How to Build up the Most Effective Soccer Team
Name: Yuntao Zhang Major: Mathematics Advisor: Dr. Drew Pasteur Second Reader: Dr. Christina Horr Soccer is the most influential sport in the world. Professional […]
Highlights Generation for Tennis Matches using Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing and Audio Analysis
Name: Alon Liberman Major: Computer Science and Mathematics Advisors: Heather Guarnera and Subhadip Chowdhury This project uses computer vision, natural language processing and audio analysis to automatize […]
Combinatorics of Phylogenetic Trees and Networks
Name: Baihe Luo Major: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Colby Long and Dr. Robert Kelvey To view Baihe’s Independent Study, please click the button below (Wooster log-in credentials required)
Wildfire Simulation Using Agent Based Modeling: Expanding Controlled Burn Seasons
Name: Morgan Kromer Major: Mathematics Minor: Statistical and Data Sciences Advisor: Dr. Colby Long; Dr. Drew Pasteur (second reader) The United States is home to many different […]
Elementary Geometry in Non-Elementary Spaces: Counting the Moduli Space of Pentagons on Finite Projective Planes
Name: Maxwell Hosler Major: Mathematics Minor: Computer Science Advisors: Dr. Robert Kelvey; Dr. Pam Pierce (second reader) In the world of projective geometry, we think about spaces in […]
On Implementing and Testing the RSA Algorithm
Name: Kien Le Majors: Mathematics and Computer Science Advisors: Sofia Visa and Subhadip Chowdhury In this work, we give a comprehensive introduction to the RSA cryptosystem, […]
Designing and Implementing a First-Person Shooter
Name: Hung Vu Major: Computer Science Minor: Mathematics Advisor: Drew Guarnera; Kowshik Bhowmik (second reader) The video game industry is a one of the larger and […]
In Hot Water! Using Numerical Analysis to show the Effects of Climate Change on the Great Lakes
Name: Molly Likins Major: Mathematics Advisors: Subhadip Chowdhury, Drew Pasteur (Second Reader) Our Great Lakes have been suffering from the unstable weather since the […]
Using Computational Methods to Study Changes in the Fundamental and Overtone NH Stretches due to Solvent Effects
Name: Sarah Mullen Major: Chemistry Minor: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Karl Feierabend, Dr. Sarah Sobeck (second reader) Computational chemistry uses computer simulations to solve chemical […]
The Infinity Conundrum: Understanding Topics in Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis
Name: Sabrina Helck Major: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Subhadip Chowdhury; Dr. Rob Kelvey (second reader) This project is concerned with articulating the necessary background in […]
Investing in our Future: Identifying Students Most in Need of Assistance
Name: Colin Mihalick Gutow Major: Computer Science Minor: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Sofia Visa, Dr. Kowshik Bhowmik Here I will use Classification Trees, Pearson classification […]
Applications of Constraint Programming in Sports Scheduling
Name: Troy Baughman Majors: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Heather Guarnera Sports scheduling problems comprise in deciding the date and the setting in which each round […]
An Analysis of Advanced SQL Injection Exploitation and Mitigation
Name: Huy Kieu Major: Computer Science Minor: Mathematics Advisor: Thomas Montelione While technology is unequivocally indispensable in the evolution of innovative enterprises and state-of-the-art […]
Advances in characterizing the gene-encoded subunits that compose the nicotinate dehydrogenase and 6-hydroxynicotinate dehydrogenase complexes within the Bacillus niacini nicotinic acid degradation pathway
Name: Emilee R. Haines Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Minor: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Mark Snider and Dr. Marie Southerland N-Heterocyclic aromatic compounds (NHACs) are […]
Angular frequency of rotating spiral waves in a chemical reaction-diffusion system
Name: Melita Wiles Majors: Physics and Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Niklas Manz & Dr. Cody Leary Rotating spiral waves have been observed in various excitable physical, […]
Knots, Nots, and Loops
Name: Leah Wilcox Major: Mathematics Minor: French and Francophone Studies Advisor: Dr. Robert Kelvey Knot theory is a vast branch of mathematics, one that has […]
The Underlying Effects of the Sticky Substance Ban On the MLB
Name: Mitchell Reardon Major: Mathematics Minor: Statistical and Data Sciences Advisors: Colby Long and Christina Horr The sticky substance ban that occurred near the beginning of the […]
Recommender Systems
Name: Pavithra Brahmananda Reddy Majors: Computer Science, Mathematics Advisor: Thomas Montelione Second Reader: Robert Kelvey Many products that we buy online are suggested to […]
Gaming the System: A Game Theoretic Approach to Risk Management and Cybersecurity
Name: Abigail Breitenbucher Major: Mathematics Minors: Anthropology, History Advisor: Dr. Colby Long Second Reader: Dr. Subhadip Chowdhury The goals of this project were to […]
Backlog Burner: An Adventure Into Automated Scheduling
Name: Anjolaoluwa Olubusi Majors: Computer Science, Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Thomas Montelione, Dr. Colby Long The focus of this independent study is to explain the […]