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Think ML Is Too Hard? STEM Students Are Already Halfway There

by Joseph A'Hearn | Sep 10, 2025 | Data Science, Featured, Programming

How I Finally Learned ML (and Why I Shouldn’t Have Waited) I first considered Machine Learning as something challenging yet feasible for me to learn when I attended the American Astronomical Society conference in Florida in 2016 and saw a fellow UIUC undergrad senior...

Guest Appearance on the Shine Bright Like The Firmament Podcast

by Joseph A'Hearn | Aug 16, 2025 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, Featured, Observational Astronomy, Outreach, Research, Science & Faith

I was recently interviewed for the Shine Bright Like The Firmament podcast, which is hosted by Madeline Shepley and features Catholics in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). In this episode I spoke about the different legs of my journey: first,...