Kara: Women’s Mental Health in Sports
motivations:
- overlooked area
- mental health breaks not seen as important as injuries
- recent news (Simone Biles)
- women are more likely to have depressive symptoms in sports
deliverable:
- YouTube channel
- “topic of the day”: women’s mental health in sports
- interview w/ Dr. Kayla Ross and Coach Nell Fortner
- instagram page (have an open platform)
challenges:
- time management
- scheduling conflicts for interviews
- editing
next steps:
- set up meeting times
- brainstorm script
- find a place to record
Aditya: Taj Mahal and Red Fort
goal: find and highlight more nuanced part of Indian history and links that are often overlooked
audience: Indian history enthusiasts, followed by novelists and reading enthusiasts
research:
- primary: interviews, historical survey docuemtns
- secondary: research articles, videos, publications
findings:
- same architects similar
- similar communication rooms/designs
- unique architecture for stability
- Red Fort was more public
- Taj Mahal 3x price for being 1/2 the size
challenges:
- accurate information
- varied data
- loss of info over time
- time management
deliverable: a short story (mystery, history, ~800 words)
Nisarg: Political Polarization w/ Social Media
why?:
- social media has become a news source
- extremist, sensational, and junk news spreads easily
research:
- papers studying polarization, algorithms, theories of polarization, statics on junk news, neural networks
- twitter “the algorithm”
twitter:
- in network: RealGraph, recommendations from people you follow
- out of network: SimClusters, based on general user data
challenges:
- finding sources
- most papers aren’t up to date
- complex machine learning algos hard to know
ChatGPT was useful for analyzing code at a high level
deliverable: PSA