Table of Contents

1. Community Bonding Week 1: May 6–May 12
2. Community Bonding Week 2: May 13–May 19
3. Community Bonding Week 3: May 20–May 26
4. Community Bonding Week 4: May 27–June 2 (work begins May 30)
5. Coding Week 1: June 3–June 9
6. Coding Week 2: June 10–June 16
7. Coding Week 3: June 17–June 23
8. Coding Week 4: June 24–June 30 (evaluations: June 26–30)
9. Coding Week 5: July 1–July 7
10. Coding Week 6: July 8–July 14
11. Coding Week 7: July 15–July 21
12. Coding Week 8: July 22–July 28 (evaluations: July 24–28)
13. Coding Week 9: July 29–August 4
14. Coding Week 10: August 5–August 11
15. Coding Week 11: August 12–August 18
16. Coding Week 12: August 19–August 25 (evaluations; August 21–29)
17. Final Evaluations: August 26–August 29

Community Bonding Week 1: May 6–May 12

• University final exams started from May 1.

Community Bonding Week 2: May 13–May 19

• University exams ended in the middle on this week.
• Continuing work on the existing PRs (​#152, ​#147) I had been working on.

Community Bonding Week 3: May 20–May 26

• Continued working on ​#152 (​#147 was merged.)
• Had a few quite busy days at college.
• Will be using the next and the last week of community bonding period to discuss the intricacies of implementing the log template.

Community Bonding Week 4: May 27–June 2 (work begins May 30)

• Understood how the existing templates work.
• Set up Omega CGI on my system to have a better grasp over how things actually look like when using different templates.

Coding Week 1: June 3–June 9

• Discussed the logging process on the mailing list to get some doubts out of the way.

Coding Week 2: June 10–June 16

• Completed the first step of logging the click data i.e. logging separate entries for each executed search from the query template.
  • Added another log command in query template.
  • Implemented a new OmegaScript command i.e. $qid to generate a unique ID for each entered $query.
  • Documented $qid command in omega/docs/omegascript.rst
  • Wrote feature tests for $qid command.
• June 14: Working towards the second step i.e. logging the query IDs and click URL on each click event using a new template named clicklog.

Coding Week 3: June 17–June 23

• Opened a PR (​#160) for $qid (later changed to $hash) OmegaScript command.
• Completed working on logging functionality and opened a PR (​#161) for the same.
  • Enables generating a log file from clickstream data and the Query file formatted as per ​Xapian Letor documentation.

Coding Week 4: June 24–June 30 (evaluations: June 26–30)

• Currently, working towards getting ​#160 and ​#161 in good shape by addressing the review comments.
• Will start discussing the right approach for implementing the DBN model over mailing list by the end of this week after getting the standing PRs merged.

Coding Week 5: July 1–July 7

• Worked on improving the clickstream logging PR ​#161 addressing review comments.

Coding Week 6: July 8–July 14

• Addressed all the pending comments on ​#161.
• Moving onto the implementation of click model.
• Discussed the approach to be taken for the implementation on the mailing list and a suitable class design.

Coding Week 7: July 15–July 21

• Started working on the SimplifiedDBN class which implements the Simplified DBN click model.

Coding Week 8: July 22–July 28 (evaluations: July 24–28)

• Opened a PR ​#170 with the implementation of Simplified DBN Click model.
• Working on adding documentation and tests.

Coding Week 9: July 29–August 4

• Laptop malfunctioned (random reboots).
• Spent the week arranging a replacement system and setting up for development work.

Coding Week 10: August 5–August 11

• Made further changes in ​#161 and ​#170 to address review comments

Coding Week 11: August 12–August 18

• ​#161 was merged.
• Added tests for SimplifiedDBN class in ​#170.
• Started working on adding a utility command for enabling the use of SimplifiedDBN class to generate qrel file.

Coding Week 12: August 19–August 25 (evaluations; August 21–29)

• Added the utility command generate-qrel-file for generating qrel file.
• Working on making changes in ​#170 as per latest review comments.
• Will add the project work product page in the project wiki page and submit the final evaluation at the earliest.

Final Evaluations: August 26–August 29