Members: Adam Lee, Kartik Subbu, Nick Oakman, and Gabriel Semonis Advisor: Professor Daji Qiao

What We Will be Covering 1. Purpose 2. Proposed Solution 3. Design Layouts 1. Hardware 2. Software 3. Interface 4. Risks and Challenges

Purpose “How many people here actually know where they’re going?”

Purpose “Are you making the most of your time at the career fair?”

Purpose To develop a pervasive system to help students manage their time better while at the job fair by picking out the best booth to go to based on Line length/Congestion Employer/Student requirements

Solution Create a system where students can “check in” at booths to inform system that he/she is waiting in that booth’s respective queue Inform students in which order they should visit booths based on set algorithm

How do we go about this? Students query the server through swipe of RFID card Students are informed via text message, screen display, or printout

Software Client/Server system for check-in/out and text messaging Best fit algorithm for deciding employer visit order Employer’s interface for use on their laptops On-board program Web-interface Terminal printing *Note not all of these will necessarily be implemented in the system

The System

What We’ve Done So Far Tested components of our system Prototype PHP code Web interface prototype MySQL initial database prototype Bought Components and tested them Laptops RFID Readers

What we are planning to do Creating Web Interfaces Finish design of database tables Purchase/obtain more RFID readers Setup Communications Implement fully functional matching algorithm

Using RFID technology, PHP, and a MySQL database the system will help students visit more prospective employers by keeping track of how many people are in the various employer’s lines and sending students to the shortest line based on set criteria. Conclusion 17