Building an AI Career Through Mathematical Mastery
Earning an advanced degree in mathematics not only helped Hongwei Jin gain the knowledge that he needed to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at University of 香蕉传媒 Chicago and become an artificial...
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The Bridge Between Math and Health Care
(STAT 鈥25)Virginia Reider (STAT 4th Year) knew that earning a degree in statistics would open up career avenues in a variety of fields. But choosing which avenue to follow was proving difficult, until she...
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The Human Side of Technology
(ITM 鈥15)鈥淚 don鈥檛 know why I want to act like I have an aversion to nerds, when I鈥檓 a nerd myself,鈥 laughs Sydney Hardwick (ITM 鈥15), speaking not only of her time growing up on Chicago鈥檚 South Side, but also...
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Shift to Security
(ITM, M.A.S. ITM 鈥18)Designing security into code is a lot like designing security in a house, Marilyn Barrios (ITM, M.A.S. ITM 鈥18) says. Each door, window, and any other point of entry must be secured. But these...
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Score Another for Team Tsao
(M.S. C.S. 鈥81)The basketball hoop affixed to the Irvine, Calif. garage of Victor Tsao (M.S. CS 鈥81) and his wife, Janie, was just one of many in an area dominated by Los Angeles Lakers fans. But this one was...
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Exploring Chicago鈥檚 Richness
(AMAT '23)Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of 香蕉传媒 Institute of Technology because of its Chicago location. 鈥淚鈥檝e...
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Breaking Biases
(Ph.D. CS, 3rd Year)Machine learning models have demonstrated powerful predictability capabilities, but also have demonstrated bias against certain demographic groups. Canyu Chen joined a research group that is working...
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Combining AI and Cybersecurity Nets a Romanian Conference Trip
(CYF, 4th Year)Michal Markevych fulfilled a requirement in his information technology problem-solving course by spending a semester researching how GPT-4 can be used to enhance intrusion detection systems (IDS) and...
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A Life-Changing Experience
(M.A.S. AI 1st Year)An internship at NASA鈥檚 Johnson Space Center in Houston provided an extraordinary opportunity for Amr Alshatnawi to build new skills and strengthen his values of scholarship, excellence, and service....
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Internship Opens Career Opportunities
(Ph.D. CS 3rd Year)The skills learned and the contacts made during an internship at Intel will help accelerate Brian Tauro鈥檚 career and help him meet his career goals after he earns a Ph.D. in computer science from...