CS189A/B

Team Acelot

2025 FIRST PLACE WINNER! CONGRATS!

Sponsor: Acelot
Team: Vincent Zhu, Bryan Huang, Kevin Deng, James Fu, George Nebieridze



Mentor(s): Lewis Whitehead, Kevin Burk
Project Overview: In our capstone project we will be working on a drug discovery algorithm that calculates the location and velocity of atoms. The current code base runs a single thread of a CPU and our job is to optimize the code by creating a thread secure algorithm that will run on a 9000 core GPU.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF]
Final Presentation: [PDF]

2016 Cavs

2025 THIRD PLACE WINNER! CONGRATS!

Sponsor: Appfolio
Team: Kole Kikuta, Sid Rambhatla, Koray Kondakci, Emre Cikisir, Andrew Thai



Mentor(s): Wade Varesio, Jacqui Mai
Project Overview: We are building an AI-powered tool to make property management easier by automating tasks like tenant questions, lease management, and maintenance requests. We are working to help property managers save time and streamline communication with their tenants, making day-to-day operations smoother and more efficient.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF] Final Presentation: [PDF]

Fraud Busters

Sponsor: Appfolio
Team: Hugo Lin, Liliana Nguyen, Winbert Zhang, Riley Chou, Krish Chaudhary



Mentor(s): Wade Varesio, Jacqui Mai
Project Overview: We are building an anomaly detection model to detect transaction anomalies in areas like the history, location, and payment amount. We will deploy the model as a service for AppFolio along with a web application as a user interface to view anomalous transactions.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF]
Final Presentation: [PDF]

ConnectAble

2025 SECOND PLACE WINNER! CONGRATS!

Sponsor: Artera
Team: Kaitlyn Tom, Michael Wong, Zhenyu Yu, Yuji Sakaguchi, Connor Duncan



Mentor(s): Anav Sanghvi
Project Overview: ConnectAble is an AI-powered VR social interaction simulator designed for therapists to assess and support patients with social anxiety. We analyze eye contact, body language, and speech patterns in real time to provide objective feedback and measurable progress tracking. This allows therapists to deliver more effective, data-driven treatment, helping patients build confidence and improve their social skills in a controlled, immersive environment.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF]
Final Presentation: [PDF]

Avalution

Sponsor: Ava Labs
Team: Adyah Rastogi, Wesley Truong, Justin Lang, Hao Lee, Jiahua Ren



Mentor(s): Aaron Buchwald
Project Overview: Our project seeks to enhance the underlying architecture of the Avalanche blockchain by optimizing how key-value pairs of Merkle trees are stored directly on disk, moving beyond conventional database solutions like LMDB, LevelDB, and RocksDB. By developing and refining critical components such as the disk manager, free list, and revision manager, we aim to streamline the storage of recent Merkleized blockchain states, significantly reducing overhead and improving efficiency in state management.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document:[PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF] Final Presentation: [PDF]

Beegol Buddies

Sponsor: Beegol
Team: Edwin Yee, Ray Du, Baimin Wang, Zixiao Jin, Alexander Nguyen



Mentor(s): Gilberto Mayor
Project Overview: The goal of our project is to create software to provide network diagnostics for connection drops and disconnects. Using Large Language Models (LLMs), we seek to translate error logs into human-readable messages and formulate a hypothesis for the root cause of the network problem.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document:[PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF]
Final Presentation: [PDF]

FAREohs

FINALIST!

Sponsor: FOIA-Friend
Team: Shelly Zhu, Winston Zuo, Erica Liu, Christian Baker, Ritu Kirsur



Mentor(s): Nicolaas Jedema, Irvin McCullough
Project Overview: The FOIA Rater and Editor (FARE) project simplifies the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request process by providing users with tools to evaluate and improve their submissions. Through a rater that assesses the quality and clarity of FOIA requests and an editor that offers improvement suggestions, FARE enhances request accuracy, reducing delays and costs for both users and government agencies.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF]
Final Presentation: [PDF]

Sui Squad

FINALIST!

Sponsor: Mysten Labs
Team: Sophia Weiler, Ashton Wong, Chloe Ta, Ben Richardson, Bonnie Huynh



Mentor(s): Deepak Maram, Alberto Sonnino
Project Overview: SuiChat is a messaging app prototype that circumvents the need for intermediaries in contact discovery and message transmission. Utilizing blockchain technology, the app will facilitate the establishment of end-to-end encrypted sessions and message transmission, mitigating the censorship and coercion risks present in current messaging platforms.
Vision Statement: [PDF]
Project Requirements Document:[PDF]
Project Requirements Document v2: [PDF]
End of CS189A (First Quarter) Presentation: [Slides] [Video]
Development Plan: [PDF]
Final Poster: [PDF]
Final Presentation: [PDF]