Build Portfolio
This portfolio provides a summary of 3 key skills I have developed during the duration of the first semester of CECS 8001, a course that is designed to enable us understand - by building or tearing apart cyber-physical systems and question them through hands-on exercises. It provides brief reflections on my journey so far, lessons learned, challenges faced, and the exciting achievements I accomplished through participating in the course activities. It starts with a reflection on my experience with circuitry and sensors, followed by my data collection and data analysis experience, and lastly, game theory development, team-workmanship and communication.
Side Note: I was able to document my activities and reflections in detail thanks to my course journal - where I document the highlights of my days, including notes on my achievements, frustrations, challenges, progress, lesson learned, and future plans. Having a learning journal was suggested in O'week's active learning homework, and it turns out to be really handy
Key Skills Gained
Circuitry and Sensors
A reflection on a practical introduction to circuitry, the lessons learned from my failures, and how these were incorporated in an advanced use of the Circuit Playground Express board and its onboard sensors.
Data Collection and Analysis
A reflection on my data collection, data questioning and data analysis activities, the lessons learned from my challenges, and how it redefined how I think about and approach data.
Communication - Game Theory and Team Collaboration
A reflection on developing a tic tac toe playing agent from conscious team strategizing and ideating, to developing tic tac toe algorithms and translating the algorithms to programs.
Maker Project: An Intelligent Traffic Controller Prototype
A reflection on developing an intelligent crossroad traffic control system in the first semester of CECS6001.