CSE 331 Mini project choices
Fall 2019
Please check the table below before submitting your mini project team composition to make sure your case study is not being used by another group. Case studies are assigned on a first come first serve basis.
| Group | Chosen Algorithm | Case Study | Links |
| Conan Wong, Ricky Chen, Ousman Kaba (Ray Chasers) | Ray Tracing | The push to monopolize the "holy grail of computer graphics" | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Daniel Shekhtman, William Nicholson, Andrew Quinonez (D's Get Degrees) | PageRank | Manipulation of PageRank for nefarious purposes | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Jordan Clemons, Chris Burton, Christopher Perez (Group 1) | Pagerank | Google's use of Pagerank in sorting search results | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Moulid Ahmed, Shrishty Shivani Jha, Shreya Lakhkar (ACE-MA) | Spotify Recommendation | Machine Learning Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Justin Henderson, Hannah Wlasowicz, Judy Mei (PizzaTime) | Aes 256 | ransomware | Link 1 |
| Gillian Marcus, Jason Niu, Sharon Stack (2n^2 (//pls substitute caret for a superscript)) | Deep Neural Networks for YT Recommendations | Social Media Targeted Advertising | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Jiwon Choi, Matthew Ferrera, Winnie Zheng (The Pathfinders) | Dijkstra's Algorithm | Maps/ Transportation Routes | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Jason Yan, Jason Zou, Johnny Guo (Big Brains) | Youtube Recommendation Algorithm | Machine Learning for Recommendations | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Blake Cooper, Jacob Wukovits, Jin Kyu Hwang (Blake, Jacob and Jin Kyu) | Barclay's "sell" algorithm, and similar algorithms that enable high frequency trading | The impact of algorithm-enabled high frequency trading on market stability | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Tristan Wiley, Lisa Kanbur, Urjitha Muthiah (🅱️anchit 🅱️atra) | Tinder's Matching Algorithm | Tinder Matching Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Shazmaan Malek, Sean Brasse, Anarghya Das (Ellicott East ) | Collaborative Filtering | Recommending Movies on Netflix | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Rasel Ahmed, Taktuk Taktuk, Calvin Kyi (2lit2quit) | Amazon's A9 Algorithm | Amazon's Relevant Search Results | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Enhao Zheng, Baicheng Chen, Chaoping Lin (WOW sucks) | Tag Search Algorithm | Advertisement Targeting | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| David Campbell, Anant Patni, Hrishikesh Kautik Ahire (Atri's Fan Club) | K - Means Clustering | Reinforcement Learning in Autonomous Vehicles, Uber | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Michael Frank, Jordan Bailey, Ayoub Elmoutaouakkil (Steppenwolf) | NRMP | Stable Matching for Residency Program | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Xuanhua Zhang, Guangxing Guang, XueWei Jiang (Team Liquid) | Fleury's Algorithm | Food Delivery Problem | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Andres Espinoza, Kyle Paul, Nelaje Branch () | Echo Nest | Discover Weekly | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Michael Spagna, Drew Fiutko, Daniel Brior (3 MUSKeteers) | Tesla's Crash Prediction Algorithm | Effects of Tesla's Crash Prediction Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| James Hess, Aibek Zhylkaidarov, Jeremy Pearce ("Penetration Test") | Dijkstra's algorithm (Graph Theory) | Exploiting Active Directory | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Cory Chaise, Damon Lepine, Hoan Tran (No Pressure) | Uber Pricing | Uber's Surge Pricing | Link 1, Link 2 |
| William Phillips, Winston Mills, Steven Pittaro ("I Love You 3000") | Uber female driver preference | Uber female driver preference (Saudi Arabia only) | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Melissa Tillinghast, Raymond Groesbeck, David Rodrigues (The Big G's) | Facebook Newsfeed Algorithm | Facebook Newsfeed Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Juan Mendoza, Edmund Wong, Abdulrasaq Saliu (Team 7) | Face recognition | Manipulation of videos to spread mass disinformation | Link 1 |
