1. What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
This week I focused on preparing the materials we need for the final stages of the project. I dedicated time to adding more software implementation documentation for the final report, including clearer explanations of the recovery pipeline, corruption cases, and the expected flow once hardware testing begins.
In parallel, I began researching entropy analysis techniques for full-format recovery. This included looking into how entropy patterns can differentiate meaningful residual data from overwritten sectors which is an approach that may strengthen our ability to identify recoverable regions even when file system metadata is missing.
2. Is your progress on schedule or behind?
I am on schedule for this phase. Since we are waiting on the new boards to arrive, my primary responsibilities center on validation planning, recovery research, and preparing software documentation.
3. What deliverables do you hope to complete next week?
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Review any initial findings from Mars’s virtual PCB tests and adjust software validation requirements as needed.
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Continue researching entropy-based classification methods to determine if low-entropy filtering can be incorporated into the recovery workflow.
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Expand and refine software implementation documentation so it’s ready for integration with real hardware results once validation begins.