We just received notice that our first article titled Camera-based Water Stage and Discharge Prediction with Machine Learning has been accepted for peer review by the Hydrology and Earth System Science .Journal (HESS). It is an online journal that selects two or more official reviewers, but is also left open for public review and comment for two months. This does not mean the article has been accepted for publication, but it is the first step in the process with the hope that we can get it accepted.
In the meantime, we have defined the research plan for the next article which will partly a replication study and partly the development of tools that make it easier for others to duplicate our work. According to my defined “program of study,” I have to write three of these articles to get to the point where I can take start writing my dissertation. In addition to that, I have to take 5-7 additional courses to combine with my Masters degree courses before I have met the minimum requirements of the plan. It seems like there is a ton left to do, but it also seems like we are off to a good start. We will find out if that is true or not by seeing if this paper gets accepted.