WVU assistant professor Saiph Savage and UHS student Caroline Anderson
What’s the news?
A trio made up of WVU Statler College faculties and staff members and a high school student have developed @WVUStatlerBot, a twitter account that can post, like, retweet, follow and directly message other accounts automatically. Saiph Savage, Mary Dillon and University High School student Caroline Anderson are merging technology, social media and marketing with this autonomous bot.
Quotes and Comments
“It was important for us that the bot be engaging enough for people to want to use. That was where Caroline’s role came in. She understands better than others the needs of people her age and was empowered to create technology that people would actually use.”--Saiph Savage, assistant professor of Computer Science
“I was attending a conference last spring where the keynote speaker discussed the idea of working with young entrepreneurs on employing new technologies in an organization’s marketing efforts. The more he talked, the more I thought about how Saiph and her work with bots might be able to help us in our social media efforts with prospective students.”—Mary Dillon, Statler College’s Marketing and Communications Director
“I want to create technology that in some way can empower other teens and workers. I found a great outlet in Dr. Savage’s lab to use my skills to create tools that were useful for rural communities, specifically West Virginia.” --Caroline Anderson, University High School student
Resources
Link to original story: University High student creates Twitter bot for WVU’s Statler College
Engineering Week Media Advisory
@WVUStatlerBot on Twitter
Photos available for download
Target Audiences
Prospective and current WVU students
Students and faculty interested in computer science and technology
People interested in social media marketing
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CONTACT:
Mary C. Dillon, Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
304.293.4086, Mary.Dillon@mail.wvu.edu
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