Spring Semester

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