We can now set alarms on Amazon Echo and Google Home and wake up with a preset music. Sometimes, it'd be better if Alexa/Google Assistant can announce the next appointment with a user-specified keyword (e.g., leave for a meeting).

What might the team need to succeed?
Enable Alex/Google Assistant to announce appointment.

What sort of team will it take?
One or two students who know about Alexa and Google Assistant

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Apps like "19 crimes" (now called Living Wine Label) use smartphones' built in cameras to recognize labels on a merchandise (or simply QR codes) and then perform an action (e.g., playing a video). I am not sure how difficult it is to develop a simple app like this from scratch, but it would be nice to have a "framework" which could make such an app development very easy by providing a library of functions that can be called by an app developer such that all the developer needs to do is to specify what input(s) to use as a trigger and what actions to perform. Here, the input could be an image of the object/label captured by a camera, keywords associated with the object, or voice input containing some keywords. The actions to perform can be as simple as playing a prerecorded youtube video or displaying prerecorded background information on the object/product.

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Develop a tool to create a mix-reality, animated emoji or video. The tool takes a photo (or a short video-clip without any sound) involving a person or two (e.g, the sender), and then generate lip movement and/or head/body movement based on inputs (could be some text or soundbite) to create a mixed-reality animated emoji/message for sharing through social media (an message app, youtube, FB etc).

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"Create a mobile ""walking GPS"" of the campus that will help new students find their way around. It can take a building and room number, and give walking directions. It should be able to optimize for ""inside only"" routes if desired. "

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Develop 3D VR representation of price data for derivatives. Using Galaxy 360, Note 8 Apps.

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Develop a "vision assist" solution on a mobile phone to allow the visually impaired gain a better understanding of their surroundings as they move through their environment. This solution would include: object recognition, estimate of object distance from subject, detection of collision with object, and ability to scan area in search of object. The UI for this application would need to be predominately voice commands.

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Develop a "local cloud" Internet-of-Things type hub that focuses on keeping sensor and device information under the user's control. Ideally it would be able to speak preexisting IoT protocols (such as Z-wave, ZigBee, 6LowPAN, etc.) and pair with commercial IoT devices, keeping their communications local and private. User-managed gating to public IoT services (or even an in-house IoT SaaS solution) should be available for those things the user *does* want to access remotely. The door is open for developing connected devices, as well, although I would suggest that this is a separate or follow-on project.

What might the team need to succeed?
Probably a SBC platform (Pi, etc.), some IoT devices.

What sort of team will it take?
CS, CEng, possibly EE, depending on what devices they want to support and how much implementation they want to do in-house.

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A contactless power monitoring solution for installation in a residential electrical system. It would use current transformers to monitor the power usage on individual residential circuits (either at the breaker panel or elsewhere) and provide the data in some standardized form for local or cloud processing. There exist commercial solutions in this space, but they are generally either a) very expensive (typically not intended for residential use), b) proprietary cloud-based solutions with limited data protection or access to raw data, or c) complicated inference-based collection (using, e.g., only the incoming service lines for detection, not individual circuits), or even all of the above.

What might the team need to succeed?
A working knowledge of power systems (including, but not limited to, basic electrical principles and AC concepts such as power factor), data collection, electronics and software design. For "product" quality design, many standards will have to be engaged, and likely conformance testing from the FCC and an entity like UL. There are almost certainly NEC/NFPA concerns as well. The key for marketing of such a device would be ease of installation (either easy for a homeowner or inexpensive to hire an electrician) and a simple interface for understanding the collected data and its implications. Good engineering and HCI will be necessary.

What sort of team will it take?
EE, ME, CEng, and CS. The basic design is mostly EE/ME, and then CEng/CS can take the collected data as far as they want.

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Help create a series of learning modules for new technologies, to lower the barrier of entry for anyone wanting to develop for those technologies. Initially, we'd love to build modules for Android apps, iOS apps, HoloLens, Echo/Alexa, and Google Home. Other technologies also are welcome. These modules would be available to all innovators at UB.

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Mobile application connecting amateur musicians to drug rehab facilities (or other facilities) looking to host live music.

What might the team need to succeed?
Programmer. Market validation and proof of concept needed.

What sort of team will it take?
Musicians, connections at the mental health facilities, and computer programmers.

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Develop a chrome extension that will allow you to input libraries of media (books, music, games, etc) and warn you if you are trying to re-purchase those things on Amazon or other on-line retailers.

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Develop a printable identification header for exams and assignments that students can quickly and easily fill in that is also easily computer-interpreted from a scan. For example, a bubble-form interface or a Person Number entry similar to Russian postal codes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Russia), along with the software to find and read this data from a scanned assignment. Ideally the header would either be modular or generated in some flexible markup system (producing PDF, SVG, or similar, or embeddable directly in the assignment document; say, LaTeX), so that professors could adopt their own exam formats and the software could still locate and interpret the ID block. The associated software must be platform-independent and either standalone (e.g., given a scanned exam on the command line, output either a person number (perhaps with confidence) or a failure value) or an easily embedded library (a Python or Java package, for example). While "platform independence" need not be universal, it should certainly be able to be run on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

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I'm a software engineer working on an event-planning app. This app essentially allows anyone to browse various events at any time in any location. These events can be small, personal events (ex: "come play board games at my house") or large-scale, highly organized events (ex: "come see Musician X perform at Venue Y, tickets cost Z dollars). These events can be free or paid, and can have enrollment capacities. With enough users, this app can serve as a marketplace for ticket sales (similar to Eventbrite or Ticketmaster).

What might the team need to succeed?
As of now, the core needs are ideation, software development, and marketing/branding. Once the app is ready to release, marketing and legal assistance will be needed.

