Ongoing
Academics vault
Obsidian second brain for the academic career — degree plan, PFW semesters, phd-prep, literature, and concept notes. The durable substrate Plans and Shared Brain both draw from.
- BS path: Computer Science & Psychology at Purdue Fort Wayne (Honors coursework)
- Vault layout: $ACADEMICS - META, pfw/, phd-prep/, psych-ref-notes/, cs-ref-notes/, reading lists
- Bridged from this site via obsidian:// so desktop notes and public modules stay linked
What the vault is
The Academics vault is the personal academic second brain: degree requirements and semester load, PhD preparation, clipped and written literature, CS and psych reference notes, and task boards that keep the plan honest.
From the vault README: central organization for the academic career, transparent skill development, and an aggregate knowledge base of related constructs — with this domain as the long-term public showcase, built incrementally so knowledge work stays primary.
Degree & PFW
Active degree plan: Bachelor of Science with majors in Computer Science and Psychology at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Progress, remaining requirements, and semester quests live under $ACADEMICS - META and pfw/ (course notes, CLEP tracks, advising tasks).
Relevant anchors already on the transcript path include discrete math, CS sequence work, psychobiology / abnormal psychology, and supporting quantitative coursework — exact checkboxes stay in the vault, not frozen on this page.
Knowledge topology
phd-prep holds roadmaps, program research, skill boards, and topic sketches (comp neuro, stochastic processes, neurological disorders). psych-ref-notes and academic articles hold illness models, treatment context, and paper notes. cs-ref-notes covers theory and tooling. pending-Rabbitholes and reading-list.unsorted catch curiosity before it is filed.
Lab Notes (sibling vault) carries active research project specs — e.g. schizophrenia transcriptomics — that Shared Brain graphs and this site can deep-link.
In the stack
Academics vault = source of truth for school and literature. Plans = trajectory distilled from that vault. Shared Brain = interactive research map. Polaris = life execution. stephanierd.dev = public edge and Obsidian bridge.