Tag: Computer Science

Developing The Ancient Graffiti Project (Sara Sprenkle)

Hybrid: this project is scheduled to begin on 6/8/2026 and run for 10 weeks, finishing on 8/14/2026.

Project Description

The Ancient Graffiti Project (AGP) is a major scholarly resource for studying inscriptions written by ancient Romans that has been in development for over a decade. We (Professors Sprenkle and Benefiel) are looking for students to develop new tools and features to continue improving AGP. These new features include being able to search for poetic and religious graffiti, adding an index to link terms to the inscriptions that contain those terms, improving the Pompeii map, offering the site in Spanish and other languages, and an improved pipeline for filtering and searching results.

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Prerequisites

Students should have completed CSCI 209: Software Development.

Special Comments

Project Information (subject to change)

Estimated Start Date: 6/8/2026

Estimated End Date: 8/14/2026

Estimated Project Duration: 10 weeks

Maximum Number of Students Sought: 2

Research Location: Hybrid

Travel Required? No (If “yes”: )

Contact Information: Sara Sprenkle (email: sprenkles@wlu.edu)

Testbed Development for 5G/6G Security Threat Modeling and Experimental Evaluation (Sana Habib)

Hybrid: this project is scheduled to begin on 6/8/2026 and run for 10 weeks, finishing on 8/14/2026.

Project Description

This project will develop a controlled experimental testbed for studying security threats in emerging 5G and early-stage 6G network environments. The testbed will simulate key architectural components of next-generation mobile networks, enabling controlled experimentation with attack scenarios such as denial-of-service, signaling storms, misconfiguration events, and routing anomalies. Students will help deploy containerized network components, implement traffic generation and attack modules, and build monitoring and measurement pipelines. The resulting platform will serve as a reproducible research infrastructure to support future publications and external grant proposals in next-generation network security.

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Prerequisites

• Completion of Computer Networks (or equivalent) • Familiarity with Linux command line • Programming experience in Python

Special Comments

Project Information (subject to change)

Estimated Start Date: 6/8/2026

Estimated End Date: 8/14/2026

Estimated Project Duration: 10 weeks

Maximum Number of Students Sought: 2

Research Location: Hybrid

Travel Required? No (If “yes”: )

Contact Information: Sana Habib (email: shabib@wlu.edu)

CS Fundamentals Studio: Interactive Educational Tool for Computer Science Education (Sana Habib)

Hybrid: this project is scheduled to begin on 6/8/2026 and run for 8 weeks, finishing on 7/31/2026.

Project Description

This project will design and develop modular, interactive educational tools to enhance undergraduate computer science instruction. Students will build browser-based simulators for foundational topics such as stacks, queues, recursion, graph traversal, and introductory cybersecurity concepts. The goal is to create visually engaging tools that support active learning and can be directly integrated into classroom instruction. Participants will collaborate on front-end visualization, backend logic, and usability testing. Final deliverables will include deployable web modules, instructor guides, and classroom-ready activities. The tools will be open-source and designed for long-term use in introductory and intermediate CS courses.

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Prerequisites

• Completion of Data Structures (or equivalent) • Proficiency in Python or JavaScript • Familiarity with basic algorithms (stacks, recursion, graphs) • Interest in computer science education or outreach

Special Comments

Project Information (subject to change)

Estimated Start Date: 6/8/2026

Estimated End Date: 7/31/2026

Estimated Project Duration: 8 weeks

Maximum Number of Students Sought: 2

Research Location: Hybrid

Travel Required? No (If “yes”: )

Contact Information: Sana Habib (email: shabib@wlu.edu)

CLOSED: Examination of Multivariate Gaming Demographics (Elizabeth Matthews)

On campus: this project is scheduled to begin on 6/15/2026 and run for 8 weeks, finishing on 8/7/2026.

Project Description

This is a continuation of research from previous SRS projects. In 2025 we collected a large multivariate data set on various demographical information about people who play video games. Continuation of this project will involve exploratory statistical analysis including, but not limited to, correlation, regression, and clustering. The end goal is to explore nonlinear gaming demographic categories.

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Prerequisites

Must have completed CSCI 209. Familiarity with a statistical programming language (R, Python) is encouraged but not required.

Special Comments

Project Information (subject to change)

Estimated Start Date: 6/15/2026

Estimated End Date: 8/7/2026

Estimated Project Duration: 8 weeks

Maximum Number of Students Sought: 2

Research Location: On campus

Travel Required? No (If “yes”: )

Contact Information: Elizabeth Matthews (email: lmatthews@wlu.edu)