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Day 1 (7/8/19): Introduction

Today was my first day participating in the summer internship program for high school students at the RIT Imaging Center. The morning was spent completing the necessary in-processing such as setting up my computer account, id, and parking permit. After we completed this, the next four hours was spent on a team building exercise consisting of a scavenger hunt all around campus. We created a final video product to present to three judges, and although we didn't achieve as many points as we had hoped, the experience was a lot of fun and a great way to get to know the other interns. Finally, the rest of the day was spent talking with our research lab mentors. I was introduced to the different topics of material I will spend the rest of this week learning including Linear Algebra, Numpy, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Neural Networks. Establishing a solid foundation around these topics will allow me to complete valuable research in the lab in the future. Overall, today was a very exciting introduction to the program, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the summer!


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