It's 5:00 pm, Thursday. The DOE semester grades window was just closed, and I finally finished everything about grading just minutes ago! I knew that some of you might be very disappointed, and some of you might still wonder whether the AI Club will still continue. I am so sorry for "disappearing" from the club for so long. Since we started the F1 activity by accident, I had been dragged into a series of crisis modes. I finally feel a little bit relief until this moment!
Yes. I am back and we will continue! A few day ago, I got an email from Dr. Weigang Qiu (a Bioinformatics Professor in Hunter College) who I had worked with in Bioinformatics STEM project last year. He has been very interested in applying Machine Learning to Biological applications. Though we didn't make great progress on our side (STEM course) in the past year, they seem to have made many progresses. This summer, they are going to look into Machine Learning more seriously. Here is the link he sent me. He is also looking for some motivated students to take on 1-2 summer projects they are starting. I will discuss with him further about how we can involve. At the same time, if any AIers or your friends interested in participating in Bioinformatics research, please response to this post.
I feel that we should meet all together before summer (maybe next Tuesday or Wednesday?). What do you think? Please comment.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteSince we didn't really manage to have a final meeting at the end of the school year, we might want to start thinking about how we want to start up this club next year and how do we extend it to more grades and students. It will be considerably easier, since we will be starting from the beginning of the year. Also, it can be a great STEM alternative for those that showed interest in the F1 team, but couldn't necessarily commit or haven't decided how they feel about the field.
I hope everyone is having a good summer. ~Emma
Thanks for Emma's comment!
DeleteFrom STEM's point of view, F1 is centered on Mechanical Engineering and Physics, while AI is centered on Computer Science and Math. They happened to occupy two different ends of the STEM spectrum. F1 is focusing on a extremely specific problem, while AI can have wide range of applications. So, AI club has its own unique features and can potentially attract its own audience.
Since CT is gone, I will be teaching only Juniors and Seniors next year. So, I won't have chance to direct interact with lower grades in class any more. So, the recruiting efforts will be highly depended on all of you. Any ideas about recruiting new members are welcome!
By the way, is there any one interested in conducting some research projects during the summer?