It was my senior year at Cornell where I realized two things: one, that I love research, and found myself getting involved in various projects at my Health Behviors Lab as much as I could; and two, that it was possible to combine my passion - fashion and style - with my educational background - computer science and machine learning. I began exploring different paths that combine these two fields, and as my senior year was coming to a close, I found Professor Fatma Baytar and PhD student Mona Maher and joined their research project.

Mona and I collaborated to author the research paper titled Developing Machine Learning Models to Predict Garment Fit Using 3D Simulation Software. In this project, I was responsible for researching and discussing suitable machine learning models with Mona, writing the code for implementation in Python, cleaning and transforming the data, summarizing the results, and creating visualizations. It is currently awaiting submissions to conferences and/or journals.

Through this experience, I was able to refine my technical skills and understand how computer science can better our interactions and understanding of garments and fashion. It provided valuable insights into the future of AI in the fashion industry, and was a catalyst for my pursuit of a PhD at the intersection of computer science, fashion, and business.