E-Day 2009 Auburn University
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Publications |
1. Seals, C.D., Moses, W., Nyagwencha, J., Martin, A., Kelley, C., Thomas C., and Doswell, F. Life Long Learning: Seniors in Second Life Continuum. Journal of Computer Science.
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| Research |
1. Seniors In Second Life
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Seals
Team Members: Aqueasha Martin, Wanda Moses, Justus Nygwencha, and Kelley Clanton
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2. UNCF/ Mellon ‐Mays Fellow Research (2003 ‐ 2005)
Topic: "The Use of Computer Science in the Area of Public Health”
Mentor: Dr. Nimr Fahmy
Conducted a statistical analysis of ARIC data using SAS programming.
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3. Summer Undergraduate Program in Research at Berkeley ‐ IT (2004)
Topic: “Metaphors in the Design of Social Service Applications”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Canny
Graduate Mentors: Matthew Kam and Morgan Ames
Aided in the design of a user interface to assist low‐income individuals in the San Francisco Bay‐Area
in finding jobs and housing. The goal of the project was to determine is metaphor usage in earlier
stages of the design process would help to evoke cultural nuances with potential users, particularly
when cultural chasms exist between underserved communities and designers.
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Projects |
1. Directed Readings, Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama, Birmingham (2007)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeff Gray
Experience working with SpeechClispe a project headed by Dr. Gray. Setup SpeechClispe and
demonstrated its use. No relevant development progress contributed.
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2. Bridge to the Doctorate/ ALSAMP Annual Conference
First Place Poster Award (2007)
Topic: “Content‐Based Image Retrieval in Multimedia Databases”
Based on Class Project. Created a Java Implementation of a Content‐Based Image Retrieval System
focusing on both Color Code and Texture approaches to retrieval.
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3. Directed Readings, Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama, Birmingham (2006)
Advisor: Dr. John K. Johnstone
Designed graphics using the Maya graphics package. Learned the basic functionality of Maya.
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4. Directed Readings, Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama, Birmingham 2006 ‐ 2006
Advisor: Dr. John K. Johnstone
Learned to use the Maya Embedded Language (MEL) scripting environment. Animated the
subdivision of a polyhedron. Animated the
creation of a Bezier Curve, calculated degree elevation, and subdivision using DeCasteljau’s algorithm. |
