Professor Imdat As of the Architectural Department has presented in
three cities in Asia as part of the Forum8, 2018 Arcbazar and
UC-win/Road Seminar series this March. On Tuesday, March 6, Imdat
presented in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, March 8, he presented in Seoul,
South Korea and on Saturday, March 10, he presented in Shanghai, China.
The presentation, entitled “From Crowdsourcing to Artificial
Intelligence in Design,” shared Professor As’ current research on
crowdsourced design and its use in data-driven design generation through
deep learning and artificial intelligence applications.
Unotes - 3/26/18
Monday, March 26, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
MATH COUNTS - Students Win
On March 10, the
2018 State MATHCOUNTS competition was held at the University of Hartford. A
team of middle school Mathletes® from Timothy Edwards Middle
School in South Windsor won first place. The
top individual was Ryan Yang, from The Foote School in New Haven.
Members of the
winning team are: Aryan Kalia, Jaideep Naik, Michael Ngo and Yunfei Zheng and
the coaches are William Denker and Beth Goldman.
The second,
third and fourth place teams are East Lyme Middle School in Niantic, Brunswick
Middle School in Greenwich and Irving A Robbins Middle School in Farmington,
respectively.
The top four individuals from the State Competition
will represent Connecticut at the 2018 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition
to be held in Washington, DC on May 13
& 14.
The four team members representing Connecticut at the 2018 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS
National Competition are: Ryan Yang in first place, from The Foote School in New Haven, Shangyu Xu, in second
place, from Dodd Middle School in Cheshire, Mingwen Duan in third place, from East
Lyme Middle School in Niantic and Natalie Shell, in fourth place, from Greenwich
Academy in Greenwich. The coach is William Denker from Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor.
The top sixteen Mathletes competed
in a Countdown Round where the Mathletes were paired in a fast-paced, oral
competition, competing against each other and the clock to solve problems. The first, second, third and fourth place Countdown
Round winners are Aryan Kalia from Timothy Edwards Middle School in South
Windsor, Mingwen Duan from East Lyme Middle School in Niantic, Savi Agarwal
from Irving A Robbins Middle School in Farmington and Sophia Cho from Irving A
Robbins Middle School in Farmington, respectively.
The competition is organized by
the Connecticut Society of Professional Engineers, hosted by the University of
Hartford and sponsored by businesses, organizations and individuals throughout
Connecticut.
In our
increasingly technological society, those students who do not begin developing
strong problem-solving, logical thinking and analytical abilities in middle
school will face an uphill battle later in life if they wish to pursue a career
in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. As the only nationwide math
enrichment, club and competition program designed to improve math skills for U.S.
The National Sponsors of
MATHCOUNTS are Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Foundation, U.S. Department
of Defense, National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Insurance, Phillips
66, Texas Instruments Incorporated, 3Mgives, Art of Problem Solving and
NextThought. MATHCOUNTS was founded by
the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics and CNA Insurance.
Additional information on
MATHCOUNTS is available at www.mathcounts.org
UNOTEs - 3/12/18
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