Spring 2012
1. Facebook FakeFinder
Andy Kaiser, Andrew Ruggles,
Kyle Amerman,
Riley Farrell. Mentors: Kavin Sekaran
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Currently, we are able to determine whether or not facebook profiles are real based on content of images and posts, number of mutual friends, and the sorts of networks that the profile is involved in...
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2. Differences between facebook and google+
Alex Sawa, Jeff Pascus, Richard Curtis. Mentor: Minqi Luo
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Our project seeks to research and understand the differences between facebook and google+. We will identify the strengths and weaknesses of each as well as future capabilities of both.
In addition to the social applications, we will be investigating the academic, collaborative, scientific, and research applications of both social networks.
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3. Twitter: Real or Fake?
Josh Sefton,
Morgan Soladine,
Michael Kinkoph. Mentor: Hani Dawoud
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For our semester project, we are looking at different Twitter accounts, real and parody accounts, while using Truthy, online surveys and reading about previous research already completed. We hope to find out what is the significance behind parody accounts and why certain people follow them.
Ultimately we hope to "Identify the most influential people on Twitter and discover who try to fool others?"
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4. #SocialQuake Work Space
Brett Guiden,
Tyler Roach,
George Tattersall. Mentor: David Nemer
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This is the project work space for the #SocialQuake Group. We are researching the role that the Twitter has with earthquake detection, response, and relief. ...
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5. Using Smart Phones as Digital Wallets
Insung Lee
Se Whan Park,
Tim Rast,
Lindsay Thompson. Mentors: Divya Dwarakanath,
Venkata Ponnam Shravan
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We are focusing our project around the question: Is the digital wallet better than the wallet that we know today? We aim to answer this question by researching the topics of security issues, ease of use and possible associated costs. ...
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6. Design of effective health related mobile applications & Impact of interactive systems (mobile phone, computer, sensors) on users' daily behavior to foster a healthier life.
Patrick Bauer,
Sunghoon Kang,
Jinhwan Jun. Mentor: Beenish Chaudry, Liang Chen.
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As technology advances rapidly, it increases the people interest towards the health issues. Today, tremendous number of health related mobile application exist and devices. Our research will focus on what are the roles of these apps and devices and compare the strengths and weaknesses of them. Our focused targets are Nike + and chosen health related apps. ...
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7. HCI issues with multiplayer online games on mobile phone
Travis Germain,
Hyung Jun Byun,
Myoungkee Ahn,
John Jones. Mentor: Wishaya Piyasirisin
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TTo explore HCI problems or issues of multiplayer online games on mobile phone and design a new solution to solve the problems ...
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8. User Experience with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7
Murphy McGraw, Cody Frye, Joseph Crook, William Sanders. Mentor: Anhe Guo
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We will be evaluating the different smartphone operating systems in order to gauge why people choose them and what it is people enjoy about using them...
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9. Social Media & The Entrepreneur
John Sibo, Matthew Cheng, Dominique Black. Mentor: Shunying An
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Our group, made up of the latter members: John Sibo, Matthew Cheng, Dominique Black, and mentor Shunying An were assigned to research how Entrepreneurs can use Information Technology for new business development. When given this research topic, upon meetings with the group, we discussed narrowing down our research (due to Information Technology being a very broad field.). ...
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10. Design A Better Alarm System That Will Enhance The Wake Up Experience
Michael Spahn, Nathan Hall, Marc London, Michael Buckman. Mentor: Shreyasee Chand
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There are many different ways that one can wake up in the morning. Most wake up to the sound of an alarm from either a clock or a cell phone. We are researching to find out other ways to wake up in the morning and what way is the most pleasurable. This may include waking up to music instead of an alarm, waking up to the smell of something such as coffe or baccon, or waking up to movement, such as the bed or pillow vibrating. ...
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11. Future of books in education as we develop technology for better learning environments
Tylend Dawson, Elija Moon, Becky Torrey, Jongmin Lee. Mentor: Mudit Mittal.
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Future of books in education as we develop technology for better learning environments ...
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12. Exploring Copy Number Variation with Data from 1000 Genome Project
Blaine Rothrock, Tony Gao, Ryan Konz. Mentor: Andrew Younge, Yicheng Feng
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We are interested in investigating exome-based copy number variation among different ethnicities. Copy number variation (CNV) is a form of DNA structural variation where a section of DNA one kilobase to several megabases in size exists in higher copies or lower copies in the genome than normal. They result from structural rearrangements in DNA such as duplication, deletion, inversions, and translocations. We would like to compare exon-based CNV among different ethnicities to ...
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