Designing a Service for Communication Within Neighbourhoods

> highlights

Main outcome: Designed an interactive prototype of a service for communication within neighbourhoods as a part of VK.com ecosystem (the largest social networking site in Russia)

• Conducted a brainstorming workshop (with 11 participants) to identify main user needs and problems
• Identified additional problems and topics of discussion using computational text analysis (LDA)
• Formulated push and pull factors, job stories and product vision
• Performed UX testing by conducting 5 semi-structured interviews

_{Note: this project is not affiliated with VK.com and presents my vision of non-existent product.}

Presentation file is available in the repository, here or via QR:

> tech & tools

• Interactive prototype: Figma
• Brainstorming workshop, mind mapping: Miro
• Topic modelling: Python (pandas, beautifulsoup, VK API, LDA)

> other info

What is it: Graduation thesis
Grade: 10/10, A+ 👩‍💻
Field of study: Applied Mathematics and Informatics
Degree programme: Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction
Period: Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
Supervisor: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Alexander Sirotkin