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Featured Projects

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Saving Face

The Saving Face app alerts users when they touch their faces and provides a low-cost solution to reduce hand-to-face transmission of COVID-19.

Keywords: Machine learning, data science, research, signal processing

More: Video, Project Website, Open Source Code

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Data for Diabetes

Minerva Analysis equips type I diabetics with tools to regulate their blood glucose levels and improve their health outcomes.

Keywords: Data science, full-stack development

More: Project Website

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AI Fairness 360

The AI Fairness 360 toolkit is an open source library to detect and mitigate bias in machine learning models throughout the AI lifecycle.

Keywords: Trustworthy AI, data science, R package development

More: Project Website, Open Source Code, Documentation

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News Nutrition Label

The search engine “nutrition label” is a browser extension that helps users distinguish credible from suspect media sources.

Keywords: Data Science, research, web scraping

More: Press

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ALGRTHM

The ALGRTHM project produces computer vision algorithms to effectively distinguish and classify different editions of pokemon cards.

Keywords: Machine learning, computer vision

More: Report

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COVID-19 Tracker

The COVID-19 Tracker is a dashboard that enables users to visualize the latest trends in COVID-19 cases and deaths across the United States.

Keywords: Data visualization, dashboarding, R Shiny

More: Dashboard, GitHub Code

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Publications, Presentations, Posters

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Publications

Rojas, C., [et al., including Van Tuyl, M.], “A Scalable Solution for Signaling Face Touches to Reduce the Spread of Surface-based Pathogens.” Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1-22.

Arumainayagam, C., [et al., including Van Tuyl, M.], “Detection of Methoxymethanol as a Photochemistry Product of Condensed Methanol.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, vol. 485, no. 1, 2019, pp. 19-23.

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Presentations

Van Tuyl, M., & Palani, S. “Spicelake: A Reusable Edge-to-Cloud System.” Conference presentation presented at ADI Global Technical Conference, Boston, MA, April 2025.

Van Tuyl, M., & Kuzina, E. “Both Sides of the Hiring Process: Perspectives from a Software Engineering Manager and a Recent Hire.” Conference presentation presented at Grace Hopper Celebration, Orlando, FL, September 2023.

Van Tuyl, M. “Saving Face: A Gesture Recognition Application to Fight the Spread of COVID-19.” Conference presentation presented at Wellesley College Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley, MA, May 2021.

Van Tuyl, M., & Kawakami, A. “Googling the News Source: What Users Want to Know When Assessing Credibility.” Conference presentation presented at Wellesley College Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley, MA, May 2019.

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Posters

Van Tuyl, M. “Machine Learning for Gesture Recognition to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission.” Poster session at UMass Amherst Voices of Data Science Conference, Amherst, MA, February 2021.

Van Tuyl, M. “‘Don’t Touch Your Face’: Designing A Scalable Mobile Technology to Support the Fight Against COVID-19.” Poster session at Harvard National Collegiate Research Conference, Cambridge, MA, January 2021.

Van Tuyl, M. “Credibility in the Age of Misinformation: How Internet Users Assess Website Credibility.” Poster presentation at Wellesley College Science Center Summer Research Program, Wellesley, MA, August 2019.

Van Tuyl, M., Zhang, C., & Arumainayagam, C . “First Detection of Methoxymethanol as a Photolysis Product of Methanol.” Poster presentation at the Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference, Boston, MA, April 2018.

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