User:Mitchell.parekh
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A Little About Me
Hello!! My name is Mitchell Parekh. I went to Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School and knew I had a strong interest in programming. I worked on my coding skills and am planing on pursuing Electrical and Computer Engineering. I am outgoing and totally open to new ideas. I am really excited for my first year and can't wait to get started!
My Courses this Semester
The classes I'm taking this semester are as follows:
- EGR 103L: Computational Methods in Engineering
- Math 212: Multivariable Calculus
- Econ 101D: Principles of Economics
- Writing 101: Are Novels still Novels?
Name Pronunciation
Phonetically, my name is pronounced, Mih-chull. You can also call me Mitch (rhymes with ditch) if you please.
Grand Challenge Article
Reverse Engineering the Brain, Sally Adee, IEEE Spectrum, updated June 2008, accessed 14 January 2009 (Grand Challenge). Programming teaches us how we think. So, to be able to reverse engineer our brain would allow us to create a more accurate AI. Artificial Intelligence is one of the most fascinating theories in computer science that I would like to explore while at Duke.
MATLAB Demonstrations
My favorite MATLAB demo was the "Traveling Salesman Problem". Having programmed previously, algorithms and data structures are familiar to me. The concept of time efficiency for a complicated problem like this intrigues me greatly. I've seen the problem in Java and worked on it using recursive backtracking but, seeing the iterative approach taken in MATLAB was new for me. I appreciate the way it was tackled here and did some extra research on it and ended up learning more about MATLAB in the process.
