<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Michael Kalika</title><description>Software architecture, astrophotography, and the craft of making things with intention.</description><link>https://michaelkalika.com/</link><item><title>Introduction to Design Thinking – Part 4</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-4/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-4/</guid><description>The Prototype stage is about proving assumptions by creating low-fidelity models of promising solutions for testing and user feedback.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Introduction to Design Thinking – Part 3</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-3/</guid><description>The Ideate stage of design thinking is where creative energy flows, generating diverse and innovative solutions to the defined problem.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Introduction to Design Thinking - Part 2</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-2/</guid><description>The Define stage is about framing the problem clearly using insights from the Empathize stage to create a focused problem statement.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Introduction to Design Thinking - Part 1</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/intro-to-design-thinking-part-1/</guid><description>Are you looking to take your problem-solving skills to the next level and deliver innovative solutions that not only work well, but also delight your users? Are you looking for ways to increase your s</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From Decision Trees to Rule-Based Systems: A Machine Learning Prototype</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/decision-trees-to-rule-based-systems/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/decision-trees-to-rule-based-systems/</guid><description>Exploring how decision trees, one of the most interpretable ML models, can be used to auto-generate human-readable rules for fraud detection.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Systematic Innovation and Problem Solving with TRIZ</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/systematic-innovation-triz/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/systematic-innovation-triz/</guid><description>Struggling with complex problems or technical conflicts? Finding brainstorming sessions ineffective at generating valuable ideas? Desiring to impress your customers, colleagues, or superiors with unex</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navigating the AI/ML Landscape: Risks, Threats, and Solutions for Fraud Prevention</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/navigating-ai-ml-landscape-fraud-prevention/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/navigating-ai-ml-landscape-fraud-prevention/</guid><description>AI/ML are powerful tools against fraud, but come with risks like data privacy, bias, and adversarial attacks. Understanding and mitigating these is key.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Wonders of Sagittarius: Exploring M8, M20, IC 1274, NGC 6544, and M21</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/wonders-of-sagittarius/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/wonders-of-sagittarius/</guid><description>A journey through the Sagittarius constellation exploring the Lagoon Nebula, Trifid Nebula, IC 1274, NGC 6544, and Messier 21.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Star Wars and Software Architecture: Building Galactic-scale Distributed Systems</title><link>https://michaelkalika.com/blog/star-wars-and-software-architecture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://michaelkalika.com/blog/star-wars-and-software-architecture/</guid><description>Uncovering software architecture insights from the Star Wars universe to help design and manage complex distributed systems at galactic scale.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>