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 using a complex dataset. I helped my team develope a neural network that predicts fatigue and performance for women's rugby players. ![](media/2019-review/teamFatigue.png) ![](media/2019-review/network.png) ## 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. ![](media/2019-review/hack.jpg) ![](media/2019-review/friends.png) ## Imagine RIT At imagine RIT I presented my musical floppy drive project with RITlug. ![](media/2019-review/imagine.jpg) # 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. ![](media/2019-review/myself.jpg) ### Pixely Falls ![](media/2019-review/pixely.jpg) ### Oriskany Battlefield ![](media/2019-review/oriskany.jpg) ### Trip to NJ/NYC ![](media/2019-review/nyc.jpg) ### Boldt Castle ![](media/2019-review/boldt.jpg) ### 4th Of July Fireworks ![](media/2019-review/fire.jpg) ### Little Falls ![](media/2019-review/little.jpg) ### RIT Observatory ![](media/2019-review/observatory.jpg) ## RIT Research Symposium Near the end of the summer I presented a part of my research at the RIT Undergraduate research symposium. ![](media/2019-review/research.jpg) # Fall Semester During the fall semester I was a busy bee: - Took 5 classes - SWEN 261 TA - Part-time Research Assistant - [RITlug](https://ritlug.com) President - RIT AI Member - [FOSS @ RIT MAGIC](https://fossrit.github.io/) member ![](media/2019-review/rit.jpg) ## Talks Given - [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 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/) ## 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) ## Maker Faire This year as RITlug's president, I organized our presence at the Rochester Maker faire. ![](media/2019-review/maker.jpg) ## Favorite Day Trips ### Cobbs Hill Park ![](media/2019-review/hill.jpg) ### Hamlin Beach ![](media/2019-review/observatory.jpg) ### Chimney Bluffs ![](media/2019-review/hamlin.jpg) # Favorites of 2019 ## Movie Rocketman ## Picture Taken ![](media/2019-review/1.jpg) ## Song Dance Monkey ## TV Show Mr. Robot Season 4 ## YouTube Video ## Book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ## Selfie I'm not a huge fan of selfies, but, I liked this photo enough to put it on Linkedin profile. ![](media/2019-review/selfie.jpg)