Directions – Natalie

Last week and this week I got some productive setting-up done and am now feeling just about ready to really take off. I managed to start and finish another amoeba painting last week, and did some general sketching. I also worked on my one dragon painting, which I have vowed to finish up soon so that I may move on.

Wetting the Feet: An Introduction to Machine Learning — William

As we discussed in the previous post, machine learning is one of the main branches of artificial intelligence, in which we aim to build a rational agent. Machine learning is essential to implementation of artificial intelligence, for it allows agents to adapt to different scenarios, as well as predict changes in evolving environment around them.

Meeting the Congressman! -Qiaochu

My original plan for this week’s blog is to focus on the sister county initiative between Chester County and Yanqing District. However, since that part is mainly logistics and might appear to be boring, I decided to focus this week’s blog on my meeting with the congressman, Ryan Costello. 

An Unlikely Comparison: Richard II & Donald Trump – Gwyneth

For this week’s blog post, I would like to highlight a recent surge in Richard II’s popularity. Not as a topic of discussion at the average family dinner table, of course (this would be quite odd indeed), but among historians and literary scholars. This is due to a fascinating connection made between our current political situation and the reign of Richard II as depicted by Shakespeare. In several articles I have read online, Donald Trump has been compared to Shakespeare’s version of Richard. I thought it would be interesting to explore this comparison in my blog post, since it connects my project (which can easily come off as being remote from and insignificant to our lives today) to the modern world.

Progress – Cleo

Through the last summer and over the course of the past few weeks, music has become an increasingly huge part of my life. It started for fun and has developed slowly (but not that slowly) into absolute devotion. In this time, I’ve made 8 songs. And as each one passes, I see myself growing tremendously. Just two weeks ago, I decided to bet on myself, I invested in my own work, and, with my mother’s assistance, upgraded my music equipment to a more professional level.

Nikita – Tray

If you can’t tell, I like using song titles to title my blog posts, and this week, I feel like Elton John is appropriate because we’re going to talk about love. Over the course of my seemingly never-ending search for the perfect monologue, I have found that most have something to do with the ever-so-confusing concept that is love.

Materials for Minhwa – Mikehyojan

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I will introduce materials that are needed to draw my Minhwa paintings. But I want to remind you that there are more materials used for Minhwa than what I have as shown below.

Week 2: Assistant Teaching- Alec

For my second week, I started my time in the classroom. I’m starting out in the 6th grade English class with Teacher Lisa Cromley. My first day was a bit nerve-racking. I wouldn’t know any of the kids, wouldn’t know what to expect, I didn’t know I should even go. I’m glad I did however.

Catalonia and the Basque region – Peirce

Last week T.Dan and I met twice to discuss two different topics, Catalonia and the Basque region. The week before we discussed more about the history of these regions as well as Spanish history as a whole, this past week we narrrowed down our area of study. I read a few different articles prior to our first discussion.

Diving Deep Into Deep Learning: Dipping a Toe in the Water — William

Since its birth in mid 20^th century, artificial intelligence has been present in various aspects of the popular culture, from Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics in Handbook of Robotics and HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, to The Terminator and The Matrix, even influencing our way of life in recent years, including Alpha Go and Siri. But what is artificial intelligence? Or in other words, what is the ultimate goal for artificial intelligence?