During the month of June, I took a short trip back to my hometown of Orlando to visit my family and got a much-needed break from summer stresses. Visiting family is always a helpful contribution to my artmaking, as I feel more connected to the cultural influences that guide my ideas. I got to catch-upContinue reading “Alex Davidoff: Revisiting Cultural Iconography”
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Jas Chawla: Professional Labelers
This month has been an eventful one for us. We already have a basic model that can detect damaged windows reasonably well; however, this alone isn’t sufficient to achieve our broader goal of drone-based damage assessment. To move closer to that goal, we decided to revisit the dataset used to train the original model andContinue reading “Jas Chawla: Professional Labelers”
Miguel Arceo: Controlling the Noise within the Numbers
As I reflect on the second month of my project, there is one word that continues to come up in my mind: noise. I have plenty of literature that is guiding my work, a great working relationship with my mentor, but the noise continues to sound loudly through the numbers. I am not speaking aboutContinue reading “Miguel Arceo: Controlling the Noise within the Numbers”
Max Allen: Rehearsal is the Hardest Part
The rehearsal process was where I found the most challenges in this project. The concept, logistics, working with designers, and even running the show itself had their unique hurdles, but rehearsal was the largest part where I was continuously navigating different obstacles. As I mentioned in a previous post, this project operates within a moreContinue reading “Max Allen: Rehearsal is the Hardest Part”
Rameen Ahmad: Pivoting to a More Sustainable Route
As technology advances, so has the prevalence of 3D printing. The ease of sending a design file to a printer is unrivaled, and the new possibility of creating complex structures is revolutionary compared to age-old construction techniques. However, as humanity innovates, the waste produced by this expansion is unprecedented. The waste products from modern constructionContinue reading “Rameen Ahmad: Pivoting to a More Sustainable Route”
Peter Fasano: Hurdles to Xenharmonic Computation
Greetings Esteemed Reader, This past month, completing a big band arrangement of ‘Smart Race’ and finishing the theme of ‘Celebration’, the last movement of my big band suite, revealed some persistent problems I’ll be facing in my tuning methodology. The Lumatone is anticipated to give me insight on said methods, however, it is stuck inContinue reading “Peter Fasano: Hurdles to Xenharmonic Computation”
Morgan Krause: Dear Reader, It’s Okay to Mess Up. Keep Going.
To reintroduce the topic I have chosen, I am investigating the future outlook of a small, coastal community amidst the decline of one of their historic industries, oyster harvesting. Apalachicola, Florida, and the surrounding areas have long been known for their native oysters, and this sentiment was felt most vibrantly by the residents of FranklinContinue reading “Morgan Krause: Dear Reader, It’s Okay to Mess Up. Keep Going.”
Researching Utopian Thinking
Hello again! My name is Kellan Kissinger and I am an IDEA Grant recipient currently working on an Honors in the Major thesis about how female utopianism appears in medieval and contemporary texts. Specifically, my thesis aims to explore the intersections between Christine de Pizan’s medieval A Book of the City of Ladies and contemporaryContinue reading “Researching Utopian Thinking”
Andy Gonzalez: Debugging, Difficulties, and Perseverance
Hey all! It’s been a hectic past few weeks, but progress has been coming along slowly and steadily. As I continue to build DSPT, a computational tool for more accurate cell trajectories, I didn’t realize just how quickly it would become a true test of my abilities as a programmer. Soon I discovered that “justContinue reading “Andy Gonzalez: Debugging, Difficulties, and Perseverance”
Joanna Godfrey: Finding Clarity in Chaos
As I continue my research for this summer, I have been absolutely enraged and pleased with the project in front of me, as is the way with anything creatively enriching. Although unsurprising, one of the most pressing obstacles I’ve encountered has been the difficulty of gaining access to witness an embalming. From the conception ofContinue reading “Joanna Godfrey: Finding Clarity in Chaos”
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