Lewis & Clark ACM Student Chapter
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Bio Course of Study: CS and Studio Art double major Hometown: Berlin, Germany What project or experience (in computing) are you most proud of? In the summer of 2018, Max Levin and I started working with professor Peter Drake on a machine learning research project using a convolutional neural network to identify clouds in sky […]
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This week’s student-led workshop will be focused on Poembot! In case you haven’t heard of poembot, it’s a little robot which lives in the Watzek library during the month of April, which is the National Poetry Month. Every day, a new poem comes out of Poembot, and sometimes, users find golden tickets! If you’re interested […]
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Bio Course of Study: Computer Science & Math major, minor in Latin American Studies Hometown: SE Portland, OR Main Interests: Mobile/Web applications, Graph Theory, Latin American history, and salsa dancing Website:http:// https://ahmedgedi.github.io What project or experience (in computing) are you most proud of? My favorite project/experience by far has been building a React application during […]
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Our call for papers is out: The ACM student chapter is putting together a mini peer-reviewed journal! If you’d like to learn how peer reviewed research works, and possibly get a sort of “mini-publication” to put on your CV, keep reading!The ACM Chapter is accepting short papers about computational topics. Some good possible topics include […]
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Register for Lewis & Clark’s 2nd ever Hackathon and 1st ever Game jam! Kicking off at 10am this Saturday, April 13th and ending at 1pm this Sunday, April 14th! https://forms.gle/b9azuKtK21pG4Rhx8 Scan the QR Code on the poster or follow the link above to register! So what is a hackathon/game jam? A hackathon, despite the name, […]
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Biodiversity data can take many forms, from photographs of bird feathers from museums to 3D CT-scans of extinct animals. Natural History Museums and Botanical Gardens have been digitizing their collections for over ten years yielding billions of data points culminating in one of the most exciting data resources the world has to offer. Evolutionary Biologist, […]
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This week’s ACM workshop series is conducted by Brian Smith ’20, a physics major. He will discuss computational physics, Monte Carlo simulation, thermodynamics, information theory, and the intersection of all of those topics. Join us at 3:30 in the Watzek classroom, on Wednesday, April 10th for the workshop, snacks, and conversation.
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Bio Course of Study: CS Major, Religious Studies Minor Hometown: San Diego, CA Main Interests: Distributed Systems, Network Security, Loud Music, Basketball Github: https://github.com/roshbhatia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roshan-bhatia-2b1970a7/ What’s some advice you have for other computationally minded students? Work on some personal projects! To be honest, just doing the coursework isn’t going to prepare you for the […]
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Medical Informatics is an applied research field that seeks to answer questions of interest to medical professionals through computer science, anthropology, statistics, industrial engineering, biology, and many other fields. This talk will serve as an introduction to medical informatics, give a sense of the day to day work of an informatics research assistant, and present […]
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How do we keep our secrets private on the internet? How do we make sure our information stays safe? Who is looking for our information and what do they want it for? If you’re interested in these extremely important questions, you might want to attend this week’s Information Freedom Workshop. This week’s exciting ACM workshop […]
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