# Sastry NEST meeting notes
# Date: 5/28/2004
# Present: Phoebus, Bonnie, Chung-Shik, Cory, Mike
# Scribe: Phoebus Chen

- Very few people attended the meeting, so it was kept short and informal while
  we were doing some physical setup on the testbed.

- Testbed status
  * very close to completion, estimate 1 or 2 more days to get fully running
  * switch plan to 45 motes on testbed, with 2.5 feet spacing between each
    (9 by 5 grid)
  * 30 ethernet cables for motes have been strung up
  * 45 eMotes ready to go
    ~ Power over Ethernet capability tested and working - can power the mote
    ~ No programming/data collection over PoE switch tested yet
  * 41 motes fully assembled.  Will try to get more parts from Intel
    next week (short on mag boards, battery board, battery, and mote.)
    ~ have not tested motes yet

- NEST retreat is coming up next Thursday and Friday
  * Earlier this week Song suggests that Phoebus do a poster on his 281B
    magnetometer position estimation project.  Phoebus will consider it, if
    he can generate better results in time.
  * Song and Luca will do a poster on magnetometer tracking.
  * Mike will try to make a poster on Optimization of Network Flows (personal
    project) if he can get more results on initial work in time.

- Game Theory Reading Group
  * Tanya had suggested starting a Game Theory Reading Group this summer, which
    will include people not on the NEST project within Sastry's group that are
    interested.
  * Bonnie and Phoebus are interested in this for designing Pursuit Algorithms
  * Bonnie will try to help get the ball rolling by selecting basic background
    material (chapters of books, papers, etc.) to read.
  * Phoebus is willing to lead the first meeting.
  * Would like to set the first meeting date the Friday after next week (NEST
    retreat next Friday).  Will check with Tanya on this.