Website Placeholder TODO List

Last updated: 2026-01-28

High Priority: Project GIFs

All 6 project teaser GIFs + 1 inline GIF are currently identical placeholders (generic kitchen scene). Replace with actual research visualizations.

Location: files/projects/ Recommended specs: 800x600px or 16:9 aspect ratio, under 2MB

Teaser GIFs (appear on homepage & portfolio cards)

gaze-mental-representations.gif ✓ DONE (2026-01-28)
- Generated from ~/Downloads/compact_313.mp4
- 320x540px, 1.1MB, 10fps
- Shows gaze heatmap overlays on video frame
predictive-looking.gif ✓ DONE (2026-01-28)
- Generated from independent_variable_gaze.mp4 + dependent_variable_hand.mp4
- Stacked vertically with labels: “Independent Variable: Gaze Distribution” / “Dependent Variable: Hand Location”
- 480x540px, 1.8MB, 8fps, 6 seconds
incremental-global-updating.gif
- Current: Generic kitchen scene placeholder
- Needed: Dissertation project visualization
- Ideas: RSA representational trajectory, hierarchical updating schematic, fMRI activation, reading time plots
- Referenced in: _pages/about.md, _portfolio/incremental-global-updating.md
gaze-entropy-event-boundaries.gif
- Current: Generic kitchen scene placeholder
- Needed: Gaze entropy patterns visualization
- Ideas: Entropy timecourse aligned to boundaries, gaze dispersion map, focused→dispersed heatmap transition
- Referenced in: _portfolio/gaze-entropy-event-boundaries.md
action-segmentation-memory.gif
- Current: Generic kitchen scene placeholder
- Needed: Mimicry/action study visualization
- Ideas: Passive vs mimicry comparison, segmentation granularity, video stimuli examples
- Referenced in: _portfolio/action-segmentation-memory.md
structured-event-memory-model.gif
- Current: Generic kitchen scene placeholder
- Needed: SEM computational model visualization
- Ideas: Model architecture diagram, temporal context drift, prediction error → boundaries, model vs human comparison
- Referenced in: _portfolio/structured-event-memory-model.md

Inline GIF (appears within portfolio page content)

output.gif (in files/)
- Current: Same generic kitchen scene placeholder
- Needed: Gaze heatmap overlayed on video frame
- Referenced in:
  - _portfolio/gaze-mental-representations.md line 39
  - _portfolio/predictive-looking.md line 45

Medium Priority: Broken Links

Fix publication download links

These files link to the template URL instead of your site:

File	Line	Current (broken)
`_publications/2021-07-21-Haskins2.md`	12	`http://academicpages.github.io/files/...`
`_publications/2021-11-11-Haskins1.md`	13	`http://academicpages.github.io/files/...`
`_publications/2024-01-01-Cornell1.md`	13	`http://academicpages.github.io/files/...`

Fix: Change to /files/paper-name.pdf and verify PDFs exist in files/ directory

Low Priority: Config & Data Cleanup

Remove placeholder authors in _data/authors.yml
- Lines 3-10: “Name Name” with fake URI http://name.com, bio “This is the first name.”
- Lines 12-18: “Name2 Name2” with fake email, nonsense bio “I ordered what?”
- Action: Delete these entries or replace with real collaborator info
Fix PubMed search URL in _config.yml
- Line 88: pubmed: "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=john+snow"
- Issue: Uses template “john+snow” instead of your name
- Fix: Replace with your actual search term or remove if not needed
Handle future-dated placeholder post
- File: _posts/2199-01-01-future-post.md
- Content: Generic “What is Next?” with “stay tuned” messaging
- Options: Delete, update with real content, or move to _drafts/
Clean up template example pages (optional)
- _pages/markdown.md - Contains “John Doe”, “Jane Doe” placeholders
- _pages/archive-layout-with-content.md - Same placeholder table
- Options: Delete if not needed, or keep as style reference

Completed

Notes

GIF replacement instructions in files/projects/README.md
Run bundle exec jekyll serve to preview changes locally

Sophie(Xing) Su