Carson Fu

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2024.


Interests: Software Engineering, 3D Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Mental Health


Projects

Heluna Manoa 2023

I worked in a group project with three teammates from ICS 314 to create a web application called Heluna Manoa, which allows students to rate and review courses and professors at UH Manoa.

React Meteor Web Application Development Software Engineering Group Project

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Crypto Zombies 2021

I embarked on an independent coding study project where I learned the basics of coding in Solidity and making smart contracts for cryptocurrency. I used the Crypto Zombies web course for guidance.

Solidity Blockchain Cryptocurrency

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Cards For Humanity 2018

I founded a club sponsored by Punahou School that took me and my peers love for playing cards and channeled it as a way to give back to our community.

Community Event Organization Playing Cards

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FitRM Basketball Clinic 2015

I helped run a technical skills basketball clinic for high school athletes looking to hone both their bodies and their minds.

Basketball Event Organization Leadership

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Essays

Biggest takeaways about software engineering

13 Dec 2023

A couple conceptual takeaways In this class, we learned a lot about software engineering. Most of what we learned came through web application development, but it’s important to note that all the concepts we learned while developing web applications for...

AI Software Engineering Web Development Ethics

Templates for Design

30 Nov 2023

Design patterns were introduced in middle school Design patterns are reusable solutions to common problems that arise when sotware engineering. They make our life easier when we code, since they can provide a simple, easily manipulated foundation for when we...

Design Patterns Software Engineering

How AI impacts real intellignece

21 Nov 2023

Is AI a crutch or an enhancement to learning? For ICS 314 I have used ChatGPT a couple of times. I have always thought it to be somewhat of a cheat; it encourages us to use less of our own...

AI Education Software Engineering

Why UI?

05 Oct 2023

<h1>Like painting a picture</h1> Imagine you’re painting a picture of a meadow, teeming with vibrant colors. Butterflies are fluttering about, and vivid flowers sway in the wind. The butterfly is a sun-burnt orange, but you only have red, blue, and...

UI Frameworks HTML Bootsrap5

Laying Foundation with Coding Standards

21 Sep 2023

Coding standards: the red squiggly line After only one week working with coding standards via ESLint on IntelliJ, the red squiggly line already haunts me at night. Fixing ESLint errors can be tedious, yet it is very well worth the...

Coding Standards ESLint

Ask smart, be rewarded

07 Sep 2023

Asking questions is hard One of the most difficult things in life is to ask a question. You’re taking a huge risk. Obviously, you don’t know the answer. You’re vulnerable: you don’t want to sound stupid because you’re asking a...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

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