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The vision of Crowdlearning is that of a self-sustaining problem-posing and problem-solving environment, where the students of a given subject intermittently take on roles as (A) the creators of subject-focused problems; (B) evaluators of problem quality; and (C) problem solvers. The activities that the learners perform in roles (A) and (B) are consensus-driven, wherein learners create and ``vote'' in the problems that help them learn, thereby building ``banks'' of subject matter problems to use for learning and assessment.

What might the team need to succeed?
At this stage, we are looking for programmers, to take part in the development of our online Crowdlearning platform. We would also welcome talking to an interested MBA.

What sort of team will it take?
We already have a strong, active team, with specific steps going forward. We are looking to add someone who would be just as excited about the project as us - someone who would value innovation in education as something they would like to contribute with for the benefit of the entire world.

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The idea is to taking automated vending machines to a further step. As a college student living off-campus, it is troublesome for people like us to get food in an affordable price. Since the price of the food ingredient is somewhat determined, the only way for us to eliminate the cost is the human resources that we put in each restaurant. I want to develop an automated vending machine that will be able to cook actual food, not the instant food, in the machine. For example, pasta, would be something to begin with. Eventually we can bring more complicated recipe to the vending machine and replace chef. Pros of food vending machine: 1.Way cheaper, as the human workers' salary is eliminated. 2.Takes lot less space since there's no need for a huge kitchen. 3.Stable outcome, people would get the taste that they expect to get since the recipes are programmed. 4.More viable in University since students lack of stable income and they're willing to try new things. 5.Eliminate the wait time since the ordering can be done with an app. CONS 1.Engineering, there will be difficulties when making the machine, but it is definitely possible overcome the difficulties. 2.People might not trust vending machines: they prefer chef made food; nonetheless, every new idea takes time for people to get adapt to it. 3. Maintenance, every machine breaks down. However, the human resource in repairing the machine will be lot less than working in the restaurant. Also a human technician can maintain multiple machines. 4.High cost in making the machine. The machine would cost a lot to make, but as people uses it more, the marginal cost will decrease significantly. 5.Monitoring for food safety. This could be fixed by security cameras

What might the team need to succeed?
Technologies involving machine making, food industry experience

What sort of team will it take?
Engineering team, computer scientists for programming the app.

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Please design a chrome plugin that allows for database mapping of books, DVDs, and Blurays that will give you a warning when you are on Amazon pages that you already have it, even though you didn't buy it through Amazon. Manual entry will be fine to start, but a way to just scan the media's bar codes to input the information will be nice.

What might the team need to succeed?
Computer scientists... this isn't a problem hardware can solve

What sort of team will it take?
Programming people

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The creation of a hub to support the collection of contact information, presentation of camps, and majority of registration for the camps. This will be rolled out with CSExplore and then aimed to be used with all SEAS camps as we expand programming. This should be able to support over 20 camps (CSE is aiming to have 6+cyber in the next 10 years). Multiple administrator permissions are needed and has to be "parent friendly". Additional support for workshops and events smaller than the camps would be nice. No financial components are of interest at this time.

What might the team need to succeed?
Web knowledge plus some database, notification automation

What sort of team will it take?
Someone with time that likes to work on web interfaces.

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Develop a Health, Wellness and Fitness app that will track user progress and encourage their continued efforts to get/stay in shape. The app would require GPS services and the ability to import data from wearable technology and other health tracking services.

What might the team need to succeed?
The app will collect health and wellness data from users as they use it, and it will also require the ability to import data from other health and wellness apps or wearable technologies.

What sort of team will it take?
I am a PharmD/MBA student and have a strong healthcare background. I am in search of a programmer who can help develop a prototype application, and a passion for health and fitness wouldn't hurt.

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NFTA Support Applications The NFTA has multiple project opportunities involving mobile app development. More information is available if you are interested! Customer Service App - Report missing signs - Report incorrect Stop ID’s - Issues with shelters NFTA General App - Next Bus Arrival - Smart Alerts Based on Location Para-Transit - Real-Time Bus Arrival - GPS Location

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Create a desktop app that has some spreadsheet like functionality, but allows an infinitely expanding view to add multiple tables. 1) Create / Destroy tables 2) Resize/reposition tables 3) Add/remove columns/rows from a table 4) Edit table contents 5) Define inline formulas using [javascript, ruby, or python] with simple macros to access cell/range values from sheets in the table, builtin functions for common things like sum/average, and ideally some option for loading custom libraries.

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Create a linux client for UB Box that will help streamline interaction with box from the linux CLI.

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Build a simple, web based application that allows for woodworkers to build isometric sketches of basic projects. The application should allow users to create an arbitrary number of "boxes" representing lumber (2x4, plywood sheets, 4x4, etc). Once they are created, the user can drag them around the screen, and attach them to one another. The program should avoid collisions (not allow the boxes to intersect) and allow for snap alignment of edges. There should be the capacity to output SVG graphics files. There are many potential enhancements for this as well, depending on team size and availability of libraries to support basic CAD operations in a web context

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Build a data visualization framework that will display large (100-400 node) directed acyclic graphs using Hive and or Circos plots, rather than conventional network topology visualization. This tool will be very useful in supporting data visualization in scientific publications. There are multiple potential implementation paths, but the most effective and distributable may be creating a plugin for Cytoscape, a visualization tool that has a well defined plugin architecture.

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Develop an iPad application that allows users to simulate output from a DNA sequencer by scribbling a DNA signal shape on the iPad. The application would then convert this scribble to a well formed DNA sequence (information on how to do this is available!) and send it to a server for analysis. The project would also include making calls to a server side API that would look for the DNA sequence in a database of signals, and return a JSON object of the potential matches. The app would then show the user the potential matches for their scribble.

