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  1. Following the tradition I started last
  2. [year](https://jrtechs.net/other/2018-in-review), I'm making a quick
  3. "year in review" blog post. At this point year in review posts are
  4. cliché, however, I want to continue the tradition because reflection
  5. helps me move forward with a focused vision on what is important. I'm
  6. going to chunk this into semesters because that is how my college
  7. brain thinks right now.
  8. # Spring Semester
  9. During the spring semester, I was on CO-OP at RIT doing research.
  10. ## Talks Given
  11. - Intro to R
  12. - [Graph Databases](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/03/01/graph-databases/)
  13. - Adversarial Networks in Cyber Security
  14. - How Hackers use Genetic Algorithms to Develop Malware
  15. ## Favorite Blog Posts Written
  16. - [College Cooking](https://jrtechs.net/other/college-cookbook)
  17. - [Making a Genetic Algorithm](https://jrtechs.net/data-science/lets-build-a-genetic-algorithm)
  18. - [Closer Look at Fitbit Data](https://jrtechs.net/data-science/a-closer-look-at-fitbit-data)
  19. - [Multi Threaded File IO](https://jrtechs.net/programming/multi-threaded-file-io)
  20. ## RIT Datafest
  21. Data fest is a hackathon for undergraduate students to tackle a
  22. problem using a complex dataset. I helped my team develope a neural
  23. network that predicts fatigue and performance for women's rugby
  24. players.
  25. ![](media/2019-review/teamFatigue.png)
  26. ![](media/2019-review/network.png)
  27. ## Brick Hack
  28. At [brickhack](https://www.brickhack.io/) I created an interactive
  29. [website](https://github-graphs.com/) that allows you to make friends
  30. graphs using the GitHub API.
  31. ![](media/2019-review/hack.jpg)
  32. ![](media/2019-review/friends.png)
  33. ## Imagine RIT
  34. At imagine RIT I presented my musical floppy drive project with
  35. RITlug.
  36. ![](media/2019-review/imagine.jpg)
  37. # Summer Semester
  38. During the summer semester, I continued my research CO-OP out in Rome
  39. NY.
  40. ## Photography
  41. During the summer I picked back up my long lost photography hobby.
  42. ![](media/2019-review/myself.jpg)
  43. ### Pixely Falls
  44. ![](media/2019-review/pixely.jpg)
  45. ### Oriskany Battlefield
  46. ![](media/2019-review/oriskany.jpg)
  47. ### Trip to NJ/NYC
  48. ![](media/2019-review/nyc.jpg)
  49. ### Boldt Castle
  50. ![](media/2019-review/boldt.jpg)
  51. ### 4th Of July Fireworks
  52. ![](media/2019-review/fire.jpg)
  53. ### Little Falls
  54. ![](media/2019-review/little.jpg)
  55. ### RIT Observatory
  56. ![](media/2019-review/observatory.jpg)
  57. ## RIT Research Symposium
  58. Near the end of the summer I presented a part of my research at the
  59. RIT Undergraduate research symposium.
  60. ![](media/2019-review/research.jpg)
  61. # Fall Semester
  62. During the fall semester I was a busy bee:
  63. - Took 5 classes
  64. - SWEN 261 TA
  65. - Part-time Research Assistant
  66. - [RITlug](https://ritlug.com) President
  67. - RIT AI Member
  68. - [FOSS @ RIT MAGIC](https://fossrit.github.io/) member
  69. ![](media/2019-review/rit.jpg)
  70. ## Talks Given
  71. - [Welcome to RITlug](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/08/30/welcome-to-ritlug/)
  72. - [Into to R](http://rit-scg.com/workshop/2019/09/30/programming-in-R/)
  73. - [Shells 101](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/09/30/shells/)
  74. - [Raspberry PI 101](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/10/25/pi-fest/)
  75. - Hacktoberfest
  76. - [Everything SSH!](https://jrtechs.net/open-source/teaching-ssh-through-a-ctf)
  77. - [Organized and ran a Student Panel on Open Source software during The Future is Open Conference](https://fossrit.github.io/events/2019/10/26/the-future-is-open/)
  78. ## Highlighted Blog Posts
  79. - [Developing an AI to Play Asteroids](https://jrtechs.net/data-science/developing-an-ai-to-play-asteroids-part-1)
  80. - [Responsible Optimization](https://jrtechs.net/other/responsible-optimization)
  81. - [Teaching SSH Through a CTF](https://jrtechs.net/open-source/teaching-ssh-through-a-ctf)
  82. ## Maker Faire
  83. This year as RITlug's president, I organized our presence at the
  84. Rochester Maker faire.
  85. ![](media/2019-review/maker.jpg)
  86. ## Favorite Day Trips
  87. ### Cobbs Hill Park
  88. ![](media/2019-review/hill.jpg)
  89. ### Hamlin Beach
  90. ![](media/2019-review/observatory.jpg)
  91. ### Chimney Bluffs
  92. ![](media/2019-review/hamlin.jpg)
  93. # Favorites of 2019
  94. ## Movie
  95. Rocketman
  96. <youtube src="S3vO8E2e6G0" />
  97. ## Picture Taken
  98. ![](media/2019-review/1.jpg)
  99. ## Song
  100. Dance Monkey
  101. <youtube src="q0hyYWKXF0Q" />
  102. ## TV Show
  103. Mr. Robot Season 4
  104. <youtube src="o4r1X1wG1FQ" />
  105. ## YouTube Video
  106. <youtube src="8gdJiNqP35k" />
  107. ## Book
  108. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  109. ## Selfie
  110. I'm not a huge fan of selfies, but, I liked this photo enough to put
  111. it on Linkedin profile.
  112. ![](media/2019-review/selfie.jpg)