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Browser-Based Workgroup Collaboration (Spring 2001) IPRO 371-471: Browser-Based Workgroup Collaboration IPRO371-471 Spring2001 Final Presentation
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Browser-Based Workgroup Collaboration (Spring 2001) IPRO 371-471: Browser-Based Workgroup Collaboration IPRO371-471 Spring2001 Final Presentation
Date
2001, 2001-05
Description
The objective of this project is to identify, evaluate and recommend a browser-based workgroup collaboration tool. The IPRO team will develop...
Show moreThe objective of this project is to identify, evaluate and recommend a browser-based workgroup collaboration tool. The IPRO team will develop a requirement definition for a browser-based workgroup collaboration tool by interviewing selected personnel at General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). Using this requirement definition, candidate solutions will be identified and evaluated. Based on a combination of factors, including weighted requirements, adherence to technology standards, and cost of implementation, the team will recommend at least two alternative solutions. The recommendation should identify the preferred solution and suggest a negotiating strategy and a deployment strategy for that solution. At the end of the project, the team will be able to provide a requirement definition, weighted by importance, an evaluation matrix depicting each solution considered, a summary evaluation of each solution considered, and a recommendation of the software, hardware, negotiating strategy and deployment strategy for two possible solutions.
Sponsorship: General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Project Plan for IPRO 371-471: browser-Based Workgroup Collaboration for the Spring 2001 semester
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INFORMATION VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR ONLINE IDENTITY PRESENTATION: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH
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INFORMATION VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR ONLINE IDENTITY PRESENTATION: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH
Creator
Mahmud, Athir
Date
2016, 2016-07
Description
Information visualization offers a unique method to assist users in understanding large quantities of data, such as that which is found in...
Show moreInformation visualization offers a unique method to assist users in understanding large quantities of data, such as that which is found in social media. The recent surge in the use of social media platforms, the abundance of data generated, and the implications about what this data means has made it increasingly necessary to provide feedback to these users about what they and others are presenting online. Thus, it is critical for these individuals to access this information and gain some level of visual understanding regarding their own identities or that of a particular group. This dissertation is organized in the format of a three-paper dissertation. Chapter 1 is the introduction for the subsequent three chapters and provides background on information visualization and identity presentation in social media, while exploring theoretical approaches to visual perception and design. Chapter 2 demonstrates a variety of past and current multidimensional information visualization techniques that are relevant to social media data, as related to online identity presentation. The overview includes data portraits, motion-based visualization, music visualization, and textual structures. Chapter 3 introduces CarrinaCongress, an information visualization dashboard that affords users with the ability to compare two members of Congress in order to better understanding the elected officials’ tweets and external information. Chapter 4 presents HadithViz, a motion-based information visualization dashboard that borrows from video game interfaces and focuses on event-based tweets, as defined by hashtags related to sexism in the video gaming industry. Finally, Chapter 5 is the conclusion to this dissertation and will summarize the three individual studies, discuss limitations and implications, and provide recommendations that future work consist of simple, accessible visualizations that are based on existing visual languages and can be interpreted by a wide-ranging audience.
Ph.D. in Technical Communication, July 2016
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Financialization in the Structured Products Market
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Financialization in the Structured Products Market
Creator
Zhu, Lizi
Date
2023
Description
This dissertation aims to study financialization in the structured products market. The structured products market has been undergoing a major...
Show moreThis dissertation aims to study financialization in the structured products market. The structured products market has been undergoing a major transformation in recent years. The market used to mainly serve institutional investors. However, as a few trading platforms powered by fintech companies emerged on the horizon, more and more banks are starting to compete in this market. The average trade size has also been declining significantly, thereby making the market increasingly accessible to retail investors. What are the factors that facilitate the development of this market? What are the economic incentives of issuers and investors? How do issuers compete? What does the future hold for this market? The main finding of this dissertation is that structured products provide utility to retail investors; As the level of risk aversion increases, an investor increasingly prefers structured products to other traditional asset classes; issuers develop three sources of competitive advantage to be a satisficer; the rise of fintech and improvement of financial education are the key to opening this market to retail investors.
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