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Use the HoloLens to create an augmented reality view of a building based on cad rendering of the building. Hololens, and CAD files of building, are available for use during the project.

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In parallel computing, we frequently want to visualize what is happening on different processors (for example, how communication proceeds). On the backend side, there is a tool that generates an execution trace and stores it in a log file. Then there is very poorly designed and annoying frontend tool that allows you to visualize the trace. The task would be to implement a new, completely web based, visualization tool. Once started, the tool should load a trace and create a web server, to allow visualization via web browser running on any machine. Trace data and information on the current tool are available.

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Create a crowd-sourcing app to allow students, UB faculty and staff to help report breaking news. For instance, if an attack, protest or controversy occurs on campus, students could use the app to help report what they saw, add to a timeline or offer first-person accounts.

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A local business digital rewards program. Think punch cards at a coffee shop, but as a mobile app and cloud service. Enrollment and reward management should be easy (ideally, almost fully automated!) for both the user and the business owner. Privacy should be a central tenet, while still gathering enough information to be valuable to the business owner -- perhaps as aggregations or without PII. Business owners should be able to purchase push notifications that go out to customers fitting a particular profile (frequent reward redeemers, nearly full reward cards, etc.) or all customers enrolled with the business.

What might the team need to succeed?
Web services development expertise, mobile development on both iOS and Android. A willingness to think deeply about usability and HCI issues.

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Scheduling multiple people across multiple events at a time is hard, especially when you have to consider the schedules of the people. Currently there is a framework that allows for the creation of events, inputting of schedules to use, and some functionality to schedule the people to the events. This needs a bit more to be fully usable to help with scheduling teaching assistants to recitations. Features that need to be added include the tracking of hours for each person, assigning of people to events (not just times of the events), and some user interface structuring to support scheduling over 30 people to 24 events (with up to 4 at the same time). Once these features are added, an extension to a starting out auto-scheduling feature to do the initial mapping is desired.

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I'm building a web application for bloggers and writers that helps them improve their writing skills and grow an audience for their work.

What might the team need to succeed?
I'm building a web application that will need hosting. The site would need data from writers and bloggers in order for it to be fully functional.

What sort of team will it take?
- People with in-depth knowledge of Databases and mySQL - Backend programmers. (We will be building APIs) - Front end developers.

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Build a mobile app for the Seneca Nation Clinic that will provide an events calendar and push notifications about upcoming events. Currently, events are managed by paper bulletins, and we would like to provide a mobile platform to increase awareness. This could also be enhanced by adding live chat and geolocation based checkins, but they don't need to be part of the initial product.

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Develop a mobile app or mobile website that will replace a current WIX website, and allow communication of motivational speeches, upcoming events, books and publications, and other elements.

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Create a rasberry pi powered touchscreen display that can talk to an iCAL file on a database and display a room schedule for the day. Allow you to scroll through the next days to see what the upcoming reservations are like.

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I am interested in creating an android/ios app that can be utilized at archaeology public outreach events. Specifically, I plan to host events that teach students about the heritage of ceramic production. At these events, I plan to show a diverse audience how ceramics were made in the past. I would like to create an app that can be utilized at these events, as well as after the experience and even to people who cannot attend.

What might the team need to succeed?
App designer/programmer

What sort of team will it take?
Members who are interested in app building and educating the public.

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When you hear about voice technology I am sure you think of Alexa, Siri or Google. These are all voices with companies behind them, Cast Yourself is the voice with you behind it! Our social media styled platform allows for you to share your thoughts, emotions, ideas, knowledge and more importantly your voice with the world around you. Let’s stop connecting with 21st century social media and start living the future.

What sort of team will it take?
We are looking for a student/team that can help expand new features within our iOS/Android app. Experience with AI/ML, databases, audio engineering, data security/encryption, or anyone that thinks they have the ability to add value.

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FlowQL is a collaborative platform that will turn layman readable queries into pure SQL syntax scripts while returning corresponding data. Companies have been investing in countless of hours and developer resources to create ad hoc reports; such development can be costly and is extremely inflexible in showcasing users the kind of data they want. If an ad-hoc query isn't built, reporting data are requested for import/export, thereby creating bottlenecks within the IT department due to developers sidestepping their current tasks. An alternative is to use a 3rd party toolings which generate charts, graphs, or a way to bind data onto a simple report, which is costly as the time is spent on design. To circumvent all of those issues, FlowQL will offer a way for anyone not in IT to create readable, reusable queries that will return the data they need without much IT intervention. Departments will use this tool as a collaborative effort to build and document their reports in such a way that knowledge transfer is minimal and the creation of complex queries is effortless.

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A solution for client based business. Have you ever tried scheduling appointments outside of your outlook / google calendar? It's incredibly difficult to sync with clients to build a work week and we often find ourselves emailing back and forth, re-scheduling, altering, not knowing locations, making meetings and doing business difficult. With this solution, a client can simply click a link provided via email or SMS and see your real time block of time and the appointments you have scheduled so they can make a quick and efficient decision as to when and where they can meet you, and if they can meet at all. Such an application eliminates confusion and optimizes time spent scheduling clients. No longer do you have to share your private outlook calendar or google calendar.

What might the team need to succeed?
Forward thinking, initiative, open communication, and real life examples to show where the app could succeed or fail.

What sort of team will it take?
Software developers and people who can relate to what it is to make an appointment with someone or be the person who is opening appointments for others.

