This August we had two Capstone Showcase events: for the Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS) program and the Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) program. Additionally, the winners of the Sarukkai Social Impact Award were announced.
Capstone projects are the culmination of the MICS and MIDS students’ work in their respective I School programs. Over the course of their final semester, teams of students propose and select project ideas, conduct and communicate their work, receive and provide feedback, and deliver compelling presentations along with a web-based final deliverable.
Congratulations to our winners, and to all the students who completed Capstone this summer!
Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award, August 2025
The team behind DDNS mapped domain names to blockchain assets and leverages the IPFS network for record storage, enabling secure and censorship-resistant registration and resolution..
Read a Q&A with the DDNS team.
Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award, August 2025
80% of Singapore residents live in public housing homes, managed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) Singapore; however, many policies designed to safeguard this resource have resulted in a complex web of eligibility criteria for housing schemes and grants. Team HomeMe created an agentic question and answer (QA) system empowering non-technical users to easily query housing policies and find their dream homes.
Read a Q&A with the HomeMe team.
Sarukkai Social Impact Award, 2025
The team created an assistive shopping app that uses real-time grocery item recognition to guide visually impaired users through stores with precision, providing clear directional audio guidance, a screen-reader-friendly interface, and built-in voice command functionality.