| Anthony Bhasin, Alex Chmielewski, Ananya Sharma (Our group name should be obnoxiously long. Yeah, that's good.) | Twitter trending | Trending algorithm | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Brandon Lau, Alejandro Mendez, Navid Khan (DaBois) | Predictive Text | Content prediction affects the sentiment of what people write. | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Jonathan Hoover, Alexander Brewer, Sahaj Patel (UBTrippen) | Facebook Recommendation Algorithm | Facebook’s use of their recommendation algorithm to show content | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Kevin Yong, Jiyoon Lim, Chungmoo Lee (Counter-Example) | Image Recognition Machine Learning | Google Lens | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Aniruddh Rao, Aaron Wilson, Ling Chen (: ^ )) | Google AutoML Vision | Misclassification of images based on data | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Nicolas Barrios, Lisander Lopez, Andrew Fuchs (Stack Smashers) | Deep Neural Networks | Youtube Video Transcriptions / Speech Recognition | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Illham Alam, Terence Li, Katherine Cheng (Depression) | Association Rule Learning | NYPD Crime Analysis Tool | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Ralph Huang, David Forrest, Hussein Hamdan (LBPH) | Local Binary Patterns Histogram (LBPH( | Facial Recognition's invasion of privacy | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Kateryna Semenova, Alexander Liu, Nicholas Ceccarelli (genoTYPE) | Ancestry Composition algorithm | 23 & Me ancestry services | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Montana Lee, Shawn Mammen, Preston Roberts (gucci gang) | Machine Learning for Chatbots | Simulated AI and Chatbots | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Robert Slemmer, Sarah Schwartz, Jennie Chepenuk (Team JBS) | instagram sort algorithm | instagram feed ordering | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Travis Bute, Felix Deleon, Justin Whitehead (NbyLogN) | Breadth First Search | Crawlers on P2P Networks | Link 1 |
| Musaiyab Ali, Sultan Oloko, Shuaib Ali (Potatoes) | Google Maps Algorithm | Google Maps | Link 1 |
| Victoria Faltisco, Aritra Paul, Steve Joseph (bust down 331) | Google cloud talent solution | Use of algorithms in hiring | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| riley burczynski, Maria Anikina, Geoffrey Wang () | Linkedin Search Relevance | LinkedIn Search Bias | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Tianyu Cao, Bryce Zhong, Zhijie Xu (¯\_(ツ)_/¯) | elo rating | lol mmr (League of Legends Match Making Rating) | Link 1, Link 2 |
| John Hunter, Muthana Mohammed, Abdulla Abbadi (Big Brains) | Reddit's Hot Ranking Algorithm | Manipulation of Reddits Hot Ranking Algorithm to Suppress Negative News | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Syed Rehman, Mohammad Islam, Mathew Charland (Facebook Recognition) | Sharpmask | Facebook's image recognition algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Ryan Xu, Akshara Upadhyay, Menglan Zhu (theATRIcal mATRIces) | Apriori Algorithm | Consumer Buying Pattern | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Ariel Shevah, Andrew Tleon, Vito Galvez (Kuhlman's prize pool) | Watson health | Medical diagnosis algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Tao Jun Zheng, JingJing Zhuang, Ying Yin Li (Please Rito!) | Applicant Tracking Software | Machine Learning Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Yingwei li, Kevin Wang, Richard Ly (AdBois) | EdgeRank | Facebook's ad Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Mayank Jha, Tamaghan Maurya, Vladimir Tattybayev (Saiyans) | sha256 | Cryptocurrency | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| John Braganza, Jessica Grogan, Abhinav Rameshbabu (Banjo_Buccaneers) | Google Duplex | Speech Manipulation implementations | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Anubhav Saha, Badis Ben Khamsa, Aidan Robb (ABA) | Automatic Speech Recognition | Alexa's voice recognition | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Sam Bond, Evan Turner, Andrew Jank () | Onion Routing Algorithm | Tor | Link 1, Link 2 |
| mingrong Wang, Kevin Wang, zhongen Shi (Hacker Man) | RSA encryption | The impact of public key encryption on everyday devices | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Nicholas Moore, Adam Baird, Nuhash Chowdhury (Group 0) | Data Mining Algorithm | Facebook Data Mining | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Himani Dodeja, Samuel Marchant, Liam Orr (Al Gore Rhythms) | Artificial intelligence diagnosing cancer cells | Implications of AI Diagnosing Cancer | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Nicholas Cumbo, Benjamin Badaszewski, Timothy Voisich (Shake & Bake) | Intrusion Detection System (IDS) | Machine Learning Intruder Detection Systems | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Jackie Ling, Alexander Primosch , Raymond wang (Three Dudes) | Deepfake algorithm | Deepfakes and how they undermine our trust in all videos | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Shreya Vinay Parashare, Moumita Hore, Haemanthi Sree K R () | Dijkstra's Algorithm | Computer Networking | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Alex Cohen, Greg Anto, William Lenore (Atri's Angels) | Advertisement Matching and Placement | Google's AdSense Program | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Jacob