CoreConnex Incorporated is a business data analysis company that produced information visualization through its subsidiary company Corelytics. The data visualization market has shifted from classic platforms such as charts and static graphs. In today’s fast paced information economy, many visualization tools are available to increase the potential for profit. Therefore, Corelytics has propagated its own dashboard to perform data analysis that outputs the results of analysis in the form of basic visualizations like charts and graphs. As such, this project was motivated by Corelytics’ question, “What are some of the innovative techniques to visualize financial data?” To address that query, this project created visualizations of Corelytics output using non-Corelytics dashboards. Based on the results, this project will make recommendations on which techniques the company may adopt to increase potential of their overall visualization experience.

Title: UW Athletics CRM Project Description: The University of Washington (UW) Athletics department has long been seeking a tool that has the ability to store and filter all of the data that they collect at various sporting events. Our solution is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that the UW Athletics marketing department/analysts can use to increase sales on game day. Examples of searches that users will be able to conduct include: fans that have used the WiFi, fans that live in Bellevue, and fans that have been season ticket holders for 10 years. Our project will make a difference in the UW Athletics department by being able to conduct targeted searches on fans. The athletics department will have information on every fan that has ever been to a sporting event at the UW. By having access to this information, it will make the customer data more transparent and thus increase sales for the department. Team Members: Kevin Le and Mitchell Klein Program: Informatics

We are performing a critical examination of the curricula of several of the top Information Schools, as determined by US News & World Report. Our intent is to determine whether these schools are addressing issues of diversity in ways that will prepare MLIS students for the 21st century workplace, where diversity is increasing and increasingly important. Our analysis is based upon the available literature as well as syllabi from the various schools in our sample. We intend to address possible omissions, areas for improvement, and places where diversity-related content can be integrated into already existing classes. We have compiled a resource list for instructors wishing to integrate more diversity-related content into their classrooms.

There is well documented anecdotal evidence that people often experience difficulties establishing and maintaining new friendships in an unfamiliar place. In Seattle, the colloquial term for this phenomena is “The Seattle Freeze.” The Stranger, a popular internet magazine and blog describes The Seattle Freeze as a “belief that it is difficult to make new friends in Seattle” and describes Seattleites to be “standoffish, cold, distant, and not trusting.” Do Something! is a mobile application for Android Phones that seeks to thaw the Freeze. Do Something! is a mobile application for the Android platform that provides an activity planning service that facilitates real-world interactions through user defined activities and events. People use a map interface with contextual icons to quickly find and participate in activities they are interested in. Do Something! reduces the social overhead in finding new friends and makes it easier for friends to quickly organize activities.

Early Childhood Literacy Storytime Aaron Negron, Online MLIS Early childhood literacy refers to the foundational elements that children learn about reading and writing before they can actually read and write. Parents and caregivers are a child’s first facilitators and they have the opportunity to support the development of early literacy skills through daily interactions. Public libraries are positioned to model and promote story time practices that stimulate early childhood literacy skills. This project resulted in a partnership between the Austin Public Library and the Young Fathers Program at LifeWorks Austin. A story time was presented for Young Fathers Program clients where they learned skills and techniques they could practice at home during their own story times with their children. The participants were enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn and expressed excitement about gaining new skills that would benefit and entertain their children. They also appreciated learning new ways to spend quality time with their children.

Parents and caregivers are their child’s first and best teachers. The first 2,000 days of a child’s life (birth to the time a child enters Kindergarten) are critical for cognitive, social and emotional development. Therefore, early learning plays an important role in preparing a child to be successful in school. Early literacy is a component of early learning that encompasses the skills needed for children to communicate and understand language before they can read and write. There are five fun and simple practices that can be incorporated into daily routines beginning at birth to raise successful learners: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing. This project focuses on educating the community about these five practices, specifically through the use of a short video series that can be linked and distributed through many channels. Community education will provide people with the knowledge to help make a positive impact on young learners.

Today’s generosity for book donation is well-intended, yet there is a disparity between the books donated by NGOs compared to the need and relevance of receiving young adult readers in Ghana, Africa. Two critical components to the book donation process is missing. First, communication between the school in need of reading materials and the organization providing reading materials are not aligned. Second, donated books do not include briefing materials to help the educator or librarian make recommendations to readers. This Capstone project, Enriching the Joy of Reading for Young Adult Readers in Ghana recommends adding relevant steps and content to the process. By including a “book kit” sticker inside donated books or electronically loaded in the donated Worldreader e-reader, deeper insight to the content will result in a productive, perhaps exciting, reader services exchange between librarian and young adult reader and serve as a means to increase literacy.

Enterprise Intelligence Dashboard using Troux ReST API Jorge Borunda (Full Time MSIM) As the second largest retail chain in the world and operating in 9 countries with over 600 warehouses, Costco produces an unceasing amount of data. Costco is widely recognized and respected for its business practices but making critical business decisions with its data analysis processes are not easy tasks. As each Costco department employs a specific application, their data gathering is being done in different silos and the need of an enterprise portfolio has become necessary. Troux, an enterprise portfolio, is a robust and complex application and this project will serve as a self-service information portal intended for Executives, Enterprise and Solution Architects to integrate and align the business overall and make critical business decisions more efficiently. This solution will increase the utilization of Troux as information asset and also to maintain the flow of information among departments to create effective and meaningful reports.

The Center for Disease Control has found that 80 percent of the U.S. population do not meet the federal government’s physical activity recommendation. Having a workout partner can help double your chances for fitness success. In fact, people who visit the gym with a partner have only a 6.3 dropout rate but finding that perfect partner can be difficult. Fiternity, a mobile fitness application, aims to help you find that fit by strategically providing you with a perfect match from your network of friends and family. Simply plug in your favorite fitness activities and your desired partner skill level and watch as the matches populate. By taking a collaborative approach to exercising as opposed to a competitive one, Fiternity encourages you to create a community to motivate each other to be a better self.

Improperly fitted-shoes can lead to foot ailments such as inflammation, muscle and tendon pain, and even circulatory problems. People are uninformed about the condition of their feet and factors like arch support, width, cushioning and even shoe condition can have a drastic impact on shoe performance. Feet diagnostics should be readily available to empower the user to make educated decisions about their footwear. Fito is a dashboard that aggregates foot metric data collected from insole sensors, provided by Boogio, to give users feedback regarding the fit of their shoes regularly over time. The sensors collect raw pressure and accelerometer data to provide data visualizations, a foot strike analysis, and estimated shoe-life. By making sense of the foot data and providing the user with insight into the mechanics of their feet, users are empowered to find shoes that are tailored to provide them with proper support and comfort.