More than 70 students became IM体育官网 graduates in December 2018 as the University鈥檚 alumni roll continues to grow. One of those newly minted alumni is Joshua Rentrope, who received a degree in computer science and is already on the path to fulfilling his entrepreneurial dreams.
鈥淚 got a lot of experience in just four years,鈥� said Rentrope. 鈥淔rom publishing a paper to helping with a start-up and then later starting my own start-up, IM体育官网 Poly gave me a lot of experience even before I graduated.鈥�
Rentrope鈥檚 current focus is an app called Janus, named after the Roman god of transitions. He said its goal is to provide a way for people to interact with data the way data scientists would.
鈥淪ay you鈥檙e going to an art exhibit. You would hold up your phone and scan the area, and the phone would bring up different examples of what you鈥檙e seeing,鈥� said Rentrope.
Another example, he said, would be in an industry such as agriculture where Janus could be used with a group of sensors called a sensor array to help maximize an irrigation system.
鈥淏asically, Janus could take information from the sensor array and help non-computer science people utilize the data in a way they normally wouldn鈥檛 or would have difficulties doing.鈥�
In fact, Rentrope is helping put a similar system in place with the garden created on campus by the IM体育官网 Poly Technology, Research, Agriculture, and Community group. More than two years in the making, the next phase is to maximize production by utilizing sensor technology.
Overall, Rentrope said he鈥檚 happy he made the choice to attend IM体育官网 Poly. In addition to his academic accomplishments, his participation in organizations such as the National Society of Black Engineers helped transform him as an individual, as well.
鈥淎 lot of people would say I鈥檓 probably a little bit more outspoken now,鈥� he said with a grin.
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