User:Aj246

About Me

Hello! My name is Abhi (pronounced UH-bee), and I am a first year at Pratt. I am interested in studying Biomedical Engineering with an emphasis on computing through a possible computer science double major. I am a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and my hobbies include playing ping pong, computer programming, and trying new food.

I hope to see you around Duke!

Grand Challenges for Engineering

[1] , Tina Hilding , WSU Pullman , August 16, 2017 , September 22, 2017 (Reverse Engineering the Brain)

Matlab Demonstration

The traveling salesman demonstration is extremely impressive in that it shows the power of computing in that with a small data set, human calculations are possible. As the number of cities increases, it is impossible to solve the problem even if you develop an algorithm, since it would be very tedious to repeat the algorithm over and over again. Since I was little, I would always be amazed by the power of computing in regards to what computers can do for us. For example, I used to participate in a distributing computing program in which a part of your computer CPU would be allocated to solving problems regarding protein folding. The folding of these proteins is pivotal for helping cancer research progress. The traveling salesman demonstration reminds me that we, the humans, can solve some of our biggest problems my figuring how to solve it, but then make the computers do the actual solving.