Week 1: Became associated with the problem and began to look at several previous studies in depth, focusing mainly on one produced by Microsoft.

Week 2: Started work on more robust forms of secret questions and made a presentation on proposed project all the while doing more research on different possible forms of secret questions.

Week 3: Finalized and developed a survey with the three proposed forms of secret questions and began to write up my findings.

Week 4: Conducted a small survey on four persons with the proposed secret questions. Wrote up the results and added them to my findings.

Week 5: Worked on journal article and further analyzed data from survey. Came up with a logical way of presenting findings within article and developed further thoughts concerning future studies. Visited Telecordia.

Week 6: The article was given an extention and as a result more has been added to it along with more editing. Future studies section was added and sections were moved. Started to look at the previous Microsoft Study and began to come up with ways in which to compare our findings with theirs, all mainly ended in conduting another survey. Visited Bell Labs.

Week 7: Prepared and presented my work in final presentation to the rest of the program.

Week 8: Final week of program. Wrapped up project and spoke with mentor about future studies.