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Survey The Meeting

CJ and I had another meeting with Dr. Hackbert and Dr. Summers, only this time Scott was there to provide his input on the situation at hand. Not much has happened since our last meeting. We have only been able to work with software until the hardware comes in the mail. Furthermore, it will be the first time I have done anything like this before. Using cameras and sensors is going to be a new field of learning for me as the only cameras I have every handled were models that still required you to switch frames manually. Hopefully we will get these cameras next week so we can actually get ground data for our algorithms.

Once we get the cameras, we will have to do what I think is the most boring part of this internship. We have to count people as the camera is to insure that we know how accurate the camera can be. This kind of work will require us to sit out on the trails for at least eight hours of the day. It can only get worse if the weather is bad like rain or extreme heat. However, it might not be all that bad. The payoff from this experience can prove useful. This exercise can give me the experience on what it is like to create your own data in a workplace. Not only would I be able to apply this knowledge to my future career but also to anything that requires hard data to compose a margin of error. After this internship, I plan to use my new-found knowledge to expand my arsenal of skills for the future.


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