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| Following the tradition I started last [year](https://jrtechs.net/other/2018-in-review), I'm making a quick "year in review" blog post. | |||||
| At this point year in review posts are cliché, however, I want to continue the tradition because reflection helps me move forward with a focused vision on what is important. | |||||
| I'm going to chunk this into semesters because that is how my college brain thinks right now. | |||||
| # Spring Semester | |||||
| During the spring semester, I was on CO-OP at RIT doing research. | |||||
| ## Talks Given | |||||
| - Intro to R | |||||
| - [Graph Databases](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/03/01/graph-databases/) | |||||
| - Adversarial Networks in Cyber Security | |||||
| - How Hackers use Genetic Algorithms to develop malware | |||||
| ## Favorite Blog Posts Written | |||||
| - [College Cooking](https://jrtechs.net/other/college-cookbook) | |||||
| - [Making a Genetic Algorithm](https://jrtechs.net/data-science/lets-build-a-genetic-algorithm) | |||||
| - [Closer Look at Fitbit Data](https://jrtechs.net/data-science/a-closer-look-at-fitbit-data) | |||||
| - [Multi Threaded File IO](https://jrtechs.net/programming/multi-threaded-file-io) | |||||
| ## RIT Datafest | |||||
| Data fest is a hackathon for undergraduate students to tackle a problem by analyzing a complex dataset. | |||||
| I helped my team develope a neural network that predicts fatigue and performance for women's rugby players. | |||||
| ## Brick Hack | |||||
| At [brickhack](https://www.brickhack.io/) I created an interactive [website](https://github-graphs.com/) that allows you to make friends graphs using the GitHub API. | |||||
| # Summer Semester | |||||
| During the summer semester, I continued my research CO-OP out in Rome NY. | |||||
| ## Photography | |||||
| During the summer I picked back up my long lost photography hobby. | |||||
| I did this to escape programming for a bit and explore the area. | |||||
| ### Pixely Falls | |||||
| ### Trip to NJ/NYC | |||||
| ### Boldt Castle | |||||
| ### Little Falls | |||||
| ### RIT Observatory | |||||
| ## RIT Research Symposium | |||||
| # Fall Semester | |||||
| During the fall semester I was a busy bee: | |||||
| - Took 5 classes | |||||
| - SWEN 261 TA | |||||
| - Part-time research work | |||||
| - [RITlug](https://ritlug.com) President | |||||
| - RIT AI Member | |||||
| - [FOSS @ RIT MAGIC](https://fossrit.github.io/) member | |||||
| ## Talks | |||||
| - [Welcome to RITlug](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/08/30/welcome-to-ritlug/) | |||||
| - [Into to R](http://rit-scg.com/workshop/2019/09/30/programming-in-R/) | |||||
| - [Shells 101](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/09/30/shells/) | |||||
| - [Raspberry PI 101](https://ritlug.com/talks/2019/10/25/pi-fest/) | |||||
| - Hacktoberfest | |||||
| - [Everything SSH!](https://jrtechs.net/open-source/teaching-ssh-through-a-ctf) | |||||
| - [Organized and ran Student Panel on Open Source software during The Future is Open Conference](https://fossrit.github.io/events/2019/10/26/the-future-is-open/) | |||||
| ## Highlighted Blog Posts | |||||
| - [Developing an AI to Play Asteroids](https://jrtechs.net/data-science/developing-an-ai-to-play-asteroids-part-1) | |||||
| - [Responsible Optimization](https://jrtechs.net/other/responsible-optimization) | |||||
| - [Teaching SSH Through a CTF](https://jrtechs.net/open-source/teaching-ssh-through-a-ctf) | |||||
| ## Favorite Day Trips | |||||
| ### Cobbs Hill Park | |||||
| ### Hamlin Beach | |||||
| ### Chimney Bluffs | |||||