Fifteen scholars, eleven capstones.
Below is the Spring 2026 roster of CSCI 455 / 555 · Generative AI for Software Development. The course was first offered in Spring 2025; this year is the second cohort. Each card opens that student's capstone page.
The fifteen, in order of enrollment.
Sorted by student number. Each card shows preferred name, group, capstone, and graduating status. Two scholars return for senior year — Jack and Krishna. The rest cross the stage on Saturday.
Aidan Basloe Aidan
Stock Investment AIAn algorithmic stock-prediction interface with explainable retrieval-grounded recommendations. Final project · Finance & markets
Sam Bennett Sam
BURT++A bug-report assistant that translates non-technical user complaints into actionable engineering tickets. Final project · Dev tools · QA
Nathaniel Callabresi Nathaniel
Multimodal Video IndexingNatural-language search over video archives that replaces flawed metadata-only retrieval. Final project · Search · multimedia
Alan Gonzalez Osorio Alan
Sports Betting ArbitrageAimed to flag cross-sportsbook arbitrage in real time. Domain understanding was strong; the build did not reach a working prototype. Final project · Sports · risk
James He James
PlotForgeNatural-language plotting interface for non-analysts. The audience was clear; the differentiation against existing tools was not. Final project · Tooling · data
Walker Hyman Walker
AI-Powered Job SearchIdentified a real pain point in fragmented career tooling. Lacked the competitor analysis and sizing the brief required. Final project · Career · jobs
Alice Ji Alice
GenAI Claim VerificationRead as a paper on RAG-based fact-checking rather than a product. The technical core was real; the product framing never landed. Final project · Civic · verification
Jeff Lin Jeff
Stock Investment AIPaired with Aidan on the algorithmic stock-prediction capstone. Final project · Finance & markets
Abby Schwall Abby
W&M Degree MapA planning tool for liberal-arts students navigating complex general-education requirements. Final project · Education · planning
Jack Stawasz Jack
PlotForgePaired with James on the plotting interface. Worked on the front-end iteration loop. Final project · Tooling · data
Krishna Swaminathan Krishna
RAG Rules · Ultimate FrisbeeA retrieval-augmented rules interpreter for self-officiated Ultimate Frisbee matches. Final project · Sports · rules
Yibarek Tadesse Yibarek
CodeCasterCoding assistant aimed at social-science students. Scenario was vivid; market analysis and differentiation under-built. Final project · Education · code
Camly Tran Camly
GenAI Claim VerificationPaired with Alice on the retrieval pipeline; led the evidence-ranking experiments. Final project · Civic · verification
Lily Walker Lily
Multimodal Video IndexingPaired with Nathaniel on natural-language search over video archives. Final project · Search · multimedia
Carter Williamson Carter
Youth Sports RegistrationA multilingual youth-sports registration platform with strong accessibility focus. Final project · Civic · community
Eleven groups, nine domains.
Each group chose a real problem, scoped a system, and built something that runs. Eleven projects, nine domains.