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Computer Science and Software Engineering club

From left to right: Colin Wilson, Josh Joseph and Olivia Habart. Cheyenne McGuire | Contributor

By Cheyenne McGuire
Contributor

The recent meeting of the Computer Science and Software Engineering Club featured a talk about AI and neural networks led by Colin Wilson.

Wilson is a computer science major from Milan who joined the club after stumbling upon a flyer.

“It was like seeing the light,” said Wilson. Wilson has been immersed in computer science since middle school and spent the past summer researching neural networks on his own time.

His talk coincides with the club’s current project, a checkers AI game.

“Right now we’re in the planning stages of the actual game, but we’re hoping to start coding with each other,” said club founder, Josh Joseph.

Joseph is a computer science major from Howell, as well as a recent guest speaker for the A2 Entrepreneurs club. “I wanted to try to challenge myself and teach other people about programming and the concepts that you don’t learn in courses” said Joseph, regarding his reasons for starting the club.

The club welcomes people of all experience levels.

“It’s meant to challenge people, and kind of simulate what a job would have you do while working as a team to solve problems, so I’m definitely trying to be mindful of those who are very new,” said Joseph.

Wilson encourages interested participants to drop by. “Just do it. It will be the greatest experience of your life. You’ll learn new things, you’ll get exposure to this world and this community, and you may find it to be your new home,” said Wilson.

Visit orgsync.com for the Computer Science and Software Engineering Club’s time and location for the Winter 2019 semester.