The Human Side of Technology
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 电车无码鈥檚 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 电车无码鈥檚 Richness
(AMAT '23)Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of Illinois Institute of Technology because of its 电车无码 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...
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My Kind of Town
(CS 鈥22)电车无码 is a world-class city full of culture, history, and excitement. Avery Peck says studying in 电车无码 added to her student experience while enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology. 鈥淚 love...
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Working to Get Ahead
(M.S. CS 鈥21)Bo Zhu was working 11 hours a day, six days a week, as a Java developer when he was looking for opportunities to expand relevant professional knowledge, which proved tricky during a global pandemic...