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We are currently working on developing an AI job marketplace, that uses natural language processing and neural networks to create better matches but also helps eliminate all biases that occur in the hiring process. We want this platform to be the start of a future where sexism, racism, ableism, and ageism no longer exist in the workplace and hiring process.

What might the team need to succeed?
We need two web developers, one cloud architect, and one more machine learning developers

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The Desktop Audio Situational Awareness device monitors the surrounding environment for active audio sources including speech and other audio events. The device is intended to enable the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) to know when someone is speaking, what they are saying and where they are located in group discussions such as in the classroom, workplace and at social gatherings.

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This is a mobile app which will allow peer to peer car sharing. Essentially, this application will let people to search a car that's available for renting by another person. The user can choose two types of available services:- Renting on hourly basis, Renting on a per day basis. Furthermore, users can be able to schedule their ride beforehand as well. This application would also provide our users to opt for either picking up the car from the owner or get it delivered by paying an extra fees. Since we'll be having exotic or luxury cars on our app as well, we plan to provide users with the experience of driving a Lamborghini or a Porsche without worrying about buying them!

What might the team need to succeed?
I believe the team would need an extreme drive to make a get product and offer the best customer service since the customers are going to be the driving force to make this company a success. We would want to provide the best customer service to everyone so that a customer keeps returning back to our app.

What sort of team will it take?
We need programmers who will handle the platform and put in Machine Learning to our platform. Additionally, we'll need business persons who would take of the business plan of our company.

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Choreographic Lineage connects dance artists, their teachers, their students and their collaborators. Part social network and part archive, Choreographic Lineage is an interactive environment that collects, preserves, analyzes, and makes accessible dance lineage: Who dancers have studied under, danced in the work of, collaborated with and have been influenced by. A website, a lineage (data) contribution form and a visual network comprise the Choreographic Lineage platform. A skilled and creative team is needed to develop the ability to query the data and visualize the network and to create social media style interactions with the platform to incentivize usage. The Choreographic Lineage platform is not only relevant to Dance, but can serve as a template that can be utilized in other disciplines, from music to physics, to capture their own lineage. www.choreographiclineage.buffalo.edu

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ACV Labs 360 degree vehicle imagery drives vehicle sell thru. A trivial proof of concept of 360 degree imagery collection by low framerate video and then presentation in an image carousel on web has been completed in a hackathon at ACV. We wish to expand on this by (1) developing a method for normalized distance walkaround 360-degree automobile imagery via video with video stabilization. Walkaround at a normalized distance may be achieved by vehicle object detection and distance estimation from that detection informing the operator, by depth measurement for distance estimation leveraging depth streaming on iOS whether stereoscopic or LIDAR based to inform the operator, or by faking the distance normalization by vehicle detection and normalizing the frames/images so that the car’s size is normal as a post-processing technique. (2) In addition we wish to develop a technique to better automatically quantify damage to a vehicle rather than relying on subjective vehicle inspector estimates. We suggest this may be performed via registration of close images in images of the vehicle at distance and via quantification of the damage area in depth data, again stereoscopic or LIDAR based on iOS. Image registration is a solved problem; however, the technique to capture a close image: angle of capture, close distance, etc. of vehicle damage so that it may be well registered in an image of the vehicle at distance is seemingly nontrivial. We expect the difficulty would be confounded by the prevalence of reflective surfaces on vehicles. We expect the focus of these projects to be more on algorithms. Students will have the opportunity to work on iOS if they pursue depth-based approaches. These are exciting open-ended research projects, and we look forward to working with you on them!

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In spring 2019, a group of computer science students worked on creating a searchable database that documents the type and amount of biological (urine, blood, etc) and environmental (soil, water) samples collected as part of a school cohort study in Uruguay. The project is well advanced and has good amount of documentation but needs to be optimized and finished.

What might the team need to succeed?
The database is meant to be accessed via a web portal; the login for research team members is not completed. Data entry features need to be tested; queries need to be optimized.

What sort of team will it take?
Programmers and web designers.

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A rental market place for day to day transactions. Our mobile and web-based market place would decrease the need for purchases, help people make money on stuff that they own and don't want to sell.

What might the team need to succeed?
To be able to create a platform that facilitates transactions between users in order to be able to raise Venture Capital.

What sort of team will it take?
It will take a team that would belive in the idea. Have app development and website development knowledge.

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An app that connects performers with personalities to those hiring private entertainment. Dancers, singers, comedians, chefs, MCs, acrobats, clowns, anyone with a talent that can contribute to an energetic atmosphere of an event. In-home, at a corporate party, or even at public events, this app allows you to view reviews on potential entertainers, set up dates and locations, and negotiate and make payments. This could potentially be expanded to any human service: cleaning, yard work, etc.

What might the team need to succeed?
Programming a phone app. Legal side of making payments through an app. Account for the app store.

What sort of team will it take?
Mostly computer programmers, perhaps someone with some graphic design experience.

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The Buffalo Botanical Gardens uses a UB Student designed and built website and plant database, that is stable and functional, but needs serious improvement and enhancement. The website is here: http://71.186.160.170/website11a/ All technical details as to its current design and construction are here: https://cse.buffalo.edu/~mikeb/Gardens.html The database currently has 4000 plant entries, searchable and viewable by anyone, but editable only with a login username and password. Of particular interest are the SEARCH screen, and the VIEW screen. Please see the ABOUT page for instructions on how to search and view. Enhancements will be made to the EDIT page, VIEW, and SEARCH; and new development is needed to provide picture browsing capability and automated backup.

