Information Technology Student Organization
Point Park's student run IT Organization.
Othot: Co-op: Week Eight Reflection
During week eight, I worked on getting a previous data set prepared for the platform so that it can be used for demos. This is something very important for the company so we can bring on new clients. The work I have done here has all been customer based which give me experience . I
othot: co-op: week seven reflection
Week seven has been way more relaxed then last week. We got everything we needed to communicate to the customer, which was the main work I have done so far. Now, I am just waiting for new data sets to be sent to us. Currently I have been looking at a new HIQ we are
Othot: Co-Op: Week Six Reflection
Week six has been a huge accomplishment for my co-op experience. This week was the finalizing of the data before we sent out our final result report to the customer. After all of the hard work we have done the past couple of weeks, it has finally all come together. Week six has been filled
Othot: Co-Op: Week Five Reflection
Week five here at Othot has been very productive. We finally got the main preprocessing steps done for the data set! This is a big accomplishment for me because this is my first time ever doing something like this. Also, I was able to write a train script and a predict script to use. These
Othot: Co-op: Week Four Reflection
My fourth week here at Othot has brought us a step closer to getting some results on the data my co-worker and I have been working on since I have started. We had to wait a week or two till all of the data came in, then once it came in, it was a mess!
Othot: co-op: week three reflection
Week three has been very productive for me. I was able to write my own preprocessing script for the new data set. I had to apply all of my knowledge learned thus far for writing these scripts in .json format. This is something that shows how much I have learned in just three weeks. Before
Othot: Co-Op: Week Two Reflection
During week two, I was able to accomplish a couple of new tasks, along with learning a few new techniques. On Monday, I mainly focused on practicing writing scripts in .json again. This is something that is very important I understand because I will be using it almost everyday here. I practice a lot to
Othot: Co-op: Week One Reflection
Hello everyone! My name is Celina DiPietro and I am currently a rising senior at Point Park University studying Information Technology. The purpose of this blog is to reflect on my Co-op this summer with the company Othot. Othot is a software company that uses predictive analytics to help companies gain valuable insights on their
Using HTTPS By Default
It always bothered me that we did not offer this site in a secure fashion, especially since we use accounts. Starting from yesterday, all HTTP connections default to HTTPS using TLS (SSL is not safe anymore and has been deprecated). I’ve used Let’s Encrypt to generate certificates and I’m impressed with how easy this works,
An Update on the New Program
The new IT program officially launched last Fall semester with the courses CMPS 160: Databases and CMPS 161: Networking and Security. In this Spring semester we offer CMPS 162: Introduction to Programming and CMPS 163: Business Analytics. Below you can find a short overview of the courses and my experiences with the students. While the