MIMS Final Projects: 2016

Track 1: User-Centered Design

A study of people’s current awareness of algorithmic personalization online and what practices they perceive as acceptable or fair.
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
Creating and reviewing interaction design principles for mobile VR (e.g., Google Cardboard, GearVR, etc.). How to design user interfaces and interaction…
Advisor: Kimiko Ryokai
Through user research we observed many blind smartphone users experienced difficulties navigating their phones and a voice user interface (VUI) could make…
Advisor: John Chuang
Visualization tools for instructors to monitor peer assessment in coursework assignments
Yakap is an ICT platform that aims to enhance the community-building and outreach capabilities of nonprofit organizations that support domestic workers in the…

Track 2: Online Sharing and Collaboration

Working with simple data management tools, like spreadsheets, BRIDGE aims to make information sharing easy for individuals or organizations with rich datasets.
CardStak bridges your offline network to your online network. Create Staks for various engagements (events, projects, classes) and allow people to know one-…
Advisor: Steven Weber
Use current technologies to improve access, deepen description, and build excitement around Early modern and Medieval manuscripts.
We are creating an extensible automatic question generation service. Give our service any block of text and we will automatically return a set of related…
Advisor: Marti Hearst
The iSchool Review is a new publication designed to showcase the best work from students in information-centric professional programs. We are always seeking…

Track 3: Platforms and Connections

People diagnosed with a rare diseases often have a lot of trouble finding a doctor who can effectively care for them. Et al. Health solves this problem by…
Advisor: Marti Hearst
Our final project aims to help users who want to better understand their mental and emotional health. EudaeSense tracks physiological signals and user activity…
Advisor: John Chuang
Hydrobase is a platform agnostic cloud-based hydroponic control platform.
Advisor: John Chuang
KoÀlacarte is a mobile app that helps users better understand the ingredients in restaurant dishes.
A private and secure way to collect and relive your memories