CS CAPSTONE -- 2012 Teams

Instructor: Chandra Krintz

TA: Kyle Dewey

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Teams
  1. Partner: Jet Propulsion Lab
    Team: Kenneth Bedolla (lead), Andres Barajas, Roy Handelsman, Lane Meier

    Mentor: Victor Luo
    Team Name: KC
    Project Overview: Kinect Cameraman (KC) is an autonomous system consisting of the Microsoft Kinect mounted on a mobile robotics platform. The Kinect's limited field of vision is a problem in all but the smallest rooms. The Kinect Cameraman (KC) will remove the small room restriction by unobtrusively following the user like a cameraman would follow an actor.

  2. Partner: Aerospace Corporation
    Team: Roger Ngo (lead), Derek Ho, Robert Hsu, Evan Goad

    Mentor: Ron Scrofano and Mike AuYoung
    Team Name: Team RDRE
    Project Overview: We are interested in speeding up image processing techniques, specifically image re-targeting by transferring the complex computation done on the CPU to the GPU. Since modern GPUs provide more cores and higher bandwidth than typical CPUs, it is ideal to transfer computation to the GPU. We will be programming a tool that allows a user to perform image re-targeting by taking advantage of parallel processing through the GPU.

  3. Partner: UCSB Psychology Department / ReCVEB
    Team: Jon Chu (lead), Andre Abrahamian, Matthew Garcia, Alex Hsu

    Mentor: William Ryan
    Team Name: Kinect2VR
    Project Overview: To combine the 3D capabilities of WorldViz's head mounted display (HMD) with the motion capture technology of the Kinect to create immersive virtual environments in which the user can move freely and in real time. Using a python-based IDE we can create the ideal virtual environments in which to study human behavior, offering psychological researchers the state-of-the art in study design and experimental control.

  4. Partner: FindTheBest
    Team: Dillon Kearns (lead), Roger Chang, Joni Rae Lopez, Cindy Lu, Josh Van Blake

    Mentor: Ivan Bercovich
    Team Name: We'reTheBest
    Project Overview: We aim to develop a large-scale data comparison widget for users to embed onto their websites. FindTheBest.com's extensive database contains data ranging from consumer electronics to government surveys. These widgets will offer visualizations of this data, providing an easy-to-read, at a glance snapshot.

  5. Partner: Microsoft
    Team: Yulia Dubinina (lead), Jasper Fredrickson, TJ Koblentz, Victor Moreira

    Mentor: Dave Probert and Greg Wroblewski
    Team Name: Team NULL
    Project Overview: GoodApp is a web service that can help a community user identify safe apps and trusted developers in order to prevent malicious activity. GoodApp is a service that creates a web of trust binding an App to a developer using an authentication process based on signed certificates.

  6. Partner: Qualcomm,
    Team: Nataly Moreno (lead), Spencer Bolton, Sean Chen, Erik Villegas

    Mentor: Chad Sweet
    Team Name: AiR Games (Augmented Interactive Reality Games)
    Project Overview:Our goal is to design a suite of games using the Qualcomm Augmented Reality SDK. We will start by exploring available graphics engines. From there we will design simple proof-of-concept prototypes using AR technology. Finally, we will progress into making 2D games, and eventually move on to 3D games.