Saki Pitches
- Data visualization (information visualization)
I would like to create data visualizations about the rate of females in STEM areas in different countries /eras. One of the visualizations I can think of is a map visualization since I would like to focus on areas. I specifically would like to explore the cause why Korean females tend to go to STEM areas in college more than Japanese females, focusing on the education system, role models, and some other social facts.
Data Sets Examples
https://www.oecd.org/gender/data/
https://statusofwomendata.org/explore-the-data/employment-and-earnings/additional-state-data/stem/ - Chatbot
I will create a chatbot which prospective students and current students can ask about Earlham College. It will be great research about Human Computer Interaction. A difficult point might be how to get the information about Earlham to the database which the chatbot will base on. I am also interested in designing its webpage at the same time. - Evaluation and Redesign of Instagram
As a computer science major, I am particularly interested in web development. The problem that I found interesting to solve was how people can live with social media without much stress. I always think that social media such as Instagram now becomes a platform for people to “show off” part of their lives in some ways. I can do research on what kinds of User experience effects on humans mental health. I could evaluate the app based on Use experience aspects. I can work on researching user experience principles and its effects.