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Master Thesis: ShopHero: Make shopping choices sustainable!
Our project “ShopHero” will be a smart shopping tracking and planning coach aiming to increase the awareness about food waste and decreasing the practices related to it: We will track consumers’ shopping behavior automatically via their Cumulus and Supercard logs and try to coach users in becoming more sustainable.
Keywords: Sustainability, nutrition, food, data science, recommender systems
Approximately one third of all food quantities produces for human consumption is either lost or wasted, primarily due to oversupply and inefficient consumer behavior. Also, the production of food is one of the largest contributors to global emission of greenhouse gases, the current public debate on the mitigation of climate change is putting an unprecedented pressure on sellers. Our project “ShopHero” will be a smart shopping tracking and planning coach aim-ing to increase the awareness about food waste and de-creasing the practices related to it: We will track consumers’ shopping behavior automatically via their Cumulus and Supercard logs and try to coach users in becoming more sustainable. For example, users could use a ‘smart’ shop-ping list to plan purchasing sustainably. In order to get the right amounts, they can use a portion calculator or include their favourite recipes. Based on recent shopping data, the app could display warnings, which food items are expected to reach their expiration data soon. We plan to assess user behavior against a control group and want to evaluate the application’s potential to make shopping more sustainable.
Approximately one third of all food quantities produces for human consumption is either lost or wasted, primarily due to oversupply and inefficient consumer behavior. Also, the production of food is one of the largest contributors to global emission of greenhouse gases, the current public debate on the mitigation of climate change is putting an unprecedented pressure on sellers. Our project “ShopHero” will be a smart shopping tracking and planning coach aim-ing to increase the awareness about food waste and de-creasing the practices related to it: We will track consumers’ shopping behavior automatically via their Cumulus and Supercard logs and try to coach users in becoming more sustainable. For example, users could use a ‘smart’ shop-ping list to plan purchasing sustainably. In order to get the right amounts, they can use a portion calculator or include their favourite recipes. Based on recent shopping data, the app could display warnings, which food items are expected to reach their expiration data soon. We plan to assess user behavior against a control group and want to evaluate the application’s potential to make shopping more sustainable.
As part of this thesis, you will continue our existing FoodCoach work by building a front-end (e.g. web or mobile based) that extends an existing backend, incl product database and digital receipt infrastructure. You have flexibility in the design of the app and its features, e.g. smart shopping list, gamification - the possibilities are endless.
As part of this project, you have the chance to become a co-author of a scientific paper in a top conference or journal.
As part of this thesis, you will continue our existing FoodCoach work by building a front-end (e.g. web or mobile based) that extends an existing backend, incl product database and digital receipt infrastructure. You have flexibility in the design of the app and its features, e.g. smart shopping list, gamification - the possibilities are endless.
As part of this project, you have the chance to become a co-author of a scientific paper in a top conference or journal.