Summary: This research explores how digital platforms can support early-career researchers during the pandemic. Through user interviews and thematic analysis, six key challenges were identified, leading to three design recommendations.

Summary: This project explores innovative ways to present greeting cards through an interactive 2-part platform. Contributing to research, concept development, user persona creation, and HPD prototype design.

Summary: This study found no significant impact of music or white noise on typing speed. My contributions included experiment design, data collection, writing the Method, Data Analysis, and Discussion sections.

Summary: This project involved conducting a survey with 51 participants to identify user needs, creating prototypes, and performing a heuristic evaluation to improve app functionality and user experience.

Summary: This essay reviews the history of machine learning within AI, examining key trends that shaped its development and the impact of deep learning on AI’s evolution.

Summary: This essay examines how new media transformed audiences from passive consumers.

Summary: This essay explores how digital technologies have reshaped media consumption, public opinion, and the challenges of the post-truth era.

Summary: This essay examines racial bias in AI-powered predictive policing tools, exploring its causes and potential solutions for improving algorithmic fairness.

Summary: This essay examines AI chatbots, their impact on human-computer interaction, and ethical concerns in machine learning.

Summary: This coursework analyzed driving simulation data to assess texting’s impact on driving. I conducted data analysis and discussion, finding that texting reduced driving performance.