Two semesters have passed since the formation of Team Banary. The team went through its highs and lows, periods of certainty and uncertainty, and through the effort put forward by the seven Software Engineering students that formed part of it,… Read More
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Week 26: FDR preparations & Peer Review
Second to last blog post! The end of the semester is approaching very fast, and we at Team Banary are ready to make the best of it. This week has seen the closing of remaining project work and a strong… Read More
Week 25: Lights, Camera, Action!
Many deliverables are on the way, and we hope you’ll be excited for the prototype showcase video that Banary has been working on these past weeks! As a small break from the project and its intricate details, the team enjoyed… Read More
Week 24: Spring Prototype Inspection Day!
This week one more milestone surpassed by team Banary. Tuesday 4/1/2025 our team together with the rest of the teams at IPPD carried our second Prototype Inspection Day presentation. This was an opportunity for team Banary to show our progress,… Read More
Week 23: Telling Our Story
With just 4 weeks until our final design review, its time to start wrapping up the technical progress and focusing on telling our story. This week, the team completed and submitted our video concept storyboard and made plans to record… Read More
Week 22: Pushing Forward
This week, there was no official lecture from the IPPD program, so the Banary team was free to dedicate extra work time to the project. We had an incredibly productive session and made progress on our upcoming presentations and deliverables,… Read More
Week 21: The Final Stretch
For the first time in the course, the end is in sight! With six weeks to go, the Banary team got started outlining our last deliverable, the Final Design Report, and met with Liaison Engineers to ensure that it meets… Read More
Week 20: A Very Successful QRB2!
This week, Banary has concluded QRB2 with a massive success. We presented our project goals, prototype results, testing metrics, TPMs, and next steps. We demonstrated our prototype’s ability to perform what was requested by our sponsors, that is, to identify… Read More
Week 19: Preparing For QRB 2
This week, Team Banary focused on getting our project and deliverables ready for QRB 2. While we were previously struggling to reach convergence with the RNN model from William Dahl’s paper as well as our own model, we were able… Read More
Week 18: Project Work
This week, the IPPD lecture was a team-wide work session. Banary spent three hours in NSC507 working together and exploring datasets and models. Our current approach is to fit an RNN on the executable’s assembly code, which can be decompiled… Read More
Week 17: Making Progress + Design For X
This week, Banary presented our rendition of the “Design For X” approach. We chose to emphasize reliability, maintainability, and usability, which reflects the scope of work and how we defined our specifications and approach to the problem. We seek to… Read More
Week 16: Reviewing CodeMine (QRB 1)
This week Banary was reviewed by the Quality Review Board (QRB) on January 28, 2025 on the current status of CodeMine. The QRB consisted of Dr. Lattore, Dr. Abd-Elrahman, Dr. Patrick, and Dr. Resch (our coach). We had practiced presenting… Read More
Week 15: Banary & RTX Reunion
Banary has finally met with RTX Liaisons Randall and Jose (Sylvia joined later) to discuss progress and outline our path forward. Scheduling a consistent meeting time that works for Banary, RTX, and our coach, Dr. Resch has been a challenge.… Read More
Week 14: Return to Banary
Team Banary and others actively listening to the inspiring Engineering Ethics lecture. This week marked the first week back from the long winter break. Gone is the spacious surroundings between different teams, as we move from Turlington Hall to CSE… Read More