Graphical Thinking for a Second Brain

Looking for: Undergraduate Student, MSc Student

This project is about designing, implementing and testing a diagramming plug-in for the Obsidian Knowledge Management System that enables people to think graphically (similarly to concept maps) when writing papers or combining information from many notes.

Particularly Interesting If

• You are interested in being an author of a publication (not for sure, will depend on mileage)
• You are interested in how people think and write

What Activities You Will Be Expected to Do

• Attending meetings
• Reading scientific papers
• Writing
• Designing a Systems and Sketching (collaboratively)
• Implementing a System
• Testing a System

Requirements/Skills

• Competent Javascript and Web Programming
• Some background in Human-Computer Interaction
• Some background in Visualization

Contacts and Instructions

Contact nacenta@uvic.ca if you are interested in the position.

Write an e-mail to Miguel (nacenta@uvic.ca). - Use the title of this project as the e-mail subject - Explain, in at most three sentences why this project is for you - Point out how you fullfil the requirements/skills - Describe whether you are funded or not (if you are looking for an MSc position)