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Automating Green Thumbs

Written by Jared Schultz on 20 August 2020.

The current pandemic has left of us with more free time than ever before. Among the numerous activities begun these past few months, gardening was one of the fastest growing (see what I did there!). Seed suppliers were reporting shortages as people sta…

Covid-19 Contact Tracing

Written by Jared Schultz on 23 July 2020.

What is Contact Tracing? Contact tracing is a technique used by public health authorities to measure and slow the spread of infectious diseases by identifying people who may have come into contact with an individual with an infectious disease, in th…

Jailbreaking Mobile Devices 2020

Written by Steve Scarbrough on 26 June 2020.

Now you might ask yourself “Is this 2010?” since we are talking about Jailbreaking and Rooting phones. The answer is no, but it could be increasing in popularity again for everyday users to begin opening up mobile devices to dangerous third-party store…

Looking At The Past To Understand The Future

Written by Jared Schultz on 04 May 2020.

When the Hubble telescope took its infamous Deep Field photo, no one expected to find much of anything. But instead of dark, empty space the Hubble returned one of the most astounding photos the world has ever seen and changed the way we look at the c…

Using AI in Medicine to Fight COVID-19

Written by Guy Howard on 01 April 2020.

If you attended my Introduction to Machine Learning class, or our March Madness Challenge (which we sadly won’t get to play out), you might have some ideas about how we can use AI in medicine to fight COVID-19. At a high level, machine learning is givi…

Scammer, Beware: Potential Census Vulnerabilities

Written by Jared Schultz on 09 March 2020.

2020 is well upon us and marks some significant events for us across the nation. Not only is it an election year, but this year brings about the 24th National Census. This iteration of the Census is also significant, as it is the first to be conducted …