applied to the VC study. Enclosing Circle algorithm still needs adjustmentPreliminary code is written, but the program runs with the temporary fixesworking on debugging.

2/16/2017 14:30-1701-19:45Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http: Reworked //www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project]. Created parser for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] to create a file , completed creation of geocoded final dataset(yay!). Began work working on wrapping the algorithm in C to improve speedcohort parser.

2/20/2017 10:00-1201-18:00: Continued to download geocoded data Downloaded pdfs in the background for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project. Assisted work on the [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier].

2/21/2017 14:30- 17:1501-13: Continued to download geocoded data making text files for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] Project. Researched into C++ Compilers Downloaded pdfs in the background for Python so that the Enclosing Circle Algorithm could be wrapped in C. Found a recommended one [httpshttp://www.microsoftedegan.com/en-uswiki/download/details.aspx?id=44266 hereMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].

2/22/2017 10:00-01-12:00: Continued to download geocoded data making text files for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] Project. Helped out with Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry Classifier Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].

2/23/2017 14:30-17:4501-11: Continued to download geocoded data making text files for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] Project. Installed C++ Compiler Downloaded pdfs in the background for Pythonthe [http://www.edegan. Ran tests on difference between Python and C wrapped Pythoncom/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].

2/27/2017 -01-10:00-12:00: Continued to download geocoded data making text files for VC Data as part of the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] Project. Assisted work on Downloaded pdfs in the background for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Industry_Classifier Industry ClassifierMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Government Crawler Project].

3/2/2017 14:302016-12-17:4508: Cleaned up data Continued making text files for the VC Circles Project. Created histogram of data in Excel. See [http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle Algorithm] Project. Began work on the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedInCrawlerPython LinkedIn CrawlerAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project].

3/6/2017 10:002016-12-07:00Continued making text files for the [http: Ran script to determine the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should be run on//www.edegan. Fixed the VC Circles script to take in a new data formatcom/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project].

3/7/2017 14:302016-12-1706:15: Redetermined Learned how to use git. Committed software projects from the semester to the top 50 cities which Enclosing Circle should McNair git repository. Projects can be run onfound at; [http://www.edegan. Data on the com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Executive Order Crawler], [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Top_Cities_for_VC_Backed_Companies Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies can be found here.Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Foreign Government Web Crawlers] Ran , [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) F6S Crawler and Parser] on the Top 50 Cities.

3/8/2017 10:002016-12-02:00: Built and ran web crawler for Center for Middle East Studies on Kuwait. Continued running making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] on the Top 50 Cities. Created script to draw outcome of the Enclosing Circle Algorithm on Google Maps.

3/9/2017 14:302016-12-17:4501: Continued running making text files for the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Seed List project] on . Built tool for the Top 50 Cities[http://www. Finished script to draw Enclosing Circles on edegan.com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report E&I Governance Report Project] with Christy. Adds a Google Mapcolumn of data that shows whether or not the bill has been passed.

3/20/2017 10:002016-11-1229:00: Worked on debugging Began pulling data from the accelerators listed [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) here]. Made text files for about 18 accelerators.

3/21/2017 14:302016-11-1722:15: Coded Transferred downloaded Morocco Written Bills to provided SeaGate Drive. Made a brute force algorithm for the "gentle" F6S crawler to retrieve HTMLs of possible accelerator pages documented [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmAccelerator_Seed_List_(Data) here].

3/23/2017 14:302016-11- 1718:45: Finished debugging the brute force algorithm for Converted Executive Order PDFs to text files using adobe acrobat DC. See [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Enclosing_Circle_Algorithm Enclosing Circle AlgorithmE%26I_Governance_Policy_Report Wikipage]. Implemented a method to plot the points and circles on a graph. Analyzed runtime of the brute force algorithmfor details.

3/27/2017 10:002016-11-1217:00: Worked on debugging the Enclosing Circle Algorithm. Implemented Wrote a way crawler to remove interior circlesretrieve information about executive orders, and determined that translation their corresponding pdfs. They can be found [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/E%26I_Governance_Policy_Report here.] Next step is to latitude and longitude coordinates resulted in slightly off center circlesrun code to convert the pdfs to text files, then use the parser fixed by Christy.

3/28/2017 14:302016-11- 17:15: Finished running the Enclosing Circle Algorithmdownload of Moroccan Written Question pdfs. Worked on removing incorrect points Wrote a parser with Christy to be used for parsing bills from Congress and eventually executive orders. Found bug in the data set(see above)system Python that was worked out and rebooted.

3/29/2017 10:002016-11-1211:00: Worked on debugging points Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Attempted to find bug fixes for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm[http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Project] crawler.

4/3/2017 2016-11-10:00-12Continued to download Moroccan data and Kuwait data in the background. Began work on [http:00: Finished debugging points //www.edegan.com/wiki/Google_Scholar_Crawler Google Scholar Crawler]. Wrote a crawler for the Enclosing Circle Algorithm[http://www.edegan. Added Command Line functionality com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator Project] to get the Industry ClassifierHTML files of hundreds of accelerators. The crawler ended up failing; it appears to have been due to HTTPS.

4/5/2017 9:452016-11-08:45: Began work Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Finished writing code for the embedded files on the LinkedIn CrawlerKuwait Site. Researched on launching Python Virtual EnvironmentSpent 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 work. [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]

4/6/2017 14:002016-11-17:1504: Continued working on debugging and documenting 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/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn CrawlerMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]. 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 10:002016-11-1203:00: Began writing functioning crawler of LinkedInContinued to download Moroccan data in the background. Dr. Egan fixed systems requirements to run the GovTrack Web Crawler. Made significant progress on the Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver for the Middle East Studies Department.

