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Capstone Essays

BSIS Reflective Essay

In my mind, there have been three distinct types of classes throughout my BSIS: the ones that genuinely reshaped how I think about information and analytic coding; the ones I wish I had taken sooner — because by the time I finally got to them, I had already learned most of the content on my…

BSIS Assignment Review

In this second part of my BSIS program review, I am going to take a look at two assignments that stuck out to me as the most significant in my BSIS degree. This is not to say that there were not other assignments that impacted me greatly, because I can think of a handful of…

BSIS Program Review 

In this post I am going to discuss several of the upper-level courses I’ve taken over the course of my BSIS and reflect on their impact on my current career goals and what I’ve taken from them. Some of my classes were incredibly impactful, such as my Data and Text Mining Class, while others were…

Event Report 2

For my second event report, I decided to do something a little different that I hope will fulfil the event requirements for this report. However, to truly understand my thought process, I should probably give a little bit of background knowledge of what I’ve been up to the last several weeks. Since the previous event…

Code, Copyright, and CoPilot: The Legal and Innovative Risks of Generative AI in Coding

Introduction The widespread integration of Generative AI technologies (GenAI) has undoubtably shifted the understood workflow in various industries, some more than others. One industry already seeing significant change is the coding industry which, in the last two years has seen the widespread adoption of Microsoft’s GitHub CoPilot as a coding assistant. According to Microsoft, in…

GEA1: Generative AI in Educational Spaces

AI refers to a computer’s ability to emulate human intelligence and thought. When people refer to AI, they are often referring to the concept of Generative AI (GenAI), which refers to a computer’s ability to create new content out of synthesized data.  GenAI was a novel concept that took the world by storm a little…

Event Report 1

Near the beginning of this semester, one of my LinkedIn contacts informed me that she would be attending a career fair at USF and hoped she would meet me there. She sent me the event information, and I excitedly added the event to my calendar, assuring her I would be there. The event information was…

Project Management Plan

The project management model is a six-step model used to guide project managers through the often-complicated process of project conceptualization, implementation, and completion. Projects have a lot of moving parts and breaking them up into more manageable and coherent steps can help ensure that things function smoothly, and miscommunication is minimized. The project management model…

Career Aspirations and Goals

I am currently pursuing a degree in Information Science with a Concentration in Data Science and Analytics. This field aligns with both my personal and career aspirations because it requires both structured problem-solving and creativity, two skills I have cultivated through both STEM and arts courses. Throughout my academic journey, I’ve struggled to pinpoint exactly…