Chris Dilger

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2020-04-27

What is an API?

Investigating something all of us use on a daily basis, but something that is abstract and very much intangible most of the time, using Trello a work space management tool.

2019-08-30

Hashing Faces: How students made hash validation subconscious with machine learning

In the past people struggled to manage long numbers, identifying information and configurations in their working memory. A team of students worked to create CheckFace, a…

2019-08-17

Hackathon Starterpack

When I'm setting up new people with some tools to get some work done, there is a typical set of software required. This is not a prescriptive list, however is a guide and a…

2019-01-21

Hackathons for Melbourners

Forget network security and offensive security, this type of Hackathon is making a product or a service by cramming a bunch of students or working professionals in a room for…

2018-10-20

Data Science Careers Melbourne

I find that there are a huge number of opportunities available in Melbourne for Computer Science, Software Engineering and Web Dev type roles around, but I needed a place to…

2018-05-11

Implementation of an Evolutionary Algorithm for Data Reduction

The full report, embedded as a PDF, with a link to download it.

2018-05-08

Interpreted vs Compiled - Is There a Difference?

The full report, embedded as a PDF, with a link to download it.

2018-05-03

Efficiency of Tree Data Structures in Data Reduction with an Evolutionary Algorithm

A system for mining large flat datasets for useful data in relation to a natural language research question is examined in the context of computational efficiency. Using a GA to…

2018-05-02

Overview of OOP

Background image - Map of OOP, fitting together some of the fundamental concepts of Object-Oriented Design

2018-04-30

Structured Programming

Edsger Dijkstra, a revolutionary computer scientist that produced several game-changing ideas for his time coined the term "structured programming." (Dahl, Dijkstra & Hoare 1972)

2018-04-21

UX Resources

Resources for UX design, including books, websites and communities

2018-04-16

Creating a Ghost Blog

This site is running on Vultr on a VC2 instance running in Miami for $2.50 AUD