Week 11: Internship Showcase

There are only two weeks left for my internship and this week I got to share my experiences with my peers in the Internship Showcase. Instead of individual presentations I got to present with my fellow PRINT team members, Bree and Maggie. We worked together leading up to the presentation to create our presentation and outline.

Bree's focus this summer was working on letters within a repository while Maggie worked on network mapping. I shared my work with quality assurance using Inter Annotator Agreement. We each had different roles but our presentation came together great.

Each role showcased the different ways researchers are utilized for the PRINT project. It also did a great job showcasing the project for students who had no idea what PRINT was as well as potential students who were interested in joining the project.

Here is the link to the rest of our presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10VVF192NSuTNGhey2Lod1FUozXuZrS5Ef1kxClTy-HI/edit?usp=sharing

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