User:Klh49

About Me

I am from Houston, Texas. No, I do not have an Southern accent. I played soccer but now I've gotten involved in running. I'm completely pumped to be here at Duke, and I especially can't wait for basketball season.

Name Pronunciation

Kirsti Harlan. Not Kirsten, not Kristie, not Kirsty. It rhymes with thirsty...that usually helps people remember. Phonetically: KUR-stee HAR-len.

Grand Challenges for Engineering Article

Reverse-Engineering the Brain, Fred Hapgood, Technology Review, updated 11 July 2006, accessed 22 September 2011

MIT researchers are blending the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The project: a monkey with the ability of object recognition, immediate recognition, and cognative thinking. Thanks to this new technology, reverse-engineering the brain is one step closer.