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Master's Project Information
The Library provides
bindery services for DSU's Master's projects and keeps copies of all the
projects.
1.
The
DSU
Graduate Programs Office provides guidelines for the Master's
Project.
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2.
Fill out the
Master's
Project Bindery Form
to get your project bound.
(web
form)
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A minimum of two
copies are required to be bound at a cost to you of $10.00 each.
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One copy will be
added to the library's collection and one will be added to the
University Archives.
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You may request
additional copies at the same cost of $10.00 each.
- Add $10.00 for shipping and handling
costs for each mailed copy.
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Please see
Ellen Hoff (605-256-5203) in the
library to drop off your projects.
- Binding does not include printing. To learn about
printing copies on campus and the cost, contact Deb Pauley (deb.pauley@dsu.edu)
at the DSU Production Center.
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3. Examples of quality
master's projects
**Search for Projects in the
Library
Catalog (use the search phrase "masters project"). Local and
distance
students (via interlibrary loan) may check out the projects.
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Research projects:
Title: A Web-based model management system for
managing Biocomplexity
Author: Kanchana Tandekar
Date:
December 2004
Type: Research (Decision support – Model management)
Location: OVERSIZE : AC801 .I54 2004 Tandekar
Description: This project investigated the use of
the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) as a mean to represent mathematical models
thereby facilitating model sharing over the Internet. From a practical
perspective, the project resulted in a web-based system for sharing scientific
models over the Internet. The project is based on research work partially
funded National Science Foundation/EPSCoR Grant No. 0091948 and
by the State of South Dakota.
Title: Issues Related to the use of Open Source Data
Mining Tools.
Author: Srikanth Mudigonda
Date:
July 2003
Type: Research (Data Mining)
Location: OVERSIZE : AC801 .I54 2003 Mudigond
Description: This project researched the issues
related to the use of open source tools designed to aid end-users in their data
mining activities. Two well-known approaches to knowledge discovery in
databases (Rough Sets and Association Rule Mining) were used in conjunction with
open source tools. Analysis showed that the use of these tools may NOT be
appropriate for novice user and that much care must be taken when using these
tools.
Title: Evidence Based Decision Making in Healthcare
- Understanding the Current Information Environment
Author:
Karen Hildebrand
Date:
Summer 2004
Type: Research (Information systems in the Healthcare industry)
Location: OVERSIZE : AC801 .I54 2004 Hildebra
Description: This research project looks to understand what is currently
available in the healthcare system, how this existing info-structure can be
better utilized, and what the future information systems goals of the region
should be.
System development projects
Title: Improving Business Intelligence at the
Washington Pavilion Using Data Warehouse Technology
Author:
Jodi Knutson & Shane Sattler
Date: April 2003
Type: Non-Profit Organization
Location: OVERSIZE : AC801 .I54 2004 Knutson
Description: This project team worked with the
Washington Pavilion of Sioux Falls to develop a plan for implementing a data
warehouse to analyze trends for customer, both ticket buyers and donors. This
team, working on-site developed procedures and processes that were implemented
by the Pavilion staff to help organize and manage their data acquisition and
storage. A unified data model was developed to bring together information
stored on two incompatible information systems. Feedback from the Pavilion staff
was overwhelmingly positive.
Title:
Development,
Maintenance and Software Life Cycle Management of Insurance Claims Loss Data Repository.
Author: Dana Marie Larsen
Date:
Sept. 2003
Type: Private Industry
Location: OVERSIZE : AC801 .I54 2004 Larsen
Description: This project was sponsored by a major
company in the insurance industry. (the name is redacted for security purposes).
A real-world production-ready data repository was developed that provides
insurance users and management confidence in the insurance claim data contents,
complete with data audit controls, validation of data extraction and data loads.
Title: Re-Define
A Healthcare Database System & Its Accessibility Through The Internet
Author:
Sheridan
Xu Zhu
Date:
Fall 2004
Type: Private industry
Location:
OVERSIZE : AC801 .I54 2004 Zhu
Description: This project re-designed and
de-normalized some of the tables in the system into a new database. The newly
designed database greatly improved the database performance in health plan
analysis and reporting and accommodates various regulatory requirements.
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