MIMS Final Projects: 2025

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“It Still Feels like I’m Doing the Work": Co-Designing for Mutual Human-AI Agent Communication
Cynthia Chen, Casey Hou, Kaiting Chang, Saliia Asanova
Advisor: Steve Fadden, Stefanie Hutka, Kimiko Ryokai
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AIERO: AI co-pilot for Energy Resource Optimization
Akshat Gupta, Kritika Mishra, Aman Daga, Ashutosh Tiwari
AI-driven platform optimizing energy efficiency and sustainability in data centers by reducing carbon emissions and operational costs.
Advisor: John Chuang
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Bandwidth for All: Analyzing and Implementing Community-Driven Networks
Diana Chen, Hannah Ellis
This project explores community networks as resilient, privacy-focused ISP alternatives, addressing challenges and promoting digital equity.
Advisor: Morgan Ames
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Beyond the Benchmark: Generalization Limits of Deepfake Detectors in the Wild
Ankur Garg, Gaurav Srivastava, Katsuya Masaki
Deepfake detection with parameter-efficient fine-tuning
Advisor: Hany Farid
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Brain Type: A Co-Located Game Designed for Social Presence
Aaron Rodden, Kal Walker, Kimberley Soriano, Omkar Hanamsagar, Prajakta Pandit
A novel co-located gaming experience that facilitates community creation and growth. With a unique game we will study how communities operate and give useful…
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
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Cloak: The Smartest Thing You’ll Never Send
Lisa Kasamba, Isabel Martin, Lewis Msasa, Miguel Rodriguez-Arias, Aishwarya Sriram
The privacy spellchecker for your AI chats, helping you choose what to share and what to keep private.
Advisor: Deirdre Mulligan
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ContextOS: Designing for High-Context AI Collaboration
Amer Mriziq, Aman Mehrotra, Ayushi Raj Bhatt, Manish Kumar
How do prompting practices evolve as AI becomes integrated into everyday work? Through qualitative interviews, we identified key workflows, barriers, and…
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
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FloodNavigator
Leslie Noye, Frances Brittingham, Cameron Kurtz, Maya Schoucair, Victor Ngetich, Delvin Marimo
A mobile app offering real-time, crowdsourced updates on road passability, ensuring safer navigation during heavy rains.
Advisor: John Chuang
GoBituary Rekindled
GoBituary Rekindled
Lei Zhang, Ria Antony
Cultivating connection with local history through an interactive monument
Advisor: Coye Cheshire
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Interlude
Anita Guo, Karen Wei, TJ Johal, Jeff Chang
A platform for emerging music artists and listeners to help listeners discover new artists and connect with them on a more personal level.
Advisor: Kay Ashaolu
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Potenti.Ally
Fred Nam, Zhuoyi Ying, Priyal Mehta, Harim Lee, Michael Wang
Illuminate distinctive experiences, offering students inspiration for potential career paths and uncovering insights into their hidden talents.
Advisor: David Bamman
ScrollWise
ScrollWise
Chris Raptopoulos, Janelle Lin, Akshay Nayak, Chris Perani
Advisor: David Bamman
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StorAI: Designing Ethical Applications with LLMs for Mental Health
Yvette Vargas, Sharon Hu, Silvana Moiceanu, Rachel Fung, Anagha Ananth, Arnur Sabet
A handoff model for the ethical development of AI applications, with a practical focus on mental health applications for therapist workflows utilizing AI based…
Advisor: Michael Rivera, Niloufar Salehi
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Sustainable Personal Finance Dashboard
Venkatesh Ravi, Hayford Atim
Financial Wellness Meets Eco-Conscious Living. Save Smarter, Spend Greener!!!
Advisor: AnnaLee Saxenian
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UnBarred: Your Local Law Guide
Audrey Folaranmi, Elsie Nanbam David, Linda Mutesi, Naima Amraan, Reina Ying
Democratizing legal access: A centralized dataset and AI-powered system to make local laws easy to query, understand, and compare.
Advisor: Diag Davenport