Stephan Paukner :: syslog

HGFei graded my Master’s thesis with an A (“Sehr gut”, i.e. excellent). (Rumor has it that this doesn’t happen too often.) I thus officially make my Foundations of Gabor Analysis for Image Processing available in the web. The PDF contains hyperlinks, what resulted in a few imperfect pagebreaks, unfortunately. Due to a small supplement before the print the pure content raised to 95 pages, 107 pages including abstract and appendix, and 123 pages all in all.

By the way, a professionally printed and bound version of one’s thesis looks so good and so much different from one’s own test prints! The cover of mine is held in claret leather with a golden imprint of my name. The work took Janetschek more than one week, but the result was worth it. I got six pieces for €32 each.

I’m finished! “Foundations of Gabor Analysis for Image Processing” became the final title, 94 pages of pure content, 105 pages including abstract and appendix, and 121 pages all in all. Currently I’m waiting for the print shop to deliver a bid. Maybe I can hand it in for appraisal during the next week. I won’t publish it in the web before it is appraised.

I can now start preparing for the Master exam. Don’t expect to hear much from me during the next weeks.

Today we wanted to visit a different beach by car. We finally decided to go to the Playa de la Arena at the west coast, as it consisted of black lava sand. The bay was only about 200 meters long, but very neat. We had nice waves, and the water was warm and clear. An advantage of the black sand is that the grains are larger and thus not that clingy, but a drawback is its stronger heat that is hard to bear without slippers. We had ice cream and coffee at a beach bar. In the evening we returned our vehicle.

The next day was our last full day in Tenerife, and we spent it at our beach. One last time we enjoyed the sun and the sea—that’s what I call a November weather! In the evening we said goodbye at a paella with seafood.

Saturday finally was our day of departure. We had to leave our room, but were allowed to stay at the hotel pool. We had a final walk at the beach and shopped some souvenirs. A van brought us to the airport, and the flight started punctually; we were seated in row 13. Unfortunately, it was already dark when we came over the Sahara Desert. We arrived in Vienna at 2.10 in the morning. It wasn’t as cold as expected, and at 3.30 we fell into our bed exhausted.

All in all, it was a fabulous holiday that I really had needed after the weeks and months writing at my Master’s thesis. I had found time to proof-read it, and I was looking forward to finish it. Regarding the Canary Islands, we agreed on getting to know the other islands as well. The next one will probably be Lanzarote in fall 2008.