On day 2, things got much more interesting as we got more into the rhythm of the work place and the environment of the lab overall. First thing in the morning, we got lost and walked back and forth across NC State campus a couple times before finally finding the correct meeting place and meeting with Dr. Laber. He took us through some more statistics lessons and we learned how to calculate the depth of data sets, how to analyze different scenarios and determine solutions to problems such as indicators of if various paralyzed dogs will recover in 6 weeks or 6 months. After learning more statistics, to which Luke and I felt intrigued but lost…we headed off for our lunch break. Meeting Lindsay Callihan for lunch was fun, we ate on Hillsborough street with her since she is also working on NC State campus with a digital marketing firm (happy birthday Lindsay!). After a relaxing lunch break we went back to the BOM where we met with Allison Wu again to continue helping her take images and train her chess-playing robot, Nona! After playing lots of computer-generated chess games and taking nearly 800 automated images, we went out for coffee with Allison and Lisa, one of the designers at Laber Labs. Lisa went to Green Hope for high school, NC state for undergrad, and is now working with Laber Labs full time. She was super helpful talking about the field in general and giving us insight on her background coming into Laber Labs. Overall, the day was really good. We learned a lot about statistics and got to help out more! Getting to know the undergraduate, graduate, and full-time workers who are a part of Laber Labs is really neat. Everyone is super welcoming, nice, and funny and I can’t wait to meet the rest of the team these upcoming two weeks!
