The School of Information’s 2017 commencement ceremony presented an opportunity to honor both faculty and student achievements.
Dean AnnaLee Saxenian presented awards for outstanding capstone projects from the Master of Information & Data Science program and the Master of Information Management & Systems program.
Students in both the MIMS & MIDS programs voted for their most outstanding instructors, and MIMS students also gave awards to their classmates.
James R. Chen Award for Outstanding MIMS Final Project, 2017
The Transparency Times
Andrea Gagliano, Sasha Volkov
A physical installation to explore the costs and benefits of the rise of connected infrastructure and embedded sensor technologies.
Advisor: Kimiko Ryokai
Teal Alert
Divya Garg, Jeanie Oh, Lynell Amanna
Using wearable devices to send out an alert when the user loses consciousness.
Advisor: John Chuang
Honorable Mention:
Bazar (Astika Gupta, Rohit Bahirwani)
Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award, Spring 2017
Empathization
Apekshit Sharma, Derek S. Chan, Shruti van Hemmen
Mitigating online gender harassment through 1) user feedback, 2) empathetic innovation, and 3) data-science products
YaBO! – Yelp Activated for Business Owners
Anthony Spalvieri-Kruse, Chris Bennett, Eric Perkins, Patrick Ng
YaBO! is a web portal to give restaurant owners the insights they need to become successful.
Faculty Awards
Distinguished Faculty Award (MIMS program):
Steven Weber
Distinguished Faculty Award (MIDS program):
D. Alex Hughes
MIMS Student Awards
(Presented by the Information Management Student Association)
Student with the Most Spirit:
Parv Sondhi
Outstanding Teaching Assistant:
Parv Sondhi