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12/2018
Development projects using Python3, Flask libraries, HTML5, CSS, KnockoutJS. Please see project READMEs for details.
Projects:
- Movie Trailer: server-side Python3 code to store a list of favorite movies, including box art imagery and a movie trailer URL; serve this data as a web page allowing visitors to review their movies and watch the trailers; docs in Markdown
- Portfolio Page: replicate a PDF using HTML and CSS; develop a responsive website that will display images and descriptions; docs in reStructuredText
- Logs Analysis: create reports from logs stored in a database; docs in Markdown
- Item Catalog Application: provides a list of items within a variety of categories as well as a user registration and authentication system; registered users have the ability to post, edit and delete their own items; docs in reStructuredText
- Neighborhood Map: single-page application featuring a map of a neighborhood. Functionality includes map markers to identify locations, a search function to easily discover these locations, and a listview to support simple browsing of all locations; uses Google Maps and Foursquare APIs; docs in reStructuredText
- Linux Server Config: deploy Item Catalog in an AWS Lightsail environment; docs in Markdown
6/2018
This course focused on neural networks and the foundations of AI: the programming tools (Python, NumPy, PyTorch), the math (calculus and linear algebra), and the key techniques of neural networks (gradient descent and backpropagation).
Projects:
After completing this nanodegree, I realized that while I find AI fascinating, coding a neural network is not an area I want to pursue.
Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
Major: Commercial Photography
I interned at UW-Milwaukee, where I got to shoot sporting events. Go Panthers!
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Major: History, Modern China and Indochina
Minor: Comparative Literature
Languages: German, Chinese
Favorite Classes Other Than History: Archeology, Historical Statistics (Math!), Norse Mythology, Historical Mapping (Geography!)