I had the opportunity to work with other members of the emCOMP lab while studying the role of botnets in propagating alternative narratives related to the 2015 Paris Attacks and Umpqua Community College shooting on Twitter. Our work followed information flow around a "shared audience" network graph - we used mixed methods analysis to label communities of users and understand their interactions.
I love being able to study topics that are so politically and culturally relevant - our work was even featured on the local news. Publications Alternative Narratives of Crisis Events: Communities and Social Botnets Engaged on Social Media A. Conrad Nied, Leo Stewart, Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird Poster Presentation at CSCW 2017 https://doi.org/10.1145/3022198.3026307 I spent both summer 2015 and summer 2016 as an intern at Motorola Solutions, based in Seattle. Through this experience, I built on my previous knowledge of software development in industry. This project was especially interesting, as I worked on an Android client of a large and complex communication platform. I also had the opportunity to develop an Android Wear module to work with the Android mobile app.
As the app is designed for use in high-pressure scenarios, my coworkers and mentors prioritized test-driven development and resilient code. Correspondingly, I learned a lot about testing code from all angles, including unit tests and integration tests. Working with a team of three other HCDE students, I developed a Tableau visualization that displayed both bike thefts and bike racks in Seattle, with the goal of allowing users to find a safe place to park their bike. My role was primarily data collection and cleaning, although I also assisted with designing and building the Tableau visualization. The visualization also allowed users to filter by year to view temporal bike theft trends.
This internship was my first experience doing software development in industry, I learned how to use various tools for Android development and work with a team of developers.
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