Honors

To graduate with honor in Computer Science, a student must complete a project and write a thesis. This can be a two-year commitment but more commonly involves 8 credits of independent study during the senior year. A student interested in senior research must begin discussing possible research topics with faculty during the junior year so that she can begin to explore a topic in depth.

Summer research or independent reading will provide material for the preparation of an honors proposal (a written proposal and oral presentation) to be presented at the beginning of the senior year. If this proposal is approved by the department, she will carry out research as a major part of her senior year, write a thesis, and present a thesis defense. See Honors Procedures for more information.

Honors Papers

Copies of student Honors Papers are kept in the Mount Holyoke College Library Archives and Special Collections, located on the Lower Level of Dwight. Honors papers are cataloged in the Five College Online Library Catalog.

Honors Projects

As the following list of completed honors projects indicates, students have done research on a wide variety of topics. Information about current faculty and student research activities, can be found on the Faculty Research page.

2011 Gupta, S

  • Using Holographic Reduced Representation to Model Hierarchical Spatial Reasoning

2011 Schirf, L C

  • Automated Protein Classification Using Rigidity Analysis

2011 Schneider, M C

  • Shape Recognition Using Polygonal Chain Simplification

2011 Zhang, T

  • Improving Hybrid Generalized Plans Synthesis

2010 Doktorova, M

  • Computational Analysis of Statics and Dynamics of Macromolecules

2009 Groveman, R

  • Using the Nintendo Wii to Assess Motility in the Elderly

2007 Hafernik, C

  • Automatic Methods to Disambiguate Geospatial Queries

2007 Trutoiu, L

  • Effect of Motion Parallax on the Perception of Vection in Virtual Environments

2006 Ahmed, F

  • Effect of Depth of Field on Perceived Visual Realism of Images

2006 Villarruel, C

  • Computer Graphics and Human Depth Perception with Gaze-Contingent Depth of Field

2005 Petkova, D

  • Cluster-Based Relevance Models for Automatic Image Annotation

2004 Saria, S

  • Machine Learning

2004 Dang, E

  • The Role of Familiar Size and Proprioception on Absolute Egocentric Distance Perception during Visual Motion

2004 Mutsuddi, A

  • The Effects of Texture Mapping Techniques on Slant Perception of Planar Surfaces Textured with Flat Textures

2003 Mohanty, N

  • Where is it? Locating Objects Using Prepositional Phrases via Dialogue

2003 Quattoni, A

  • Using Natural Language Descriptions to Aid Object Recognition

2003 Siddiqi, S

  • Real-Time Interactive Raytracing in Distributed Environments for Virtual Reality Systems

2003 Tabani, S

  • Attention Driven Rendering

2001 Peeva, M

  • Image Matching in Stereo Vision

2001 Arnold, C

  • Machinelle Übersetzung Von Englisch auf Deutsch

2001 Bratkova, M

  • Visual Quality of Computer Graphics and Its Effect on Distance Judgment

2001 Erickson, S

  • Experiments in Color Constancy

2001 Hotchkies, L

  • Linking Language and Vision: The Perceptual Meaning of Noun Phrases

2001 Kolomiets, M

  • Uncertainty in Expert Systems and Fuzzy Logic

2001 Scibelli, A

  • Media Transitions

2001 Sharmin, S

  • Face Recognition Project

2000 Sisic, A

  • Distributed Multimedia Systems Using DCOM with a Look Ahead Towards Quality of Service and Real-Time Constraints

1999 Zollei, L

  • Place Recognition Using Color Region Analysis

1999 O’Brien, L

  • Playing by the Rules: Complex Behavior in Artificial Populations

1999 Cocozzella, Lisa

  • Grammer and Transormation Rules for Syntactic Morphing

1998 Noll, L

  • Immaculate Perception: Stereo Vision

1998 Crooks, E

  • Using Author Level and Character Level Planning in Story Generation

1998 Lee, H

  • Internet Transmission of Real-Time MPEG Video

1998 Spellacy, K

  • Protecting a Network through the Use of a Firewall

1998 Zeng, Y

  • Intelligent Mobile Agents for Dynamic Environments with Interrupted Services

1997 Jetcheva, J

  • NOW Distributed Supercomputers for Computer Vision

1997 Ramani, P

  • Software Agents for Electronic Commerce

1996 Subramanian, S

  • Object-Oriented Database Systems: The Next Generation of Database Technology

1996 Xiao, C

  • Morphing Parallel Polygons

1996 Wang, Y

  • Natural Language Understanding: Integrating Symbolic Al and Nurual Nework Processing in Computer Understanding of Natural Language

1995 Roberts, M

  • Learning about the Environment with Computer Vision from A Mobile Robot

1993 Chuah, M

  • Steering a Robot in Real Time with a Parallel System

1992 Kapur, T

  • Where Am I? Using Vision to Localize a Robot

1992 Drew, E

  • Computers in Higher Education: A Study on the Usage of Computers at Mount Holyoke College

1992 Rantan, A

  • Acquiring New Knowledge about the Environment Using Computer Vision

1991 Ekram, L

  • An Investigation into Rogue Programs with a Particular Emphasis on Computer Virus