What might the team need to succeed?
The current and end product will involve web access to a SQLServer database. The Botanical Gardens currently has a functional, powerful server that will host the end product. General knowledge of databases, active server pages, Microsoft Visual Studio, and C++/Java (very similar to C#). Specific knowledge of SQLServer, ASP.NET, SQL, C# specifically, is helpful, but can be learned.

What sort of team will it take?
A team that is comfortable with incremental development with close customer contact. This project might be of interest because it can be built piece-by-piece on top of a stable and working foundation. The database need not change, and current web pages can simply exist alongside new improved ones. The entire database and development environment can be placed on a laptop, and migrated to the Botanical Gardens’ server, tested in a benign state and then published to the public (a very risk-free approach).

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The Desktop Audio Situational Awareness device monitors the surrounding environment for active audio sources including speech and other audio events. The device is intended to enable the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) to know when someone is speaking, what they are saying and where they are located in group discussions such as in the classroom, workplace and at social gatherings. Detailed information is at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~mikeb.

What might the team need to succeed?
Using the ReSpeaker Core 2 microphone array and audio processor, this project aims to produce a table-top device and mobile app system to aid the hard-of-hearing and deaf to participate in crowded conversation.

What sort of team will it take?
Proficiency in embedded C++ and Android app development, and the desire to improve the quality of life of a particular population in need.

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I would like to develop a mobile application that makes it easy for elementary/middle school students to scan papers and post them to a network location with minimal/no teacher intervention. The simple application will use the camera on a mobile device (or a classroom scanner) to take a picture of a student’s paper (the simple app will consist of a viewer to center the image and a single button to collect the image). However, instead of simply dropping the scanned image into local memory or a standard network dropbox, I want to develop a system that identifies students based on information written at the top of each paper and then stores the image in a predefined network location for each student without teacher intervention. While this can be accomplished by having students place QR codes or ID stickers at the top of a page (or by printing papers with unique barcodes for each student), I would like to use OCR or machine learning techniques to identify a student based on what he/she writes to simplify the process for teachers. While the description above presents the core idea, I have additional ideas to expand the basic program concept that I will be happy to discuss at a future point. And, I am aware of similar software solutions in business, I have not found my applications that address the specific needs of the k-12 classroom. Thank you for considering my proposal.

What might the team need to succeed?
I am a graduate of the geography program at the University at Buffalo. I have experience working with students at the university level to develop programs of this nature. The proposed application may be released on the app store, or integrated into a larger-scale program concept that I am developing with a colleague. The program will need a mobile application to capture and process the imagery, and a server/database system for organizing and filing the scanned images.

What sort of team will it take?
The team will need programmers with experience developing mobile applications and a background/interest in OCR and Machine Learning with mobile interfaces). The team will also need programmers with back-end database/server experience and interest. In addition, I am interested in exploring hardware solutions to this problem apart from mobile devices (e.g., developing a simple low-cost scanner that could be placed in an elementary school classroom w/ very simple functionality for students).

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Tesserae is a UB Classics – Linguistics web tool project to find subtle similarities in literary texts written in English, Ancient Greek, and Latin. It allows for the discovery and analysis of trends in how language is used. This project is to integrate existing Part-of-Speech (POS) parsers for English, Greek, and Latin into the new Tesserae Version 5 Python codebase to make POS an analyzable language feature. This will allow Tesserae research to combine POS with other analyzable language features in order to create a search for textual similarity that is more sensitive and closer to human recognition of textual similarity.

What might the team need to succeed?
The code for the latest version of Tesserae (Version 5), to go live in spring 2020, is at (https://github.com/tesserae/tesserae-v5). The Classical Language Toolkit has part of speech parsers for Greek (http://docs.cltk.org/en/latest/greek.html#pos-tagging) and Latin (http://docs.cltk.org/en/latest/latin.html#pos-tagging). Tesserae has a development server for use by the project team.

What sort of team will it take?
Several backend engineers with experience / willingness to work with LINUX, Python, MongoDB, NLP tools (NLTK, CLTK), API architecture. Interest in collaborating with existing team of experienced student engineers.

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Tesserae is a UB Classics – Linguistics web tool project to find subtle similarities in literary texts written in English, Ancient Greek, and Latin. It allows for the discovery and analysis of trends in how language is used. This project is to replicate and improve an existing display for the examination of textual similarity. The current Version 3 full-text display shows two full texts one on each side of the screen, with the parallel phrases highlighted. The first task is converting existing PHP code for this display to the Javascript React framework. The second task is augmentation to provide new, specified functionality. The new display should allow users to click on highlighted words in one text on one side of the screen and have the second text on the other side of the screen move to the respective parallel phrase(s).

What might the team need to succeed?
Github has the code for both the current Tesserae website (Version 3) (https://github.com/tesserae/tesserae) with the existing display and the revised version of the website to go live in spring 2020 (Version 5) (https://github.com/tesserae/tesserae-v5) into which the code for this project will fit. Tesserae has a development server for use by the project team.

What sort of team will it take?
Frontend designers and coders familiar with PHP and React.

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MyDesign is a website that helps students visualize the theme of their dorm rooms. They will see an array of items on the website and save them to drag into a 3D view of their room. They’ll be able to move, add, and remove their items until satisfied enough to drop all of their items into their shopping cart all at once.

What might the team need to succeed?
A website and data required to create 3D models of the items listed on the site.

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We are building Neunet, an AI-powered B2B agnostic job matching platform. We are using artificial intelligence (natural language processing/neural networks) and emotional intelligence to intelligently match candidates with employment opportunities. Through the use of neural networks, we hope to design a learning system that will evolve into a more intelligent system for hiring. But it is our goal to develop a meritocratic system for hiring to help companies hire responsibly and give the best candidates an equal chance no matter who that may be so we are thinking of ways to remove algorithmic biases in our models.

