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Changelog: Speed up site access
Accessing sites is now several milliseconds faster now because I added indexing to subdomain values in sites.
I can't believe that I didn't have this indexed for a long time. I didn't notice it initially because there were only a few sites in Owl...
Post · October 02, 2023
Changelog: Reduce Ruby memory usage with jemalloc
I just reduced the amount of server memory used by Owlstown. This means that Owlstown websites can respond to more requests. It also means that webpages will load faster.
I learned about using jemalloc to reduce memory usage from this blog post b...
Post · September 28, 2023
I attended the NSF DARE Conference in LA as a selected Fellow
I attended the NSF DARE Conference: Transformative Opportunities for Modeling in Neurorehabilitation in Los Angeles as one of ten selected Fellows. This was a great meeting between clinicians, engineers, and modelers to try and break down the barr...
Post · September 27, 2023
I presented at ISB in Fukuoka, Japan
I presented our latest results from our asymmetry adaptation study using our robotic hip exoskeleton at the International Society of Biomechanics meeting in Fukuoka, Japan. It was a pleasure to catch up with old friends and meet new colleagues! Th...
Post · September 27, 2023
Split belt treadmill simulations published in the Journal of Neurophysiology
My simulation study using a musculoskeletal model to explore what drives gait adaptation on a split belt treadmill was just published in the Journal of Neurophysiology. Please take a look at the link below or check out our preprint if you're inter...
Post · September 27, 2023
R21 Trailblazer awarded
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the NIH has awarded the collaborative team between Meghan Huber, Wouter Hoogkamer, and myself a 3-year, $612.7K R21 Trailblazer grant to support my variable stiffness footw...
Post · September 27, 2023
New Report- UK-ASEAN Relations: Towards sustainable, enduring & equitable partnerships
On 6th July 2023 the ‘UK- ASEAN Relations: Towards sustainable, enduring, and equitable partnerships’ IdeasLab took place at the Asia Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The IdeasLab brought together 30 practitioners and researchers working in government...
Post · September 27, 2023
Changelog: BibTeX brackets in publication titles
Owlstown will now properly render publication titles that have BibTeX brackets. For example, if your publication title has the BibTeX string "Hello {World}!", it will appear in your Owlstown website as "Hello World!"
Also, some people use \emph...
Post · September 27, 2023
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