User:Ean15

About Me

Hey! I'm a freshman at Duke University and a part of the Class of 2015. I'm from Tinley Park, IL, which is a south suburb of Chicago that was voted the Best Place to Raise Your Kids in the nation in 2009. I went to VJA High School. I'm not quite sure what I want to major in yet, but I'm looking at engineering and visual arts.

Interests

In the order they come to mind...

• Cartoons, comics, animation, and drawing
• Puzzle games
• Reading (mostly sci-fi/fantasy, but I'll read anything)
• Swimming
• Rock Climbing
• Kayaking
• Sleeping
• Italian Beef Sandwiches (which I hear don't actually exist outside of Illinois)
• Television and Movies

Name Pronunciation

My full name, Elizabeth Novaski, is pronounced "EE-liz-AH-beth" "NO-vaa-SKI". The -va- part is pronounced with an 'a' like in 'apple'. I like to go by Liz.

Grand Challenges in Engineering

This is an article I actually found towards the end of last school year, because the Watson robot on Jeopardy had me curious about programming computers to think like humans. Still fits the challenge though...

• Cognitive Computing Project Aims to Reverse-Engineer the Mind, Priya Ganapati , Wired Magazine , February 6, 2009 , September 20, 2011 ( Reverse-Engineer the Brain)