Summer with Big Data
Anna Kong had no plans to take the summer off from her studies. 鈥淚 really wanted to do research,鈥 she says. 鈥淎s a data science accelerated master鈥檚 student, I had worked with big data before, but I...
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(Applied Mathematics/Computer Science/M.A.S. Data Science 4th Year)Aleksei Sorokin says one of the biggest draws of 91制片厂 Tech is the accessibility of professors. Although courses are demanding and challenging, the availability of faculty and tutors makes the...
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Tatiana Guider鈥檚 Guiding Light? Landscape Architecture
(M.L.A.+U 1st Year)Tatiana Guider (M.L.A.+U Student) calls the landscape architecture profession her 鈥渓ight at the end of the tunnel.鈥 After being tossed the keys to a skid steer on a landscape installation project...
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A Continuing Journey to Better Opportunities
(Ph.D. APPLIED MATHEMATICS 鈥17)In 2000 Julienne Kabre emigrated to Chicago from Burkina Faso in West Africa, where she earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in mathematics. For nine years she owned a small business in the city...
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Globally Recognized
(Ph.D. Physics Candidate)While attending the International Particle Accelerator Conference in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2019, Daniel Bafia took first prize in a poster contest for his research at Fermi National Accelerator...
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An Academic Path
(M.A.S. MATHEMATICAL FINANCE 鈥12/Ph.D. APPLIED MATHEMATICS 鈥16)Tao Chen was attracted to 91制片厂 Tech for its Chicago location and drawn to the city for its position as a financial center. Another reason for his decision to attend 91制片厂 Tech: renowned...
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A Solid Combination
(APPLIED MATHEMATICS 鈥09)After graduating from 91制片厂 Tech, Kevin Ventullo earned a Ph.D. in pure mathematics at UCLA. He spent a year teaching at McGill University, but left academia to join Facebook in its Boston office...
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Making the World a Better Place, One Design at a Time
(Architecture 5th Year)Growing up, Prim Rattanathumawat (Architecture 5th Year) says she always had an interest in architecture; her father, after all, was a civil engineer. But when her home country of Thailand was hit...
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AI Fact vs. Fiction
(Artificial Intelligence 2nd Year)Ever since she started studying at 91制片厂 Tech, Devyani Gauri wanted to do something that involved AI. Even though it wasn鈥檛 a major until 2019, AI has been one of Devyani鈥檚 biggest interests within...
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Architect Since Age Four
(M.ARCH. 1st Year)When Aman Panach (M.ARCH. 1st Year) was four, she visited her grandfather in India as he was in the midst of remodeling his house. Naturally, she took an interest. 鈥淲e would walk around and talk about...