Khiem's CS Journey

 For this weeks learning journal: I've interviewed an industry expert at Qualcomm. Industry Expert Interview – Learning Journal Entry Khiem Vo   |   3rd Year, Computer Science   |   CSUMB Introduction For this assignment, I chose to interview Joel Gorin, a Software Engineer at Qualcomm. Qualcomm is one of the most influential semiconductor and technology companies in the world, known for pioneering mobile chipset design, wireless technology, and increasingly, on-device AI and machine learning solutions. As a third-year Computer Science student with a strong interest in AI and machine learning, I was drawn to Joel because his work sits at an intersection I find deeply compelling — low-level systems engineering that enables high-level intelligence. Understanding how AI is being implemented at the hardware and firmware level, not just in cloud-based software, felt like a perspective I could not get from a textbook. I reached out to Joel through LinkedIn, in...

 Week 6 of learning Journal P1: This week we discussed our consensus based IAM capstone project. This is essentially a directly replacement of our current identity access management system that people use. Imagine, having a "ledger" and having a certain standards across multiple b2b companies and providing a "pass or fail" judgement on identity. 2) I've learned that.. consensus based IAM is complicated to implement - but the idea in its own is futureproof!

 What have I learned this week?     I've learned to lead initiatives more often and helping guide my teammates at work and in a group setting for my classes. Additionally, many students have the same view as me as far as grad school goes. We all think it heavily depends on the subject and many people definitely have time to pursue one as most of them offer online courses. The 3 capstone projects I think would be a good idea to pursue?     EzDashboard, this catches my attention as I see the use for this at work. It works similarly to prometheus and grafana(which are data ingestion tools that show infrastructure/security issues)     Traffic tracer, this is another one. This application uses merchants cameras to gather foot traffic. This could be useful for accidents on the road. Or.. crimes?     Date and be safe, this is actually quite huge. Many dating sites nowadays don't vet their users as much as they should. Safety should be the number one...