What might the team need to succeed?
AI Developers with skills in either natural language processing or neural networks.

What sort of team will it take?
A team with a passion for the problem of not just solving algorithmic biases but a passion for wanting more diversity and inclusion in professions where historically there hasn't been.

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Anastocare is a symptom monitoring and diagnostic app that can be used to detect the presence of an abdominal leak. The app, paired with a smartwatch, will monitor the patient's symptoms and vitals and use an algorithm to calculate the likelihood of them experiencing a leak, and then send them to the hospital if necessary.

What might the team need to succeed?
In order to bring this idea to reality, we need people who can design an app that will prompt the user to take daily symptoms tests and design an algorithm based on predefined data which can determine the patient's likelihood of experiencing a leak. The final product will be an app compatible with a smartwatch that can also send data to medical professionals in the hospital.

What sort of team will it take?
We are looking for programmers and those interested in medicine, diagnostics, and saving lives to undertake this project. The team must have an innovative mindset and the desire to help make a difference.

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Aphra SP : Smart Mirror For a few years on the side, we were building "magic mirrors" with the use of Raspberry Pi's and the use of MIT's MagicMirror software. Essentially this is a monitor behind a one way mirror showing the user their face but also various data suited to the user's needs in a form factor slightly larger than the average tablet. While doing this we came across problems and realizations. The first problem was the software was very limiting and hard for common people to understand without knowledge of basic Linux commands which in turn made the gui hard for ordinary people to use. An example would be us creating a mirror for someone in the Buffalo area but if they moved to somewhere outside the Buffalo area, they would need to go in and use Linux command line to change various items being shown on their screen representing their area. There was no plug and play. The next problem we found was the target audience. For most the mirror was liked but could only really be used by people with a technical background thus severely limiting the audience due to most not having a strong technical background. And for the final problem, we had a realization that nobody was mass manufacturing smart mirrors, there has been various demos that were just that, demos. With the realization that smart home appliances are a rapidly growing sector, we started planning. With that came solutions to our problems. First and foremost was creating an easy to use gui that would possibly be based off Android and in turn have it's own app to sell on various stores for phone compatibility. This would open the market to a wider audience that lacks coding skills due to easy accessibility. The idea is the only thing the user would have to setup is their wifi as soon as they receive the mirror which once done will automatically always have their data based off location and other factors ready with them being able to customize the user experience in an easy and limited way taking out any need for the user to know code and use through a touch screen, motion gesturing, or an app that allows control through the users phone instead of keyboard and mouse plugged into it. With that comes various applications to make the audience wider such as using AI and AR for a real time cosmetology software that would help people do their makeup and hair near perfect without having to go to a beauty shop from the comfort of their own home. Coupled with hardware behind the mirror such as cameras, various sensors, mics, audio, and lighting, this gives the user more uses for the item beyond basic data such as time and weather. The idea is to craft a quality smart mirror that can be built at a low enough cost and still be a quality product. Taking into account that the basic magic mirror uses a raspberry pi wouldn't be realistic due to price, size, and features. A custom pcb built for use of only needed accessories with most likely an arm/qual processor and at least 4gb of ddr4/5 ram to mass produce which in turn would be smaller and cheaper to mass produce than a preexisting smart board. The product would be inspired from: For looks, design, marketing, and product quality. This company had gone under due to mismanagement. https://www.instagram.com/amirohsmartmirror/ For what the software should be similar to but in real time. Panasonic only used this as a test demo and never pursued it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQ9yqM4et4 They would come in tiers with price points listed below Bottom tier : controlled via phone app at around $250.00 Mid Tier : controlled via touch screen at around $350.00 Halo Tier : controlled via motion gesturing/hands free at around $450.00

What might the team need to succeed?
A strong background in their respective fields, drive, hunger, motivation and various types of support that can be offered through UB and other entities.

What sort of team will it take?
This will certainly need programmers, various types of engineers, financial, and possibly medical people to help build and become apart of.

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Look the Partâ„¢ connects viewers with styles worn by their favorite TV characters.

What might the team need to succeed?
Create a mobile app/MVP that will ultimately be released on the App Store. We currently have a prototype and monetization model in place - get ready to hit the ground running! :)

What sort of team will it take?
Developers who are able to build off the current design vision (accessible via our prototype). Students who are ready to have fun, build something with real world implications, and hopefully eager to learn from our founder's expertise in entertainment (video games, music) and tech.

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Nao is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics, which was acquired by SoftBank Group in 2015 and rebranded as SoftBank Robotics. https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/nao Of particular interest is this page: https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/solutions/teach-and-learn and from Wikipedia: Nao robots have been used for research and education purposes in numerous academic institutions worldwide. As of 2015, over 5,000 Nao units are in use in more than 50 countries. The Nao robot is controlled by a specialised Linux-based operating system, dubbed NAOqi.[4] The OS powers the robot's multimedia system, which includes four microphones (for voice recognition and sound localization), two speakers (for multilingual text-to-speech synthesis) and two HD cameras (for computer vision, including facial and shape recognition). The robot also comes with a software suite that includes a graphical programming tool dubbed Choregraphe, a simulation software package and a software developer's kit. Nao is furthermore compatible with the Microsoft Robotics Studio, Cyberbotics Webots, and the Gostai Studio (URBI). THIS PROJECT: Buffalo Academy of Science Elementary School (BuffSci) is looking for a collaboration to explore a futuristic education and companion program using the Nao robot. “We envision using Nao robots to improve student participation, engage students and enhance learning outcomes in an urban elementary school environment. We imagine that robots sit together with students, participate in lessons and group activities by answering questions, asking questions and celebrating classmates' achievements. Robot friends could also participate in games and recess time activities. They can act as role models for classroom rules (e.g. Nao never speaks without raising its hand and getting permission, Nao actively listens to the teacher during instruction, Nao says please and thank you, Nao is nice to his friends ...etc). Our robot friends may also provide counseling to students who are having a rough day, they may talk and listen to the students (we are wondering if talking to a robot is more effective than talking to an adult… adults seem like an authority but robots could be as a nonjudgmental friend who understands and listen). “ FUTURE: (1.) “We can use Nao to measure teaching and learning quality. We can let Nao learn with their classmates from the teacher and then we can measure the learning level. By placing multiple robots into multiple classrooms and schools, we may compare the quality of teaching by measuring how much our robots learn from the teacher at the end of the year. This future project is complex and involves multiple factors, and it involves pushing the limits of artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms.” (2.) Nao can be used as a companion for the shut-in elderly: greeting them, socializing, and asking relevant medical questions, then processing the answers and alerting family and caregivers to resultant concerns.

