Assignment 10 due before grading

 Pick any stock and send me the linear regression chart for that stock.

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/machine-learning-exercise.html

Assignment #9 dues end of term

 https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/prompt-engineering-exercises.html

Use prompt engineering to summarize an earnings call document from one of the stocks you are following 

Then use the example above to return the total sentiment and paragraph sentiment from the call.

Assignment #8 due Wednesday 4/15

 

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/nlp-example.html

Using the sent_ent_sal.py

Pull the last earnings press release from a company (not nvidia)

use as input for the sent_ent_sal.py program when prompted

And send  the results of the sentiment scores and entity recognition to me via email.

Adjunct Professor John Iacovacci

University of Connecticut, Stamford

John.Iacovacci@uconn.edu

Assignment #7 due 4/8/2026

 Take or use picture of a document(piece of mail) or any picture that has words.

Use the https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/google-api-assignment.html 

To

Use OCR to extract text

Use translate to translate text into any language

Use text to speech to create an mp3 file that can read the context of the image in the language you choose.

Send me original picture and mp3 sound file

Assignment #6 due 4/1/26

 Name

Major

Graduation Year

What you want to do?

High school you went to?

Town you live in?

Favorite subject growing up?

What are you passionate about?

Favorite band or musician?

Favorite song?

What company or organization would you like to for?

Create a text file called mydata.txt that consist of the lesson 1

shell script exercise using standard output redirection

encrypt file

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/encrypt-and-decrypt-data-with-cloud-kms.html

Leveraging Assignment 1

Copy the shell script code (in body),  and attached the plain text file and the encrypted file to an email

john_iacovacci1@cloudshell:~/scripts (uconn-engr)$ ./my_profile
Hello my name is John Iacovacci

Email to john.iacovacci@uconn.edu

Optional Assignment #4

 I created a shorter simpler version for the Python CRUD example for those who were having issues and wish to try it out.

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/assignment-exercise-python-datastore_5.html

Note: This assignment is now optional.

We will be skipping networking and security and going right to the Google AI modules and focus the rest of the term on this extremely valuable content.

Thanks

Adjunct Professor John Iacovacci

University of Connecticut, Stamford

John.Iacovacci@uconn.edu

Update on Assignment #4

 Due to inconsistencies with the Cloud Run process assignment #4 will be optional meaning it will not negatively impact anyone's grade.

Grading for midterm's will be based upon assignments 1-3 and 5.

I'll use assignment 4 for extra credit.

Thanks

Adjunct Professor John Iacovacci

University of Connecticut, Stamford

John.Iacovacci@uconn.edu

Assignment #5 Due 3/13/26

 Build 8 graphs using matplotlib.

I want two separate publicly traded companies e.g. AAPL & MSFT)

(Please don't use AMZN)

Volume and price graphs for a 1 year period 

Volume and price graphs for a 90 period

Send the code in email and links to the graphs on your public cloud storage bucket.

Link to my storage bucket example.

https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-storage-exam/stocks/amzn_prc.png

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/api-price-and-volume-graphs.htm

Thanks

Adjunct Professor John Iacovacci

University of Connecticut, Stamford

John.Iacovacci@uconn.edu

Assignment # 4 due Friday 3/6/26

 Assignment # 4 due Friday 3/6/26

 https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/assignment-exercise-python-datastore.html

Recreate the Cloud Run project above and send me a working link from the result.

 Create a datastore entity called Custinfo

 Load programs per link Add your name to the html that the program displays.

 Also, add Phone number and email address to the data along with the reading,

 writing and updating of those two new data items. 

Note: Need to have Google Translate API turned on in order to read data 

Email me the cloud run link

Office Hours and Cloud Run

 Midterm grades will reflect 4 assignments.

1. Linux shell 
2. Web site
3. Python Invoicer
4. Cloud Run Datastore Python CRUD (to be reviewed in class this week)

Need everyone to have the cloud run hello world working

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/cloud-run-hello-world-explained.html

If not please try to either make office hours tomorrow 5:00pm 6:00pm room 339 or come to class at 6:00pm so I can help resolve.

Thanks

Adjunct Professor John Iacovacci

University of Connecticut, Stamford

Cloud run exercise

 To all:

Please try to get the Hello World Hello World Cloud run  part of the Blog.

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/google-cloud-run.html

Some permissions were added to the blog to resolve the issues in class.

Please send me a copy of the web page.

Thanks

Adjunct Professor John Iacovacci

University of Connecticut, Stamford

John.Iacovacci@uconn.edu

Assignment #2 due 2/13/26

Create a web site with 

main page of index.html and 2 other linked original content  html pages (join.html, about.html)

At least 2 links to public web pages you did not build.

Web site must have
HTML FORM  to collect

Name

Major

email (with javascript validation)

Town you live in?

Favorite song?

What company or organization would you like to for for?

CSS with fonts, colors 

Background colors

at least 2 Images from google

https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/p/web-assignment_14.html

email main link index.html page to john.iacovacci@uconn.edu

Note: Problems may occur overwriting your html pages. You may need to rename them index1, index2 etc same with join1, about1

AI Literacy

 It can take job seekers months just to get an employer's attention, while actually landing the job is even more challenging. To stand out, one career expert underscores the skill that employers value most right now.

Candidates who demonstrate their fluency in artificial intelligence are much more likely to pique hiring managers' interest, according to LinkedIn career expert Catherine Fisher. That's the top skill employers are looking for, as companies adopt what she described as a "skills-based" approach to hiring, she told "CBS Mornings."

Her top tip for job seekers: To emphasize their AI literacy, highlight how they are using different AI tools in their day-to-day work. Meanwhile, describing yourself in a fresh and compelling manner can also help a resume or cover letter rise to the surface in a sea of AI-generated text, 

Assignment#1 due 1/27/26

Create a linux shell program to collect and save the following information.

Note validate major from this list 

Engineering - Engineering Physics

Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Engineering - Biomedical Engineering

Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

ACES - Exploratory

Engineering - Civil Engineering

Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering

Engineering - Computer Science

Name

Major - Validate Major

grade - e.g Freshman (same validation as program)

What you want to do?

High school you went to?

Town you live in?

Favorite subject growing up?

What are you passionate about?

Favorite band or musician?

Favorite song?

What company or organization would you like to for?

Send both code and output attachment via email

Attach the my_profile.txt file to your email

List all lines of code

Program

#!/bin/bash

# My First scripts

echo "Enter your full name : "

read my_name

echo "Enter your major : "

read my_major

gradyear=2025

cyear=1

while true; do

    echo -n "Enter your class standing (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior): "

    read standing

    case "$standing" in

        [Ff]reshman)

            echo "✅ You entered: Freshman"

            cyear=4

            break

            ;;

        [Ss]ophomore)

            echo "✅ You entered: Sophomore"

            cyear=3

            break

            ;;

        [Jj]unior)

            echo "✅ You entered: Junior"

            cyear=2

            break

            ;;

        [Ss]enior)

            echo "✅ You entered: Senior"

            cyear=1

            break

            ;;

        *)

            echo "❌ Invalid entry. Please try again."

            ;;

    esac

done

# Perform addition

sum=$((gradyear + cyear))

# Display result

echo "Your Graduation year is $sum"

echo "My Name is : " $my_name > my_profile.txt

echo "My major is : " $my_major >> my_profile.txt

echo "My grade is : " $standing >> my_profile.txt

echo "I will graduate in the year : " $sum >> my_profile.txt