The 2020 Award winners reflect the breadth, diversity and creativity of CMU BXA students:
Yixin He
BCSA, Computer Science and Art
Victo Ngai-ify is a series of art directable stylization shaders that transform 3D scenes and models into an approximation of Victo Ngai’s art style in real time.
Brooke Ley
BCSA, Computer Science and Music Technology
The QueerPGH Podcast is an interview series with queer folks and leaders living in the Pittsburgh Region.
Tiffany Li
BCSA, Computer Science and Art with a minor in Game Design
PolyRhythm Painter is a rhythm-based drawing game inspired by Dance Dance Revolution.
Joyce Wang
BCSA, Computer Science and Drama
Curating the Public Sphere: An Online Ethnographic Study of How Op-eds Initiate Discourse on Twitter uses online ethnography methods to analyze discourse patterns around op-eds shared by major news agencies on Twitter. It aims to inform news professionals in their creation and curation of op-eds on social media, for the goal of facilitating informed public discourse.
Jeena Yin
BCSA, Computer Science and Music Technology with minors in Game Design and Music
Fvsion is an audio-visualization VJ software designed in Max/MSP with live-coded Jitter shaders and JavaScript. It is an intuitive program that visualizes sound and creates organic virtual worlds.