What might the team need to succeed?
Program the Nao robot to interact meaningfully with grade school students

What sort of team will it take?
Machine learning, robotics, social relevance and interaction

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Currently, there is no easy way for organizations to read and translate documents. Billions of dollars of errors happen in medical facilities and businesses due to miscommunication.

What might the team need to succeed?
Solution: • Implement a mobile app that allows users to easily upload documents (images or pdfs), detect unstructured text, and digitize the structured text. This can be implemented using the Google Vision API as well as a front-end UI optimized for Android mobile and tablet edge devices. • The translation can be enabled using Google’s Cloud Translation Service. • Insightful text analysis from unstructured text can be accomplished using the Google Natural Language API. Execution: • Week 1 – Architecture diagram as well as UI of the mobile application • Week 2, 3, 4 – Image detection of unstructured text (front-end & back-end) • Week 5, 6 – Translation of unstructured text (front-end & back-end) • Week 7, 8 – Analysis of unstructured text (front-end & back-end) • Week 9, 10 – Integration, testing & deployment of 1.0 in the Google Play Store • Week 11, 12, 13, 14 – Bug fixes and enhancements as necessary Agile Delivery (One-week sprints) • Bi-weekly standups (~15 mins each) • Weekly backlog grooming & sprint planning (~20 mins) • Weekly Retro (~20 mins) • Weekly 1:1 coaching & mentoring sessions with all of the engineers on the team (~20 mins) • Industry leading tools for collaboration (Google Cloud, AWS, Bit, MS Teams, Jira, Trello)

What sort of team will it take?
1 front-end engineer (Android) 3 back-end engineer with background in NLU/ML implementations

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Good relationships are built on understanding, communication and trust. We all know that only happens face-to-face, whether in person or on Zoom! This application will provide a way for individuals to meet with others one-on-one to see if there is that ‘CLICK’. We provide a way for individuals to meet with others one-on-one to see if there is that ‘CLICK’! Our events have always been in-person, but as we are in unprecedented times now, this next event will be VIRTUAL! If you are interested in the ‘Virtual CLICK’ service, please provide us with a brief description of yourself (1-2 lines) and a picture. To remind everyone as to how this works, please see below. ‘VIRTUAL CLICKS’ • Each event is unique in that it is solely dependent on the participants, but potential ‘CLICKS’ could occur with individuals from past events. • Behind the scenes, time is spent on connecting people outside the normal in person event to see if potential matches can be made with previous participants. • Criteria is met and the ice is broken as there is a common denominator of having attended at least 1 in person event. • First step is to download the app (under development) via exclusive invite only. • Then, review individual descriptions and pictures and CLICK on interested individuals. • If mutually approved, only then is contact info exchanged resulting in a ‘Virtual CLICK’!

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Taking your phone out of your pocket to text can be troublesome. We want to change that by building a glove that can translate midair finger motions to typed text. This will allow a user to type while walking without having to take out their phones. We plan on using Flex Sensors to respond to the bending of the fingers, and an Arduino Uno microcontroller. If we ever decide to add A.I. functionality, we can use a Raspberry Pi and Python to run more complex programs, To ensure that different people will be able to use the device consistently, we will implement individualized user calibration. Using this prototype will allow us to easily add more complex functionality in the future.

What might the team need to succeed?
Sufficient planning, funding, dedication, and research into the applications beyond just the hardware in the device.

What sort of team will it take?
Electrical/Mechanical engineers and computer scientists for physical assembly and programming.

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The Resident Assistant Virtual Training tool provides Residence Life departments with a virtual reality experience for training resident assistants in their respective university’s compliance/policies and procedures. Students make their way through a virtual residence hall and work through various scenarios and situations that they would encounter in a real-life emergency or crisis response situation.In conjunction with the Residence Life’s compliance and policies, we build that information into the virtual world, and students can then engage in the scenario and use the schools’ policies and procedures to guide how they would respond to a situation. A student can only move on to the next level once they successfully meet the requirements of the previous level. On the back end, there is an algorithm that keeps track of how many successful/unsuccessful attempts a student has made and will log information so that a supervisor can work directly on improving that student’s skill(s)

What might the team need to succeed?
The final project will be able to be experienced via a web app and/or a VR Headset. To begin with, this project needs: Software engineers, programmers, and creatives. Once launched, I will eventually need marketing and branding. I also want folks who have a desire to learn and be engaged in the learning process, a desire to work in video game design, and most importantly, a healthy disregard for the impossible!

