Autism Teaching Suite Project Department: Computer Science
Group Members: Kirill Marants, Jameson Mortimer, Jeff Cochran, Simon Sidhom, Jamison Andaluz
Client: Lynn Marentette, School Psychologist
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz, Prof. George Kamberov
Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to develop a software suite that will assist in the growth and education of teenagers
and young adults with autism. The main feature of the suite is a "conversation wheel" teacher’s aide, which displays
text and multimedia content inserted into the system by the teacher. The suite will also allow for extensibility through
the introduction of stand-alone mini-games, which are to be dynamically loaded at runtime. The project will include the
development of a framework by which current and future developers can make modules recognizable by the suite. The suite
will be accessible by students on school computers, allowing them to play mini-games, and upload work. A mobile version
of the suite will also be accessible through a web browser. Teachers will be able to view student progress and files,
as well as prepare lessons using the conversation wheel. In the classroom, the suite will use SMARTBoard® technology and
touchscreens for input, to increase the ease-of-use of the software. Most importantly, the suite will be developed with
autistic students in mind, drawing upon previous autistism centered games, teaching devices, and articles - and for a client
who works with autistic teenagers and who meets with the team once a week to keep the software's design on track.
Group Members: Jamie Brabston, Rachel Lamontagne, Eriberto Garcia, Michael Weiss, Tim Nix
Client: Ana Quintela, Director of Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz
Project Description:
BEOF needs a new website and content management system because the current one is static, and, therefore,
doesn’t automate workflows that could be done by a dynamic website. The new website will allow the general
public to access current information about the programs being offered and to apply from home. An HR-like
intranet page will also be created on which BEOF employees will be able to post documents and forms for
employees. Appropriate employees will also have access to application information that is submitted though
the Internet website and will be able to approve or deny applications there.
Group Members: Jonathan Shoff, Drew Michel, Michael Lee, Orie Steele, Piotr Lupinski
Client: Ian Sacs, Director of Transportation for the City of Hoboken
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz
Project Description:
The City of Hoboken and more specifically the Department of Transportation, has various data points from
parking enforcement to the use of the city's public transportation system. This project involves the development
of a much-needed consolidated administrative dashboard. The dashboard will serve as the director's eyes into the
various activities his department is responsible for. For example this system will enable him to find out the number
of parking tickets issued in a given period on a given portion of a street, as well as numerous other activities
within his department's purview.
Group Members: John Scire, Greg McLeod, Caroline Amaba, Michael Hegadorn, Nirmal Rajan, Ryan Gavin
Client: Dr. Gerrit Kamp
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz
Project Description:
ID8 Systems is a web-based collaboration system for idea management. ID8 users can submit ideas that they believe
will benefit their organizations/companies. Within a virtual stock market, ID8 allows users to invest in each other's
ideas using an artificial currency. ID8 brings the most valuable ideas to the forefront in order to determine which ones
are best for the organization/company to pursue. ID8 Marketing And Sales Tool (IMAST) is a customized, redesigned collaboration
of current marketing and sales tools already in place with the ID8 System. In place of the current tools, IMAST will provide
modules for pipeline management, customer management, blog management, and e-mail management. The goal of IMAST is to create a
unique system for ID8 with the functionality that the company needs from each of its existing systems, and that the IMAST integrates
with the ID8 website.
Group Members: Frank Buonarota, Robert Williams, Alex Hieronymi, Peter Zafonte, John Horgan
Client: Prof. Dominic Duggan, Prof. Edward Friedman
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz, Prof. Dominic Duggan
Project Description:
OpenMRS is an open-source Java-based medical record system for use by clinics in developing countries. It is an
established product that clinics already use to maintain records for each patient who has visited, but there is
currently no way for patient data to be shared among clinics. The goal of this project is to modify OpenMRS to allow
clinics to transmit patient data to other clinics, while enforcing a strict process involving patient consent and audit
trails. The confidentiality of patient information is of the utmost importance. Therefore the model of this system will
be peer-to-peer, never storing patient data in a central repository and never initiating a transaction involving a patient's
personally identifiable information unless that patient's explicit permission is given. (Co-client Prof. Edward Friedman has
done significant work on provision of health care in Central Africa.)
Group Members: Richard Craparotta, Michael Carrano, Joseph Schwarze, Matthew Mautone, Mengting Guo
Client: Prof. John Keating III
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz, Prof. John Keating
Project Description:
Earthquakes and mine disasters are quite common, especially in certain parts of the world. In both cases people are often
trapped under rubble, and cannot communicate with potential rescuers, even if they carry cell phones - because cell phone
signals often do not penetrate rubble. Frequently victims' only hope for alerting rescuers to their presence is to make
loud (percussive) sounds, for example, by pounding on the collapsed rubble or by blowing an emergency whistle. On the RescueMe
Phone victims type messages, identifying themselves, their numbers, location, etc., into the phone; the phone translates the
typed messages into percussive patterns; on the receiving end, potential rescuers punch a key each time they hear a noise/percussion,
and their RescueMe Phones or Tablets decode the victims' messages. The RescueMe Tablet will also be used to coordinate information
gathered from various percussive messages and to communicate it to central rescue administrators so that the latter may use that
information to plan and coordinate rescue efforts.
Group Members: Christopher Seeley, Ralph Mattiaccio, Ken Bodzak, Danielle Maginnis, William Abeel
Client: Walter Drag, National Weather Service Meteorologist; and beach lifeguards; and Jon Miller and Tom Herrington,
Stevens rip current researchers
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz
Project Description:
The Rip Current Tracker consists of a website and mobile application that allows registered lifeguards to report and view rip
current occurrences in real time. More frequent and accurate reporting of rip currents can lead to greater public safety, and
help researchers better understand the causes of rip currents.
Group Members: Abhijit R Amin, Chris Hamann, Max Grifka, Joshua Stout, Kai-Po Hu
Client: Lee Fischman, Galorath Inc.
Advisor: Prof. David Klappholz, Lee Fischman
Project Description:
XIPRR (Experience-Informed Project Risk Reduction) is a community driven risk reduction tool designed for public use.
Using the historical data of community submitted projects as well as public contributor and expert opinion, XIPRR will
be able to assist in predicting possible cost overruns, miscalculations in project timeline estimation, and even total
project failure. In order for this all to work, XIPRR requires both a willing community to submit project data and answer
questions, and an algorithm that will combine these responses into results. The project’s goal is to build XIPRR from the
ground up creating a functional, intuitive, and secure platform for people to contribute data which will ultimately lead
future projects to success.
