With support from a Susan Abbott-Jamieson Award, Kevin Talbert spent Summer, 2013, conducting preliminary fieldwork in Tanzania.  This practicum report is designed to be a handbook for any Anthropology graduate students conducting field research abroad, but It will be of interest to graduate students and other researchers conducting field research, especially internationally, for the first time.  The presentation covers such topics as entering the field, locating an appropriate field site, seeking local institutional affiliations, the research permit process, etc.  This roundtable is designed to be useful for anyone seeking to embark on first fieldwork, not just in Africa but elsewhere as well.  It focuses especially on the preliminary fieldwork stage in preparation for a longer, PhD fieldwork length immersion later. 

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Rawad Hallani will be presenting his exit seminar, titled Designing Anthradithiophene Derivatives Suitable For Applications in Organic Electronics and Optoelectronics.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Anthony

Email Ms. Lina if your would like to attend. Lina.crocker@uky.edu

Email Ms. Lina Crocker for more information and to reserve a seat. lina.crocker@uky.edu

Title: A Linkage Constructions for Subspace Codes

Abstract: In this thesis defense, we will begin by giving an overview of random network coding and how subspace codes are used in this context. In this talk I will focus on the linkage construction, which builds a code by linking previously constructed codes. We will explore the properties of codes created by this construction. In particular, we will explore how to utilize the linkage construction to create partial spread codes. Finally we will look at cases in which linkage codes are efficiently decodable.