CSU MB

Final Research Video Project Reflection For our final research video project, my team kicked things off by organizing all our software info and ideas in shared forms. That gave us a clear starting point. Once everything was pulled together, we moved into production with Adobe Premiere Pro. I was in charge of creating the slides, layering in visuals and GIFs, and syncing up the audio with the visuals so things flowed. Overall the process went pretty well. The only real hiccup was toward the end when Brian wasn’t able to contribute, so we had to pick up the slack last-minute. It did get a little stressful, but we pulled through and got it submitted on time. Personally, I ended up uploading right near the deadline, which taught me a valuable lesson: next time, I’ll build in internal deadlines and check-in points so we’re not scrambling the final day. Part Two – Weekly Reflections and Learning This week turned out to be pretty meaningful for me. The first video, Luis von Ahn’s TED Talk...

Weekly Learning Journal CST — October 14, 2025 Part 1: Helping My Teammates Develop Capstone Ideas This week our team met to brainstorm capstone directions. We first kicked around ideas in quantum computing —especially how it could reshape security and processing at scale. It was exciting, but we decided it might be too broad for our scope and timeline. We then explored Neuralink , focusing on how neural interfaces could work with auditory/ear-related data. That generated a lot of interest, but as we compared options (and saw what other groups were selecting), we pivoted to something more grounded and immediately impactful: DeepFake detection . Our working direction is to analyze video authenticity identifying whether a clip is a DeepFake or not. The topic hits a timely intersection of AI, ethics, and security, and it gives us a clear technical problem to prototype and measur...

Industry Expert Interview – Exploring Career Paths and Industry Trends For this assignment I interviewed John Silva, a software engineer who has worked at several well-known companies. I chose John because he has moved around the industry, tried different roles, and built a lot of experience along the way. He’s also been something of a mentor for me we’ve bounced ideas off each other as developers, and I’ve looked to him for advice as I’ve been shaping my own career path after moving to California. John started by sharing how his career developed. He didn’t follow one set path but moved through different companies and projects, each time picking up new skills. He explained that while it’s important to know the technical side, being adaptable has been the real key. In tech, new frameworks and tools come out all the time, and he said you’ll drive yourself crazy trying to master everything. Instead, he focuses on learning the fundamentals, problem solving, and keeping up the ability t...