Quick conference schedule update

12-14 October - Robotics conference in Ottawa (accepted)
28-31 January - San Jose, CA (accepted)
12-15 May - Victoria, BC (paper to be submitted next week)
11-13 June - Seattle, WA (paper submitted)

Tentative thesis dates
mid-November - complete draft of Chapters 2, 3 and 4 (Chapter 2 has been edited and requires only minor changes, Chapter 3 currently in review, Chapter 4 writing starts on October 16th)
end-December - drafts of all chapters completed
end-January - Dissertation sent to reviewers
mid-March - Thesis defense

Let's see how close this ends up matching reality.