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2015

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Coursector: A UW course discovery and comparison tool

Finding the right courses every quarter is a challenge for undergraduate Huskies. To evaluate prospective courses, students depend on information resources that are often incomplete or unreliable. Coursector is an application that helps undergraduates find, compare, and select classes that best fit their academic goals and interests. Drawing from over 200,000 unique records of UW transcript data, our application provides students with personalized recommendations, to quickly narrow their course search, and clear visualization of how courses compare by workload, teaching quality, average student grades, and class demographics. Coursector makes it easy to compare course offerings side-by-side, including the same course taught by multiple professors. With Coursector, finding the perfect course is easier than ever.
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Dawg Data

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
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FÍTO

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.
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FoodBuddy

One key to success is to build positive relationships with people but sometimes it might be difficult to find a connector or keep in touch after meeting new connections. Today we are introducing our project FoodBuddy that will bridge the gap between technology and interpersonal relationships and revolutionize the way to network in a casual environment through dining. FoodBuddy essentially is an events-based IOS app that connects you to eat with your friends, colleagues or even strangers. Registered users can easily publish and join events, explore hot activities nearby and follow the person you are interested in talking to. More importantly, you can grow your relationship with others right away. Can’t wait? Stop by our booth and let us help you build up your network while having fun meals. Remember, you should never eat alone!
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In-Vehicle Information System Design

Drivr is a rapidly expanding personal chauffeur service which commands a fleet of Tesla Model-S vehicles but previously lacked a consolidated system for logistical planning and execution. To solve this problem, I designed front-end interfaces for both drivers and dispatchers in addition to a back-end database by following the user-centered design process. For drivers, I utilized the Tesla’s 17-inch screen in the dashboard to design a low-cost solution which runs in the vehicles’ browser. For dispatchers, I designed a web interface which provides a number of much needed flexibility options. Testing has proven that this system will not only improve the capacity of Drivr to provide superior service, but because it is so much more efficient, effective, and satisfying to use, stakeholders, dispatchers, and drivers alike expect the new system to make Drivr an even better place to work.
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InstaCook

While cooking we spend a majority of time looking for recipes online and then matching it with our available kitchen inventory. This effort takes significant time and essentially results in cooking the same meals or spending money and eating out at a restaurant. It has become a reoccurring problem and one of the major motivations for our project. InstaCook, suggests recipes to the users based on the items they already have in the kitchen. Novice cooks will be able to use the application while cooking and operate it through voice commands and avoid the hassle of using a smart device with their messy hands. It empowers our users to experiment with new and variety of easy to cook recipes. Not only will this lead to a nutritious diet but will also minimize food wastage, as it effectively maintains a kitchen inventory leading to a decrease in expenditure.
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Internet of Everything - Grapevine

Home automation for years has been the domain of home installers, outfitting wealthy consumers with expensive setups. Now, there are companies like Nest, Hue, Dropcam, Honeywell and Belkin that let people individually control their lights, locks, cameras, garage doors or anything with a plug. The biggest challenge here is the steep learning curve for people to setup and use multiple applications with very different user interfaces. In short, it is a nightmare to make all these devices work as a single unified system. Our project – Grapevine, is a one‐stop solution, which aims to simplify this process of home automation and make your entire apartment building intelligent. Grapevine will allow residents to completely personalize and automate their apartments, while also enabling apartment managers to conveniently manage processes like security, lighting or maintenance for the whole building. Grapevine will offer complete control, convenience and security through a simple, well‐designed mobile application.
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Internet of Things: Grocery Store Operations Manager

A typical grocery store in your neighborhood grapples with the challenges of high operating costs, narrow margins and losses in expired inventory. Achieving incremental gains in optimizing inventory stocking, efficient consumption of utilities and avoiding wastages will result in huge impact on the bottom line of locally operated grocery stores. Our project ventures in this space to provide a facility management platform for store managers to centrally monitor performance of various devices in the store and collect insights for operational intelligence. We have designed a centralized dashboard for store managers to connect, configure and monitor performance of typical devices that you find in a grocery store. The dashboard can be used for fault and configuration management to minimize MTTR (mean time to response). Data is collected by a polling mechanism which queries devices about their statuses. The data collected can be used for rendering trending graphs and generate reports for forecasting and proactively detect issues before they arise.
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ISOPRO

Photography is a skill that is improved by proper feedback and practice. Most online communities, like Instagram and Flickr, focus more on showcasing photography and not on giving critical feedback to help photographers improve. ISOPRO strives to help the users improve their photography skills by learning through tips and the community's feedback. Through the point system in the commenting section, it will create an incentive for users to give critical feedback. The more points a user has, the higher their reputation will be in the community. When a user is in a rush, they can easily upload their photo and receive generic tips to help them on the spot. Lastly, our drawing tool points out problem areas in a photograph, so the photographer can easily understand what's wrong. We created ISOPRO to help our users share, learn and connect with photographers everywhere.
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lamunity.com - A community for language learners

When searching for opportunities to learn to speak any language, the resources available are scarce, at best. Learning what words mean is one step, but being able to converse in the language is a difficult and crucial task for any language learner. This is something that requires lots and lots of practice, ideally in a face-to-face conversation. This is where Lamunity comes in. We built a website that will enable users to search for other members of their community, meet with them, and practice speaking together.