Session Description
We want to share our experiences of starting an Undergraduate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) club at a school that had no prior computer oriented clubs. We overcame many challenges as we simultaneously began working on our first projects. The students that joined the club are current Software Engineering (SE), and Business students with an emphasis in Computer Information Systems (CIS) who had minimal prior knowledge in AI and IoT. We built interest together and have since been able to share our passion with our school by hosting a university-wide event to get students of all backgrounds involved. We have created projects to try to reach students of all different knowledge levels. One of our main projects was facial recognition through the raspberry pi, using the OpenCV Framework. This was a large milestone for our club, because everyone was able to understand it, and we were able to establish a foundation to build off of. We were also able to raise funding to purchase multiple arduino kits and raspberry pi kits, to make them available to all of our club members. Some more of our initial projects included a joystick and LED project as well as a distance sensor and a passive speaker. Our intentions are to continue to build this club up for future student involvement since AI and IoT, is the future.
Presenter(s)
Luke Monington
Luke Monington, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, USAMy name is Luke Monington. I’m the President of the AIoT club. I am a Computer Information Systems major. In the future, I hope to pursue a career in Arificial Intelligence.
Daniel Herrerra
Daniel Herrerra, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USAMy name is Daniel Herrera, I’m currently a senior Software Engineering and Physics major at the University of Northern Colorado and I’m the Vice President of the AIoT club. I am a Colorado native, born on the eastern plains in the small town of Burlington. My future career plans are to become a full stack developer and eventually marry my two degrees in the aerospace industry. Outside of school and work I love to listen and make music, I also like to play video games or play Dungeons and Dragons with my friends. I love to learn and have had a blast teaching myself the basics of machine learning and artificial intelligence in an attempt to pass that knowledge onto the members of our club.
Session Type
20-Minute Session
Audience
Novice
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