Software/Data Analytics

Computer Science at Olin (It Exists)

October 14, 2025 - 2:31PM EDT | Vishnu Eskew

The question I hear the most from prospective students visiting campus is: “Does Olin have a computer science program”? While Olin does not offer a BS in Computer Science, Engineering with Computing (E:C) is the Olin CS adjacent degree and a great opportunity for those looking to separate themselves in the job market.

Data Illuminators: Scalable Data Collection for Nighttime Crosswalk Lighting

Our SCOPE team aimed to provide a streamlined, efficient data collection method and analysis process to inform decisions of street lighting and pedestrian-vehicle safety teams for 2-3 municipalities in Massachusetts and beyond.

Clinical Supply Process Optimization Tool

This year’s SCOPE team worked to create an AI-driven tool that identified opportunities to accelerate the delivery of life-changing treatments and enable data-informed rapid decision making, while limiting clinical supply process risks.

Open-source Biotech Robot Orchestrator ​

The Moderna SCOPE team developed an open-source lab orchestration solution, improving the speed and quality of automated biotech labs. ​

Empower: A Consent Framework for Health Data

The 2024-2025 collaboration between Microsoft Research NERD's Project Resolve team and Olin College’s SCOPE team focused on creating a public-facing consent framework for the community served by flok Health. The project emphasizes secure, ethical data handling practices and seeks to build trust within health communities by prioritizing informed consent.

CV Detection of Powerline Encroachment

LineVision challenged the Olin SCOPE team to investigate the performance capabilities of our next-generation edge infrastructure through the development of a proof-of-concept system for real-time monitoring of the transmission-line right-of-way.

Failure Mode Analysis of NFC Near Plumbing Infrastructure

Our objective was to learn about the possibilities and limitations of modern tools and strategies for near field communication (NFC) in various environments for smartphone-powered IoT. We researched existing technologies and standards, designed a custom PCB, app, and testing rig, and provided data-backed insights to Watts to help their future product designs.

VIEW 2.0: Direct Vision Assessment System

Our SCOPE team collaborated with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the Santos Foundation, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) to reinvent VIEW, a blind-zone measurement tool for vehicles and a crowd-sourced database of blind-zones created by the 2017-2018 SCOPE team. VIEW 2.0 will be used to help design, select, and deploy safer vehicles, demonstrating the importance of direct vision for traffic safety involving vulnerable road users. 

Clinical Supply Study Complexity and Risk Assessment

Our team was tasked with identifying opportunities for improved quantitative analysis for GCS complexity scoring. We leveraged existing data to propose a new complexity model and updated dashboard visualizations to deliver precise metrics to better inform GCS decision making.

High-throughput pH Characterization of Lipid Nanoparticle Formulations

The Olin SCOPE team was tasked with designing a device to perform 96 pH measurements within 15 minutes. This first-in-class technology is an order of magnitude faster than current methods and will greatly expedite the characterization of new formulations.

LineVision Satellite Communications Development Team

Olin’s SCOPE team implemented commercial low bandwidth satellite connectivity compatibility into the LUX system, LineVision’s patented contactless LiDAR scanning service; doing so allows LineVIsion to expand coverage to include remote areas with insufficient cellular coverage. This new system will ultimately improve the capacity, resiliency, and safety of the grid.

Sustainable Investing: Developing a Novel ESG Tool for the Next Generation of Investors

Our SCOPE team developed OVBI (Olin Value Based Investing), an experimental accessible and user-friendly values-based investing tool that could serve as a comprehensive method for evaluating and grading different companies based on their genuine practices.

Amazon Object Manipulation Taxonomy

This year’s SCOPE team created an extensible object taxonomy framework and implemented an integrated active perception system to predict the performance of various object gripping strategies. This system can be used to enable a more diverse range of robot picking form factors and increase accuracy in warehouse operations at Amazon.

Brandeis Rosbash Lab FlyBox Redesign

The 2022-23 Brandeis SCOPE team overhauled the original Roshbash Lab FlyBox's hardware, assembly, and software, creating a robust and polished tool to track the behavior of genetically modified fruit flies over multiday periods.

Dassault Systemes Customer Adoption Experience

The 2022-23 Dassault SCOPE team researched user journeys and created prototypes to reduce the complexity and provide a more seamless onboarding and discoverability experience for current and future customers of 3DEXPERIENCE Works. 

Coin-Test: Open-Source Risk Evaluation for Cryptocurrency Investments

The 2022-23 FCAT SCOPE team developed Coin-Test, a publicly available, open-source Python library that provides a novel approach to evaluating cryptocurrency trading strategies.