Browsing Computer Science Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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Handbell Software for Kalamazoo College Change Ringing Guild
(2016)Handbells are a tradition on Kalamazoo Campus that is struggling to maintain enough members. A portion of the cause of this problem is the difficulty in learning handbells when there are not enough experienced ringers ... -
HAPI: The Design and Implementation of a Universal Software Messaging System for the Mortgage Industry
(1999)While studying computer science at Kalamazoo College, I have had many opportunities to write software in the form of programming projects - small programs which focus on displaying specific skills and knowledge. These ... -
Helping My Family Business
(2022-11-01)The author describes the process of redesigning a website for the family business. -
Hierarchical Temporal Memory Examined
(2016)During the summer of 2016 the author completed a ten-week internship at IBM’s Almaden Research facility, which constituted as the research aspect of this SIP. She assisted Dr. Geoffrey Burr in his research on Machine ... -
How Happiness is Made : Determining How Economic Policy and Cultural Standards Predict Happiness
(2018)The analysis of happiness and how it can be predicted by economic and social factors may allow policy makers to make informed and data-driven decisions in the future. In order to determine whether or not these factors can ... -
How Technology is Used to Track Climate Change : Earth Observational Satellites
(2023-03-01)Understanding the environment and getting the whole picture of the climatological state is how decision-makers and the general public can best respond to climate change. Since 1958, starting with Explorer 1, satellites ... -
A Hypertext System for Maintaining Synchronized Object-Oriented Services
(1994)Modularity and reusability are two principles that programmers strive to achieve when coding. These standards have paved the way for the popularity of software libraries. Unfortunately, the aforementioned standards are ... -
Imagination is Not the Limit : The Relationship Between Software and Hardware Design in Video Game Development
(2020-04-01)Through my research, I discovered that my premise (technology influences software design) was particularly pervasive for the first 40 years of hardware design where the infancy of the technology significantly inhibited the ... -
Implementation of a Prototype Teratology Data Management System Using SAS
(1991)For my SIP, I did some computer work at The Upjohn Company's (main facility in Kalamazoo, MI, USA) research subsidiary in Japan. I wrote code to take experimental data and output simple statistics into tables. The program ... -
Implementing a Tabletop Card Game as a Web Application
(2020-04-01)I spent this summer working on a web-application version of the physical card game Magic: The Gathering. I first spent some time familiarizing myself with backend development technology and planning ahead about the structure ... -
The Importance of Computer Science in K12 Curriculum
(2020-01-08)Critical thinking and complex problem solving are two of the most important skills employers are looking for, and a strong foundation in both allows students to excel in the workforce. These skills are taught through active ... -
Improving Corporate IT Workflow through Software Development
(2018)I spent the summer months of 2017 building an inward facing kiosk application for Avalara’s IT department in Seattle, WA. The purpose of the application was to create a user interface that would streamline the process for ... -
Industrial Implementations of 3D Printing with an Emphasis on Medicine
(Kalamazoo College, 2016)Recent technological advances have developed 3D printing into a multibillion dollar industry. This paper outlines the benefits of 3D printing compared to traditional manufacturing. Descriptions are provided of fundamental ... -
Information Communication Technology in Sierra Leone : Creating a Foundation for ICT Advancement Through Web Development, Teaching and Networking in Sierra Leone
(2014)This project is about information communication technology (ICT) in Sierra Leone, focusing on work in web design and development, teaching and networking. The author spent four weeks developing a website in Joomla for the ... -
Inner Space: An Experiment in Internet Art
(2000)My piece will use sound and animation to take a trip through the underwater world that I have captured in pictures taken while I was down. would like to put the viewer into the underwater environment and let them experience ... -
Instructional Media Service's Inventory Management System
(1983)This paper, or rather manual, describes the computerized Inventory Management System which was designed for the Audio/Visual Department at Kalamazoo College - Instructional Media Services. The purpose of this system is to ... -
Integration of Elementary Patterns with Data Stuctures
(2000)We have designed a data structures course wherein the use of explicit patterns in data structures is used as a teaching mechanism to foster understanding of foundational concepts. Students are taught design patterns as ... -
Intelligent User Interface Design Through Complex Event Pattern Recognition on a Mobile Robot Platform
(2003)This project was an attempt to further the work of Dr. Fitzgerald and his colleagues, Dr. R. James Firby, and Dr. Michael Hannemann. Their work with complex event recognition resulted in a package of software, written ... -
Interactive Instruction of Advanced Placement Computer Science
(2000)In the late 1990s, the advent of the world wide web brought about a new business paradigm. With it, the discipline of computer science began a phase of "growing pains" as skilled computer scientists were in more demand ...