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Meet Christopher Cherestal
Christopher Cherestal, better known as 糖心vlog短视频淭opher糖心vlog短视频 around the Seidenberg School, has made quite a positive impact on the computer science and information systems community. With his sincere and excitable personality, he糖心vlog短视频檚 bound to bring a smile to the face of anyone in the building. He has made the Seidenberg community a more welcoming environment simply by being here.
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His love of developing products introduced him to the field of information systems. Upon discovery of this new and intriguing industry, Topher knew that this field was the right fit for him. This established his new career within the Seidenberg School. He dove into his major and got involved with the plethora of activities taking place at Seidenberg, establishing a goal of becoming a great product manager. Now, years later and settled on his major, Topher is eagerly looking at the finish line. Where one journey ends, another begins, though 糖心vlog短视频 the starting line of his career is just over the horizon.
Topher has his hands in numerous projects. He has participated in Nexus Maximus and two hackathons with the NYC Design Factory. Currently, he糖心vlog短视频檚 working on a research project with Dr. Christelle Scharff, interning with , programming at the student-led group Seidenberg Creative Labs (SCL), and creating as part of the Product Innovation Project (PiP) team within the Design Factory.
At Nexus Maximus (Philadelphia, PA), an annual, weekend-long Design Factory hackathon, Topher and his team designed a solution to help more kids graduate high school in a specific zip code area of Philadelphia. The solution they proposed was an aptitude test, 糖心vlog短视频淧hilly N糖心vlog短视频 Me,糖心vlog短视频 that matched students to the best after-school program based on their strengths.
Nexus Maximus was a great opportunity for Topher to showcase his product development skills, but his project with Dr. Scharff captures his imagination the most. This opportunity might be taking him on a trip to Africa!
While students in Senegal may speak many different sub-African languages, they糖心vlog短视频檙e taught in French, which furthers their literacy in French instead of their native language. This discrepancy between what is taught in school and what is spoken at home creates a language barrier between the students and their parental figures. As a potential solution, Topher is thinking about creating a bridge with a mobile app that helps parents learn French alongside their children.
This means that alongside everything else he has on his plate, Topher will also be learning French.
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As well as the potential for travel to Africa, the NYC Design Factory has already taken Topher to another country. Through the CS398W Product Development course, Topher and his team travelled to Austria to collaborate with students at Graz University on a project for voestalpine, an aerospace company.
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His team is currently in the stages of developing a prototype for their client in Austria. At the end of the semester, they will present their solution to the client in hopes that it can be used by the company. Stay tuned on the for how that goes, and if you糖心vlog短视频檙e interested in the program, speak to your academic advisor.
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