COMET Lab

COnvergent Media and Exploratory Technologies

COMET Lab is an applied research laboratory in the Department of Human-Centered Computing, Luddy School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, where faculty and students work together to deliver web, mobile and interactive media solutions for a range of projects. These include projects submitted by units from the IUPUI campus, external organizations and the community at large.

Upcoming Events

COMET News

Data Visualization Competition

The COMET Lab proudly announces its Data Visualization Competition, aimed at elevating the presentation quality and impact of its data science projects for the public and the Polis Center. The competition calls for each participating group to develop a GitHub visualization page for their project. With support from dedicated data analysts and web designers, this initiative not only promises to enhance the attractiveness of project outputs but also fosters collaborative… Read More »Data Visualization Competition

Featured Project

CDC Wonder Logo

PROJECT OVERVIEW AND AIM:  This project will utilize the CDC WONDER online public health database to access key national datasets for analysis and visualization. The project involves developing a Python Selenium script to automate the data download process from the CDC Wonder website. Requesters provide specific links to download data, and the script takes these links as input. It then automatically downloads the requested data from the provided links. Once… Read More »CDC Wonder API Data

Featured Program

Featured Training

COMET Lab Project Management with GitHub

Prepared by: Hasaranga Jayathilake & Supraja Pericherla In the COMET lab, using GitHub for tracking the project activities assigned to each member may help to give real-world hands-on exposure to each member on how computer-based projects are managed in the industry. This webpage explains how to utilize the project management functions of GitHub for lab operations on managing the project. For a detailed understanding of the features that are available… Read More »COMET Lab Project Management with GitHub