What sort of team will it take?
Team members who are willing to take the risk to build out Virtual Learning Environments Team member that is experienced or willing to learn the Unity Platform (not a requirement) Team members who are engaged in the learning process and don’t mind a few bumps in the road

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As society continues to change and the world begins to adapt to the new norms that are presenting themselves, it is important for people to have a platform where they can freely speak their thoughts about tough topics. People come from diverse cultures and backgrounds that contribute a multitude of different perspectives; these perspectives deserve to be shared amongst one another in order to produce meaningful, progressive conversations. The Real Talk platform is designed to be the stepping stone for those conversations. Founders Janelle Fore, Sonya Tareke, and Malkijah Griffiths want to design a platform for people from all walks of life to come together and have an open discussion surrounding issues they may not have the opportunity to talk about anywhere else.

What might the team need to succeed?
The app will either be mobile and need an account to be released to the app store or a web app that will need hosting. We want to use the app for anyone to use anywhere, as well as ease of use. There will be multiple servers so that there can be multiple conversations going on simultaneously.

What sort of team will it take?
A team of computer programmers/engineers that are equipped with knowledge about app development. Being adept with communication skills is proffered but no required.

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The TimeCapsule app. is a digital scrap book. Using the idea of digital tree rings to help store memories. TimeCapsule Family Connections records our clients in 360 video so they can save a legacy for either later in life or for their family. This app. will be something that everyone can use, but, it will help TimeCapsule make our videos more accessible to our clients. An extension of this project is the virtual reality headset that we would like to create later in our timeline, but we would love to add to this project if that is of interest and time allows. We would like the app. to be able to be used on an oculus headset. We also have a first draft of what we thought the app. should look like, but we are always open to new ideas.

What might the team need to succeed?
The team will need an account for the app. stores and an Oculus.

What sort of team will it take?
It will take programmers and if we build the headset, engineers.

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Curbside recycling has been around since the 80’s and still remains complicated and convoluted. There are 3 major problems with the way we recycle today - 1. Education 2. Engagement 3. Economics Education - America has a decentralized recycling system where most municipalities set their own recycling rules. Cities often hire their own privatized recycling companies that implement the recycling rules. As a result, what is recyclable in one city is not always recyclable in another. We lack the education to recycle correctly. Engagement - Amongst the developed nations, America has the lowest recycling rate at 34%. Only 9% of the plastics ever produced have been recycled globally. The remainder end up polluting our land and water. Economical - Recycling is not an economical option today. 1 in 4 items we put into the recycling bin is trash. Recycling companies have to filter through that trash and they charge cities more money for it. As a result, more and more cities are looking at their bottom line rather than the environmental benefits. truee recycle is a smart recycling education app that takes human error out of recycling. The app is programmed based on your geolocation so you don’t have to memorize your city’s recycling rules and regulations. When you are unsure if something is recyclable, you can search by typing or taking a picture of your item and the app will search our product library. The app will tell you whether or not the item is recyclable in your city and how to recycle it properly. truee recycle is guaranteed to clean up local curbside recycling bins and make recycling easy.

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This project is from a small silicon valley startup whose four founders all have previous successful exits. The goal is to produce a platform which can support, among other things, a socially-enabled topics handler and manager with an emphasis on simplicity and usability with data ownership squarely in the hands of the end user. The initial implementation should be web based with a robust database built for high transaction rates and speedy response while the whole application can be scaled both horizontally and vertically. Categorization of topics should be easy using a well known, established taxonomy. There must be provisions for an easy way to update the taxonomy when the authoritative source changes. Ideally, the user interface for categorization will support autocomplete discovery. In summary: 1) identify at least one well-established taxonomy which can be referenced directly or used as a source to create and maintain our own, thus defining a data base architecture which can be developed to support rapid and flexible access by the end user; 2) define and develop a user interface which facilitates simple and rapid categorization of topics of interest.

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CouchHustlers is a national fantasy sports league. The format is similar to European soccer. Managers take control of a team that represents a city (example: Buffalo or Boston) and compete against each other for money. Top teams move into a “champions league” and the worst teams get relegated to a lower division for the following season. Each major sport (football, basketball, hockey, and baseball) will boast its own professional league, with several divisions each. This platform differs from other fantasy sports platforms in that it will be based around city camaraderie and the social media presence of top managers. Fantasy fans from all over will be able to follow their favorite players throughout the sports season.

What might the team need to succeed?
This project will require the creation of an interactive website similar to that of ESPN Fantasy Football or DraftKings. The website also needs to be able to store data (such as game scores and standings) in a database. It would also be helpful to have financial wizards to help determine what sort of entry fees will be required to cover expenses. In the future, I plan to create a mobile app as well, but if for the purposes of this project, I would like a website.

What sort of team will it take?
This project requires a committed team of talented website coders and designers. The website must be able to interact with data from professional sports leagues in real time. Computer science majors versed in database creation and management would be a major boon as well. I would be on hand to provide direction and field questions throughout project development.

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UB's Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations would like to have an app created that would be marketed to the UB community: students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The app would contain special discounts for the UB community from businesses, both local and national. The goal of the app will be twofold: 1) it will allow the university to bring in revenue by selling promotional discount ads to businesses and 2) the ads will help the UB community save money when they use these discounts.

What might the team need to succeed?
-It would be a mobile app available in the app store -Users would need to use a valid buffalo.edu email address to sign up for it -The app will be free for users -Businesses would pay to have their discounts listed in the app -Corporate and Foundation Relations will be responsible for selling ad space and adding business discounts/ads to the app -The plan would be for the app to be used for many years to come -We envision that Student Life and the UB Alumni Association will help with the marketing and promotion of the app -We are exploring the possibility of UB marketing students also working on this project to come up with a marketing plan

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