MIMS Final Projects: 2020

Affordances of Credibility on Social Media
Affordances of Credibility on Social Media
Vaibhav Sakore, Aneesa Chishti, Srividya Ramamoorthy, Nithya Ramgopal
An experiment to identify affordances on social media that influence everyday news consumers and build credibility about the news consumed on the platform.…
Advisor: Hany Farid
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Calibrating Trust in AI-Assisted Decision Making
Amy Turner, Srikar Varanasi, Mu-Ti Huang, Meena Kaushik
How do people know whether or not to trust an AI prediction?
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
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Causal Forests: A practical guide for understanding and implementation
Tanvi Sunku, Nick Dekutoski, Taylor Bixby
A practical, user-friendly guide to understanding and implementing Causal Forests — a machine learning–based algorithm for causal inference.
Advisor: D. Alex Hughes
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Galileo
Chintan Vyas, Ankit Bansal, Sofia Gutierrez-Dewar
AI-powered digital media management and analysis
Advisor: Chris Jay Hoofnagle
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Green Tomatoes
Melrose Huang, Minji Yoo, Ashley O’Neale, John Baldwin
Nudging consumers toward more eco-conscious grocery shopping habits
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Identifying Beneficial Connection Types in the Lightning Payment Network
Daniel Rincón, Eva Wu
The Lightning Network is a novel system that offers a public decentralized financial infrastructure. Our project explores ways to improve it.
Advisor: Joshua Blumenstock
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Innixi
Rahul Nangia, Yunjie Yao, Yuval Barash
Your mental health companion through life transitions
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
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Journey
Victor Grajski, Ashten Bartz, Brandon Shalchi
Journey is a service designed to help psychotherapists and their clients bridge the gap between sessions
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
Approachable VR Content Creation
Malloci
Jennifer Momoh, Michael Gutensohn, Maria Belyi, Yejun Wu
A markdown-based web framework for generating WebVR exhibits.
Advisor: Kimiko Ryokai
Approachable VR Content Creation
Malloci
Jennifer Momoh, Michael Gutensohn, Maria Belyi, Yejun Wu
A markdown-based web framework for generating WebVR exhibits.
Advisor: Kimiko Ryokai
Approachable VR Content Creation
Malloci
Jennifer Momoh, Michael Gutensohn, Maria Belyi, Yejun Wu
A markdown-based web framework for generating WebVR exhibits.
Advisor: Kimiko Ryokai
Omnisciens
Omnisciens
Amrit Daswaney, Akshay Punhani, Alicia Tsai, Mugdha Mangesh Bhusari
Novel technique for attacking location privacy in autonomous vehicles
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ROTY Studio
Bomi Kim, Paul Stott
A data-driven toolkit for aspiring rappers that will take their art to the next level.
Advisor: David Bamman
Statistical Analysis of Procedural Learning (Blocked vs. Interleaved) in Humans
Vikramank Singh, Rajvardhan Oak
We analyze whether there exists a best strategy for preparing for programming interviews: blocked or interleaved?
Advisor: Zachary Pardos
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Sweep Smart
Yi Gai, Min-Chu Yang, Zhi Li, Jessie Lyu, Anna Waldo
An optimization tool for street sweeping planning to create a clean and organized environment with minimized interruption to the local community.
Advisor: Hany Farid