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Home > Programs > Master's Program > HomeSkim

HomeSkim

Members: Melissa Chan, Irina Lib, Kavita Mittal, Sarah Poon
Advisor: Marti Hearst

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Description

Homeskim addresses the pain of finding apartments. Current apartment searching websites provide various means of filtering apartment listings but most do not address a very important aspect: location. Location is a highly subjective dimension, where the "ideal" location can constitute different things for different individuals. For some it's proximity to their workplace, for others it's closeness to shops and mass transit.

Homeskim recognizes that thus far there is no location finder that can address the needs of all these different people. Our web application aims to address this issue by providing location specific information to enable people to find their ideal apartment location.