Santoni, Eoghan McCarroll, Nicholas Anzalone (Cool group) | Criminal Risk Assesment Algorithms | Human Perceptions of Fairness in Algorithmic Decision Making:A Case Study of Criminal Risk Prediction | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Andrew Qu, Lars Gartenberg, Philip Moraski (Eye Ligma Knows) | Genetic Algorithm | Self-Modifying Software | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Brandon Clarke, Jewan Jeffries, Max Stock (waterbury) | Audio Recognition Algorithm | Impact of Audio Recognition in Devices | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Liam Wong, Amanda La, Ali Hamze (Algos team[0]) | Facebook Ad Algorithm | Discrimination/bias in ad targeting | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Xiangwei Chen, Zhengyong Chen, Jerry Lee (SKR) | Baidu Search ranking algorithm | Baidu Search ranking algorithm | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Pranshu Teotia, Arjun Bhaskar, Abhi Shah (Nerds gone wild) | Breadth-First Search | Web Crawling | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Ethan Doyle, Alexi Ambarchian, James Franz (Gr8ful) | Fisher Yates Algorithm | Bitzino Shuffle Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Sandy Liu, Steven Liu, Andy Shi (Fritos are the best chips) | Appstore Ranking Algorithm | Apple's way of ranking apps | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Hamza Butt, Steven Walters, Timothy Losito (What a BLAST.....haha) | BLAST | Impact of gene analysis | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Bangyu Li, Yinxia Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang (123'); DROP ALL TABLES; --) | Google PlaNet | Photo geolocation with CNN leaves your privacy vulnerable | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Aditi Jambavat, David Huang, Kartik Rayavarapu (The Insomniacs) | Gale Shapely Algorithm | Kidney Exchange | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Brandon Zhuang, Fulton Lin, Omar Ghafoorzada (Group Group) | Playstore Ranking Algorithm | Playstore Ranking and Predatory Game Mechanics | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Thomas Bassett, Mohan Ma, Yaoyang Lin (BadFish) | Minimax | Machine Learning in Artificial Intelligence | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Dylan Schillaci, Will Pritchard, Hussein Atwabar (fun stuff fun algorithm fun lol ez) | DES | DES's use in modern encryption / How encryption impacts country's security | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Justin Chin, Stephanie Yu, John Jo () | Web Crawler | Privacy breach and unethical cost usage issues by search engines | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Matthew Johnson, Simon Estenoz, Brandon Schoener (Blue Crush) | IBMs Blue Crush Algorithms | How Algoithms Can effect Police. | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Kevin Lin, Jose Romero, Md Hasan (Big O(No)) | YouTube Demonitization Algorithm | YouTube Demonitization Censorship | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Messiah Smith-Bonet, Nikoloz Chapichadze, Anthony Garcia () | Shazam Audio Search Algorithm | Shazam Music Detection | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Kyle Pellechia, Hunter Tintera, Dorian McMath (Linked Vector) | Shor's algorithm | The Doom of RSA Encryption | Link 1 |
| Arnab Das, Angela He, Yaodong Liu (Team 7) | Fingerprint Algorithm | Fingerprint Recognition Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Tyler Valkavich, Javiaire Barr, Davit Julakidze (BBH) | eHarmony's Matching Algorithm | eHarmony's Matching Algorithm | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| David Martinez, Yuyang Bai, Rakshit Dwivedi (Last minute) | bumble matching algorithm | how the bumble matching algorithm affects dating on the app | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Zachary Congi, Roman Duszenko, Joseph Mccart (An Admissible Subset) | Deep Neural Networks | Smart Reply in Gmail | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Jiayi Zheng, Braulio Castillo Medina, yang yuanyi () | Human Activity Recognition Algorithms | The Effect of Human Activity Recognition in Health Care | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 |
| Gustavo Zanella, Ryan Dils, Hollis Pauquette (🅱️ig 🅱️ois) | Luleå algorithm | Internet Routing Tables | Link 1, Link 2 |
| Kevin Chen, William Wang, Joseph Naro (Memes) | Steam Recommendation Algorithm | Steam Recommendations effecting game sales | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Dakota Handzlik, Brandon Maul, Rob Howe (Team DBR) | machine learning pre-trial detention | Propublica Analysis of COMPAS | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |
| Jared Lockhart, Mercy Nekesa, Dannen Roberts (JMD) | Logistic Regression | Allegheny Family Screening Tool | Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 |