User:Ral22

About Me

I am an undergraduate student on a pre-medicine track at Duke University.

Name Pronunciation

Ray Lee is pronounced exactly as it appears. Just to include it here, the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription of my name is Ré Lí.

Interests

I play basketball with friends, but we're all nerds and I'm short, so we're very good. I also enjoy Ping Pong, Hip Hop, and reading.

Grand Challenge Article

Here's an interesting article I found relating to the Reverse Engineering the Brain Grand Challenge. Cognitive Computing Project Aims to Reverse-Engineer the Mind, Priya Ganapati, Wired, Updated 6 February 2009, Accessed 23 September 2011 (Reverse Engineering the Brain)

MatLab Demos

Most of the demos were very interesting. My favorite demo was the Loma Prieta Earthquake demo. It showed that engineering is tremendously linked with the real world, and demonstrated the power of computer programming and engineering tools in describing complex phenomenon in very accurate and detailed ways. I was astounded by the level of detail that could be relayed concerning the behavior caused by the earthquake, such as the ability to show the acceleration of a single point during a one second period.