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Teaching Applications And Implications Of Blockchain Via Project-Based Learning: A Case Study, Kevin Mentzer, Mark Frydenberg, David J. Yates Dec 2020

Teaching Applications And Implications Of Blockchain Via Project-Based Learning: A Case Study, Kevin Mentzer, Mark Frydenberg, David J. Yates

Information Systems and Analytics Department Faculty Journal Articles

This paper presents student projects analyzing or using blockchain technologies, created by students enrolled in courses dedicated to teaching blockchain, at two different universities during the 2018-2019 academic year. Students explored perceptions related to storing private healthcare information on a blockchain, managing the security of Internet of Things devices, maintaining public governmental records, and creating smart contracts. The course designs, which were centered around project-based learning, include self-regulated learning and peer feedback as ways to improve student learning. Students either wrote a research paper or worked in teams on a programming project to build and deploy a blockchain-based application using …


Analyzing Yankees And Red Sox Sentiment Over The Course Of A Season, Connor Koch Nov 2020

Analyzing Yankees And Red Sox Sentiment Over The Course Of A Season, Connor Koch

Honors Projects in Data Science

This paper investigates data collected on twitter which references the Yankees or Red Sox during the 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. The objective is to analyze the sentiment of tweets referencing the Yankees and Red Sox over the course of the season. In addition, an investigation of the networks within the data and the topics that were prevalent will be conducted. The 2020 MLB season was started late because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was a season like no other. The expectation of a dataset revolving around baseball is that the topics discussed would be about baseball. The findings …