This week, things have started to slow down a little since we finished our Preliminary Design Review (PDR). However, things will pick up again soon as we start working on our prototype. The purpose of our prototype will be to get as much feedback as possible. This way, we can determine if anything needs to be changed or if we need to take a new approach. It also shows our sponsor that our design works and can be iterated upon to create our final product.

Right now, we have split our group into two sub-teams: the AI team and the Programming team. The AI team’s job is to design the AI model process for our project. Right now, they are reviewing the documentation for machine learning libraries to understand how to build the algorithm in Python. They are also reviewing strategies to reward the AI model when it makes good moves and bad moves.

The Programming team’s job is to modify the simulation and understand how to run it on HiPerGator. Right now, they are reviewing code from an existing simulation and taking notes on each function. Once they get a full grasp of the simulation, they can determine if the code needs modification, or if it would be better to create a new simulation based on the existing one.

Throughout November, we hope to have a fully working simulation where we can fully utilize our AI model and have it running on HiPerGator. Then, by December, we will be wrapping things up for the semester with our System Level Design Review (SLDR). Then, by the spring semester, we’ll be working on training the AI model at full speed!

That’s all for now. See you next week!