NCR graduate students Vidhya Dass and Elizabeth Brennan take spotlight in Washington Post Metro section on Saturday, March 29, for offering futuristic alternatives to traditional peak cherry blossom forecasts

Using computer modeling/artificial intelligence they learned in a class taught by Chang-Tien Liu, assistant professor, Computer Science, Dass and Brennan worked with Rob DeFeo, National Park Service chief horticulturist, who, for 16 years, has been consulting nature to determine when the cherry blossoms will bloom in Washington.

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Posted April 7, 2008