On March 23, the Tech Dawgs hosted Dr. Nick Rahimi, an assistant professor in SIU’s Information Technology Department. With a research focus on blockchain, cryptography, Internet anti-censorship, adversarial machine learning and software security, Dr. Rahimi provided students with foundational material on machine learning. Discussing the concept of how machines communicate and learn, Rahimi broke down the structures which underlie current machine learning methodologies. He also discussed security concerns within the discipline.
Students were given realistic examples of how machine learning can be applied to basic software such as housing predictions and social media.
The event was held via Zoom and provided a Q&A section after the event.
