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    Improving Government Productivity With Software

    Nate Besthoff and Nate Besthoff

    Govficiency

    By Nate Besthoff

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    NuCard

    Keenan Gray and Schuyler Johnson

    NuCard

    By Schuyler Johnson

    1 / 14

    NuCard is an ID system that models student attendance, promoting student accountability as well as creating a more streamlined system for taking attendance. Every morning, each NuVu student taps their card before entering the space. If the student is late, a screen prompts them to give a reason for why they were late. If they give a sleep-related reason consistently, a message is sent to the student’s coach. If the student is late because of a transportation issue, they are marked late due to transportation. 

    Final Presentation

    Noelle Aminoff and 2 OthersVerity Gould
    Max Berbeco

    by Noelle, Verity, and Max

    The Student Committee Website

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    Inclusive Census Redesign

    Rajveer Parekh

    Inclusive-Census Redesign

    By Rajveer P.

    1 / 19

    Rajveer's Brief - 

    Discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community in India and around the world is widespread and rampant. 


    Gender and sexuality were fluid ideas in ancient India, but when Britain colonized the country, they imposed the binary, and the consequences can still be seen today.


    This erasure starts at the root–the census–the form designed to capture as many Indians as possible in contributing to the erasure of many of them. In the 2011 form, there was no regard for one’s gender; only the question of sex was posed to respondents. There are no intentions to introduce this in the upcoming 2022 census, either. How can we expect the lives of countless LGBTQIA+ folks to get better if the government has chosen to be wilfully ignorant of the community? 


    This project takes place in a small Indian town. It includes two sets of graphs and "utopia"-based maps that contrast the current fixed system of solely asking about one's gender with a hopeful inclusive future in which all genders are included in the census. Future goals for this project include finishing modeling sexuality for the same and using the data from both to drive a national census redesign on a wider scale.

    Choices

    Hunter Stillwell and Nick Thorn

    Choices

    by Nick and Hunter

    1 / 12

    Choices is a psychological experiment which looks for patterns in human behavior and compares them to patterns in the behavior of computers. Users are asked to complete a series of simple tasks, choosing one of nine colored squares for example. The computer then completes the same tasks and the data is compared and visualized with a series of graphs. The survey and data visualization elements of Choices are both made with p5.js and the touchgui library.

    Take the Survey Here

    Green Goverment

    Siena Jekel and Isa Murray

    Green Government

    By Isa and Siena

    1 / 12

    Green government is a python-based government simulation framework, focusing on the interconnectability of different portions of a country as well as the ripple effects that the slightest change can cause. The project aims to convey the complexity and advancement of our governments while a player manages the laws, and sectors, and makes decisions to make the country carbon-neutral.


    Brief

    Keenan Gray

    CIVIL COMPUTING

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    In this studio, students will apply computer science principles to real world civics topics. We will begin with a series of activities exploring programming concepts and writing simple programs in order to familiarize ourselves with the Python programming language. While this studio is independent from its predecessor (Humans in the Loop), there is an opportunity to expand on content discussed in that studio.  


    Jumping off from the previous studio we will shift our local view into a national and global lens. We will address the disconnect between big tech and federal policy, the ways in which computer science can inform a better democracy, and how evolving technologies such as NFTs and the metaverse misappropriate code for non-humanistic ends. Final projects in this studio will use computer code to simulate and explore social systems. Students will use these programs as rhetorical devices and explore physical computing to create small installation work that connects a wider audience to the work.

    Play the thing!

    Hunter Stillwell

    Choices Games

    Nuvu ID

    Keenan Gray and Schuyler Johnson

    Nuvu ID

    By Anara, Schuyler, and Amiyr

    1 / 15

    Anara's Brief:

    With NuVu IDs, students are able to scan a personalized card at the entrance to check in each morning and scan to check out when they leave. The current system depends on coaches checking the attendance every morning, a process that wastes time, and can be frustrating to update as later students arrive.

    When a card is scanned, the student's name and time of arrival are recorded to a JSON file. The data from the JSON is then organized in a spreadsheet that displays the information clearly. The spreadsheet is easily accessible to NuVu coaches. The IDs are slim and fit easily in a wallet, they have the student’s name, picture, and NuVu’s contact information in case that the card is lost. The receiver is made of a Raspberry Pi, with an NFC scanner hat.