This sad news means I will soon be discontinuing the blog, and as such, a goodbye will be soon.
Having reached my writing up period about two months ago, I have spent the past weeks writing and running my experiments in order to provide enough evidence to defend my theoretical works. It also means I am now on the search for a job! Apparently this is a lot harder than it seems as postgraduate studies isn't really experience, nor is it graduate level work due to its specialism...
Anyhow, I am currently writing up! and my goodness is it boring... Writing about everything you known ten times over is not exactly enthralling, on the other hand, pretty pictures/layouts make it all worth while. So instead of boring you any longer, I've chosen to upload a few of the best over the past three years!
Is it a swan, is it a thing, what is it? I choose swan because I like birds. (It's actually a graph called data representing an aeronautical body but the drawing method drew it peculiarly).
A drawing of the graph 3elt, representing the airflow around an aerofoil, the layout itself doesn't follow drawings by other algorithms but shows the ability of MGF to draw "arms" of data. If only that "tongue" was better placed.
The layout of add32, except different! The layout here was a result of my "primitive" research which tried to generate layout of star type graphs (one central vertex connected to all others). The layout didn't fare so well aesthetically but left an unusual look for the graph showing the connectivity of vertices. It seems one half is very connected, the other, very loosely connected.
Investigating unusual shapes of layouts, a 55x55 grid should be very square. This layout wasn't, and apparently the cause is the approximation of forces as part of the multilevel scheme (lay mans terms: the graph was split in two, and the different between the two caused the bulge you see as one side is bigger).
Not exactly a different layout, in fact its very much what you would expect from a drawing algorithm. I just like how the components of the graph are clustered, showing the parts that made up "add32".
The graph "finan521", normally visualised as a circle, the weakened repulsive forces generated a layout where the circle folded on itself. The smaller structures are also more flared than compared to other generated layouts.
What I would consider a perfect layout of "4elt", with compression around the white spaces, avoiding overlap (note the "hole" on the left, which would otherwise have "excess" layout overlapping the surrounding layout, more extensively than the top of the hole).
Pretty colours! A 55x55 grid with coloured partitioning. The layout itself is somehwhat warped as a result of the approximation of MGF, and the partitions are unequal (different sizes, see the red and pink partitions for difference). However, the ability to colour partitions is simple but important as a visualisation tool.
For now that is all! I will comment again with a final summary of all of my work once I am done with the writing up stage (or once I have completed my Viva). I hope you've enjoyed following my development from innocent undergraduate to specialised and scary postgraduate weirdo!
For old times sake, a kitty;
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