4/2016-11/2017 14:30-1701:15: Completed functional Continued to download Moroccan data in the background. Went over code for GovTracker Web Crawler, continued learning Perl. [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Govtrack_Webcrawler_(PythonWiki_Page) crawler of LinkedIn Recruiter ProGovTrack Web Crawler]. Basic search functions work and download profile information for a given personBegan Kuwait Web Crawler/Driver.

4/12/2017 2016-10:00-1221:00Continued to download data for the Moroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions. Looked over [http: Work on bugs with //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 data from accelerator sites. See [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Accelerator_Seed_List_(Data) Accelerator List] He also asked me to look at the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_Govtrack_Webcrawler_(PythonWiki_Page) LinkedIn GovTrack Web Crawler]for potential ideas on how to bring this project to fruition.

4/13/2017 14:302016-10-1720:45: Worked on debugging the logout procedure Continued to download data for the [http://mcnairMoroccan Parliament Written and Oral Questions.bakerinstituteUpdated Wiki page.org/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]Started working on Twitter project with Christy. Began formulation of process to search for founders of startups using a combination of the LinkedIn Crawler with the data resources from the [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/Crunchbase_2013_Snapshot CrunchBase SnapshotMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver].

4/17/2017 2016-10:00-1218:00: Worked on ways to get correct search results from Finished 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://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn CrawlerMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]. Worked on an HTML Parser for the results from the LinkedIn Crawler.

4/18/2017 2016-10-14:30-17:15: Ran LinkedIn Crawler Finished Oral Questions crawler. Finished Written Questions crawler. Waiting for further details on matches between Crunchbase Snapshot and whether that data needs to be tweaked in any way. Updated the accelerator dataMoroccan Web Driver/Web Crawler wiki page. [http://www.edegan.com/wiki/Moroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver]

4/19/2017 2016-10:00-1213:00: Made updates 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/Crawler wiki page. [http://mcnairwww.bakerinstituteedegan.orgcom/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn CrawlerMoroccan_Parliament_Web_Crawler Moroccan Web Driver] Wikipage. Ran LinkedIn Crawler on accelerator data. Working on an html parser for the results from the LinkedIn Crawler.

4/20/2017 14:302016-10-1711:45: Finished the HTML Parser Fixed arabic bug, files can now be saved with arabic titles. Monarchy bills downloaded and ready for the [http://mcnairshipment.bakerinstituteHouse of Representatives Bill mostly downloaded, ratified bills prepared for download.org/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) LinkedIn Crawler]Started learning scrapy library in python for web scraping. Ran HTML parser on accelerator founders. Data is stored in projects/accelerators/LinkedIn Founder DataDiscussed idea of screenshot-ing questions instead of scraping.

5/1/2017 13:002016-10-1707:00: Continued work Learned unicode and utf8 encoding and decoding in arabic. Still working on HTML Parser. Uploaded all semester projects to git servertransforming an ascii url into printable unicode.

8/21/2017 14:002016-10-17:0003: Began work on extracting founders Moroccan Web Driver projects completed for accelerators through LinkedIn Crawlerdriving of the Monarchy proposed bills, the House of Representatives proposed bills, and the Ratified bills sites. Discovered Begun process of devising a naming system for the files that Python3 is does not installed on RDP, so require scraping. Tinkered with naming through regular expression parsing of the virtual environment URL. Structure for the project cannot be fired oral questions and written questions drivers is set up, but need fixes due to the differences in the sites. Continued working Fixed bug on Ubuntu machineMcNair wiki 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.

8/22/2017 14:002016-09-1630:00: Discovered that LinkedIn Profiles cannot be viewed through LinkedIn if Selenium program selects view pdf option from the website, and goes to the target is 3rd degree or furtherpdf webpage. However, if entering LinkedIn through a Google search, Program then switches handle to the profile can still be viewed if new page. CTRL S is sent to the user has previously logged into LinkedInpage to launch save dialog window. Devising a workaround crawler that utilizes Google searchText cannot be sent to this window. Continued blog post [http://mcnairBrainstorm ways around this issue.bakerinstituteExplored Chrome Options for saving automatically without a dialog window.org/wiki/LinkedIn_Crawler_(Python) here] under Section 4Looking into other libraries besides selenium that may help.

8/23/2017 142016-09-29:00Re-15:30: Decided enroll in Microsoft Remote Desktop with Ed to abandon LinkedIn crawling proper authentication, set up Selenium environment and Komodo IDE on Remote Desktop, wrote program using Selenium that goes to retrieve accelerator founder data, a link and instead use crunchbaseopens up the print dialog box. Spent the day navigating Developed computational recipe for a different approach to the crunchbasebulk database, and seeing what useful information was contained in itproblem.

8/24/2017 14:302016-09-16:3026: Began using the Crunchbase API to retrieve founder information Set up Staff wiki page, work log page; registered for acceleratorsSlack, Microsoft Remote Desktop; downloaded Selenium on personal computer, read Selenium docs. Halfway through compiling a dictionary that translates accelerator names into proper Crunchbase API URLsCreated wiki page for Moroccan Web Driver Project.

9/5/2017 14:00-16:00: 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://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Crunchbase_Data here].=='''Notes=='''