We successfully navigated the System Level Design Review (SLDR) this week! Our team is incredibly grateful to all the reviewers and sponsors for their valuable feedback and insights on our architecture. With the design officially approved, we are now shifting our focus… Read More

This week, we took our System Level Design Review (SLDR) package on a dry run with our classmates, and the feedback was excellent! We received constructive input that has helped us sharpen every detail of our design. Now, we’re finalizing our materials… Read More

This week was all about implementation. Following our discussions with our coach and liaison, we successfully set up both the Data Preprocessor and the Feature Extractor components. This is a massive step! With the data pipeline now established, we are much closer to delivering… Read More

We just wrapped up our Prototype Inspection Day, and the feedback session was incredibly productive. Hearing the insights from our coaches and judges has given us clear direction for refinement. A huge takeaway was the chance to learn from students who tackled… Read More

Following our incredible on-site visit to Verifone last week, we had a very productive follow-up meeting with the team. We presented our updated frontend design, and we’re thrilled that they really liked it! Getting their approval is a huge boost as… Read More

Our team had an incredibly valuable day visiting the Verifone site in Tampa! We had the privilege of meeting with their Product Architects and Managers, gaining important insights into their work and future vision. Learning directly about the company’s history and strategic direction… Read More

We’re proud to announce that our team successfully completed our first primary presentation, where we showcased our ML model design, service architecture, and dashboard design. We were thrilled to receive positive feedback and insightful questions from our coaches and peers. This is a… Read More

We’re thrilled to announce the official approval of our team name and logo! Having a strong identity makes our collaboration feel even more real as we tackle this challenging project. Now, it’s back to work! We are pushing hard to prepare… Read More

What a successful meeting with our Verifone liaison today! We presented our envisioned service architecture and machine learning model, as well as the results of our data analysis and feature engineering. We were thrilled to get their approval and positive… Read More

Our team had a fantastic first meeting with our coach, Dr. Zhang, who provided invaluable insights into data analysis and preprocessing techniques. We learned a lot from the approaches of previous teams and are now excited to move forward with… Read More

Things are getting real! Our second meeting with our Verifone liaison was a deep dive into the technical details. We explored their backend architecture and the specific data flow we’ll be working with. We also had a great conversation about fraud data patterns and… Read More

Just wrapped up an incredibly insightful first meeting with our Verifone liaisons. We came prepared with questions and had a productive discussion that helped us align on the project’s goals. Learning directly from industry experts is an invaluable experience for… Read More

Excited to kick off our first team meeting for our project with Verifone! We are a team of passionate undergraduate engineers, and we’re thrilled to be collaborating with a leader in the fintech industry. We’re looking forward to tackling the… Read More