Student Research

数字与计算研究部门提供课程，教任何学科的学生使用数据分析工具来发现文本中的新发现和意义, news media, or social media—that would otherwise have remained hidden.

Summer 2021 DCS Student Research Projects

以下是DCS协调的专业和未成年人科研项目, some of which were featured at Bowdoin's Annual President's Symposium, Family Weekend 2021.

Micaela Simeone '22
感知计算机:增加抽象对程序员体验的影响

A Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship
mentored by Professor Crystal Hall

Evren Uras '23
"How to Erode a Digital Plutocracy for Good"

A Peter J. Grua and Mary G. O'Connell Research Award
under the guidance of Professor Fernando Nascimento

图为参加2019年校长研讨会的学生，他们的项目专门为DCS部门的使命做出了贡献. Pictured clockwise from top left: Jairo Izaguerre '22, Griffin Ng '22, Rose Xi '22, Luca Ostertag-Hill '20, Jack Beckett-Marshall '21

Student Research from Previous Years

Digital & 计算研究专业2021级顶点项目

Reid Brawer '21

Orlando Coyoy Ixquiacche '21

Madeline Rouhana '21

DCS was well-represented at 2019 President's Symposium.

Visit the Bowdoin News recap to learn about the works from other students who presented.

What Could Joshua Chamberlain See At Gettysburg?

Gabriella Papper, Class of 2018

2017年夏天，我和霍尔教授一起回答了“约书亚·张伯伦在葛底斯堡看到了什么”这个问题?” using historical evidence and computational tools.

数字人文学科的方法和工具使我们能够重新考虑葛底斯堡的小圆顶战役. 张伯伦以下令刺刀冲锋而闻名，这一冲锋帮助联邦军防线保住了小圆顶. He is also a prominent figure in Bowdoin’s history. Until now, 张伯伦在战斗中的视线和视角还没有被彻底研究过.

我用可视化软件Gephi创建了张伯伦的通信网络. 使用了九州娱乐城登入特别收藏和档案中提供的500多封原始信件, 我创建了可视化网络，重点关注内战和张伯伦的通信. 吉弗使我们能够重新定位原始信件的目的，以深入了解张伯伦在战斗中决定的人道主义方面. (Visualizations below)

Graph of Joshua Chamberlin's decisions

I then used GIS, a mapping software, 考察小圆顶的地理位置，并比较历史地图和现代地图的准确性. 我创建了一张图片，从张伯伦的位置显示了小圆顶的能见度(如下图所示), green is visible and pink is not). 数字工具必须考虑到这个项目中的变量, 包括张伯伦是蹲着还是站着, what the vegetation was like in July, 1863, and how dense the army line was.

Chamberlin's geographical graphs

Through this research in digital humanities, 通过结合当代工具和历史证据，我能够对张伯伦在小圆顶的愿景进行更丰富的叙述. 这项研究的信息将被纳入一个新的创新课程，作为今年秋天数字和计算研究计划的一部分. I am extremely grateful to Professor Hall, the Gibbons Fellowship, 以及九州娱乐城登入的资源，让我有机会参与这个令人兴奋的新计划.

Faculty Mentor: Professor Crystal Hall

Funded by the Gibbons Fellowship

Digital Study of Gossip in Jane Austen

Title: "A Digital Study of Gossip in Emma."

By: Phoebe Bumsted '17

In Fall 2016 and Spring 2017, 英语和计算机科学专业的学生菲比·布姆斯特德进行了一个独立的研究项目，研究简·奥斯汀小说中的八卦 Emma using digital tools.

Summer 2016 Gibbon's Fellowship

Title: 甜血:美国糖尿病和慢性疾病的历史和本质

By: Wendy Dong '18

最近的历史和研究都表明，慢性病是社会和历史问题, in addition to biological. In this project, 我们关注的是2型糖尿病，并将目标锁定在美国印第安人身上. After collecting all the data needed on this demographic, 我们希望转移到美国的其他少数群体.