CATLab Blog

In this blog, Curtis Barnhart and David Oyebade explain how they used AI to monitor Westmont's energy usage and give more information to the community.

Our energy AI project predicts Westmont’s future energy use based on historical data and sends peak alert emails to pertinent Westmont parties when predicted energy usage rates near a monthly high.

In this blog, Connor Rogstad and Ella McMillan explain their summer work on the CATLab AI Team and the commitment that it takes to begin a years-long technology project.

This summer, we had the incredible opportunity to work with CATLab on the AI development team, where we created Westmont.ai—a chatbot designed to assist Westmont students with a variety of inquiries. 

In this blog, CATLab Creative Team member Rosario Montane highlights how we can use curiosity to explore how ethics and AI interact.

This summer, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Impact Conference 2024. I’m not a computer science person, but this summer I got to explore my curiosity and wrestled with what AI means for us all through my work as CATLab’s magazine writer. 

2024 CATLab Creative Team Member Julia Lottes reflects on how she expresses her authentic identity in both art and business.

As a graphic designer, I often experience the tension of being stuck between two worlds: the art world and the business world. Being a graphic artist means most of your work is done on a computer and saved to a cloud. You design, and redesign, and redesign again. 

In this blog, CATLab Director of Engineering Mike Ryu reflects on the 2024 CATLab summer and authenticity online.

A little while ago, when my wife searched “LinkedIn” on her phone, this came up. Her phone, for some reason, had categorized the app as a “Role Playing Game.” In the moment, I felt that this silly bug had poignantly summarized my (now-outdated) perception of LinkedIn.

Westmont’s transition to the NCAA Division II requires more than just stellar athletes, dedicated coaches, beautiful facilities, and robust programs. It also needs technology! Over the last year, the athletics department has partnered with CATLab and the CRM department to develop the technological infrastructure needed to make this huge transition.