‘Android apps’
EE student connects with The Wond’ry in designing African language app to connect with native roots
Dec. 2, 2021—During his winter break in 2020, sophomore engineering student Wenitte Apiou was struck with an idea that stemmed from his native African roots. In Burkina Faso, West Africa, where Apiou grew up, the national language is French. After moving to the U.S., Apiou realized he hadn’t had the opportunity to learn his family’s native languages,...
Study of Google data collection comes amid increased scrutiny over digital privacy
Nov. 1, 2018—Google may not know whether you’ve been bad or good but it knows when you’re sleeping and when you’re awake. If you use an Android device with the Chrome browser running, the tech giant knows whether you are traveling by foot or car, where you shop, how often you use your Starbucks app and when...
Alum Q&A: OptioLabs’ director of research talks software, Vandy life, fun office space
Oct. 8, 2015—Hamilton Turner didn’t require much assistance while recruiting at the fall Engineering & IT Industry Career Day – the 2010 computer engineering alumnus knows his way around just fine. But his ties to Vanderbilt University run deeper than that. As a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech, his doctoral adviser was Jules White, now a Vanderbilt...
Vanderbilt developer White says Music City Center wayfinding app is just the start
Nov. 12, 2014— You’re attending your first conference at the 1.2 million-square-foot, 16-acre Music City Center. You’ve got to walk from a meeting room on the first floor to the Grand Ballroom on the fourth in 10 minutes. And you’ve just had five cups of coffee. Vanderbilt University’s Jules White has got you covered. His new wayfinder...
Engineering students launch new apps for iPhone, Android
Feb. 8, 2010—Free IPhone and Android apps created to help students navigate campus, find events and dine Finding out where to eat, what’s happening and how to get around are common questions on every college campus. Now at Vanderbilt University, the answers to these questions can be quickly and easily found using new applications developed by Vanderbilt...