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Machine Learning evaluation study for SYRAS (Systematic Review Assistant)

Posted on 27/01/2019 by pip

My original goal for SYRAS, the Systematic Review Assistant, was to try to automate the laborious process of reviewing thousands of scientific article references while selecting their relevance to a particular topic of study. During the initial development of the software, once … Continue reading →

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Local development certificates done properly

Posted on 11/06/2018 by pip

Yesterday I finally lost my patience with the developer’s eternal problem of having to skip the untrusted self-signed certificate interstitial warning screens, and so I decided to solve it properly. The problem has got worse recently due to a combination … Continue reading →

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Trialling the ELK stack from Elastic

Posted on 14/07/2016 by pip

As part of my ongoing research into big-data visualisation and infrastructure and application management tools it came to give ELK a test run to check if it’s suited to my needs. I’ve already looked at a few others (which I will detail … Continue reading →

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PHPUnit-Selenium2 Cheat Sheet

Posted on 29/06/2016 by pip

My PHPUnit-Selenium2 Cheat Sheet Here are a few snippets of how I’ve achieved various tasks, some tricks and patterns in phpunit/phpunit-selenium v2.0 – targeting Selenium2. I’ll try to keep this updated with more techniques over time. Screenshots I wrote this small … Continue reading →

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The UI is the system – most people think

Posted on 13/02/2015 by pip

A common developer mistake is to assume clients, stakeholders, mums actually understand the multi-layered, n-tier, decomposed modular architectures they build. I read a piece of wisdom once that has just resonated with me as I came to present a demo … Continue reading →

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Cutlass – Cut Less!

Posted on 01/12/2014 by pip

While re-building my house I became obsessed with getting efficiency out of the timber 10materials I was using when planning cutting lists. Most people would want to achieve an efficient cutting plan because of cost-efficiency, effort-reduction or ecological conservation, and of course that … Continue reading →

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Techniques in Fostering Innovation

Posted on 01/08/2014 by pip

In this article on Deepend’s Chrysalis, I’d like to present some of the interesting topics which have surfaced at Deepend while implementing a drive to foster a culture of innovation in our organisation. These include dealing with failure, redefining the … Continue reading →

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Re-learning unit testing with Selenium 2 and phpunit-selenium

Posted on 30/06/2013 by pip

Now that I’ve finished re-building my house (almost) I’ve got two or three years of programming projects to catch up on. One of the most pressing is updating the Motif.org.au site with the new reading tests that have been developed … Continue reading →

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TEDx Sydney 2012: A Deepender’s Perspective

Posted on 30/05/2012 by pip

TEDxSydney started off on a high note for me, as I arrived already feeling like a hero.   The Deepend Light Lounge (aka our late christmas party) had gone on deep in to the previous night which meant it was … Continue reading →

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Brain control interfaces (BCI)

Posted on 28/09/2009 by pip

Something I’ve been keeping an eye on lately is brain control interfaces i.e. devices which let you control things with your mind. There seems to be a sudden flurry of activity this year in this area with a small handful … Continue reading →

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