Michigan Tech undergraduate Justin Martin, Computer Science, was quoted in the story “Spring-break partying falls victim to COVID-19 crisis.” Martin told how he chose to visit family in Michigan rather than travel to Florida for spring break. The story was distributed by the Associated Press to outlets across the country including WiscNews and Fox40 in Sacramento, California.
A scholarly paper co-authored by Assistant Professor Sidike Paheding, Applied Computing, has been published in the April 2021 issue of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, published by Science Direct. The title of the paper is, “Field-scale crop yield prediction using multi-temporal WorldView-3 and PlanetScope satellite data and deep learning.” View the article abstract . . .
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Subject: National Society of Black Engineers Michigan Tech’s NSBE Student Chapter Will Reach 1850 Gr. 7-12 Students (Virtually!) in Detroit during 10th Annual Alternative Spring Break Eleven members of Michigan Technological University’s student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Pre-College Initiative (PCI) will present to EVERY middle & high school science class . . .
Several Michigan Tech College of Computing degree programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by Intelligent.com. In addition, the research guide ranked the University number three among all colleges in Michigan. Intelligent.com looked at nearly 2,300 accredited colleges and universities nationwide making evaluations based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation and post-graduate employment. . . .
The Institute of Computing and Cybersystems will present a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Alina Zare on Friday, April 16, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. Her talk is titled, “Multiple Instance Learning for Plant Root Phenotyping.” Dr. Zare is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at University of Florida. She teaches and conducts research . . .