PhD Update

So im back in Rocky and trying to get back into the swing of things.

Ive had a few meetings with a professor at the uni about my PhD and how its shaping up. At the end of last year, before i went to the US for the internship i was feeling a bit lost in it all. I had been researching collaboration / groupware for a long time, had a heap of information but wasnt really sure what exactly to do with it.

Atfer meeting with the professor it dawned on me that i wasnt concentrating on a specific area. He suggested i look at the emergency services area and how they coordinate emergency planning and response.

Thinking about this, it makes sense. The emergency service needs to coordinate groups of people over a large scale. How they do this efficiently and effectively is an area that the current work ive done could easily fit into.

Going with somthing like this means i have a specific area to concentrate my study on. Instead of having a lot of information and not sure whare to apply it i can now focus on a particular area.

Im hopeful again.