The project aims to address the pressing need for an inclusive and efficient social networking platform tailored specifically for college students. The absence of a dedicated platform has led to challenges in connecting with peers, seniors, and alumni, hindering the exchange of knowledge, opportunities, and support within the college community. The lack of an integrated digital space also limits campus engagement, hinders access to valuable resources, and impedes the development of essential soft skills. The inability to readily access a collaborative network where they may communicate, exchange ideas, look for advice, and investigate prospects is one of the main problems that students encounter. There are frequent information gaps, misunderstandings, and low engagement because of the existing reliance on dispersed communication channels including casual group chats, third-party social media, and solitary academic forums. In addition, the absence of an integrated digital space inhibits campus participation and the visibility of seminars, events, and extracurricular activities, all of which are essential for students' development on both a personal and professional level. It also makes it more difficult to obtain important resources like study guides, job advertisements, and mentorship programs, which hinder the development of skills and the ability to make well-informed decisions. Without a specialized platform, students lose out on the opportunity to take full advantage of their learning environment for overall growth. To aid academic and professional growth and to create a lively and connected college experience, the project aims to build and execute a social networking platform that is both secure and easy to use.

Keywords: Social networking platform, college community, Campus engagement, college experience, digital space

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The project aims to address the pressing need for an inclusive and efficient social networking platform tailored specifically for college students. The absence of a dedicated platform has led to challenges in connecting with peers, seniors, and alumni, hindering the exchange of knowledge, opportunities, and support within the college community. The lack of an integrated digital space also limits campus engagement, hinders access to valuable resources, and impedes the development of essential soft skills. The inability to readily access a collaborative network where they may communicate, exchange ideas, look for advice, and investigate prospects is one of the main problems that students encounter. There are frequent information gaps, misunderstandings, and low engagement because of the existing reliance on dispersed communication channels including casual group chats, third-party social media, and solitary academic forums. In addition, the absence of an integrated digital space inhibits campus participation and the visibility of seminars, events, and extracurricular activities, all of which are essential for students' development on both a personal and professional level. It also makes it more difficult to obtain important resources like study guides, job advertisements, and mentorship programs, which hinder the development of skills and the ability to make well-informed decisions. Without a specialized platform, students lose out on the opportunity to take full advantage of their learning environment for overall growth. To aid academic and professional growth and to create a lively and connected college experience, the project aims to build and execute a social networking platform that is both secure and easy to use.

Keywords: Social networking platform, college community, Campus engagement, college experience, digital space

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1. Prasad S, Mukhopadhyay N, Khatal K, Nabage T, Borude S. CampusXchange: Design and Implementation of an AI-empowered College Social Networking Platform. In2024 IEEE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI) 2024 Mar 14 (Vol. 2, pp. 1-6). IEEE.
2. Al-Oqily I, Abdallah E, Abdallah A. Mobile intra-campus student social network. In2017 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT) 2017 Oct 11 (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
3. Yan Y, Xu L, Yang R, Wang W. Design and implementation of campus social networking system. In2014 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Research and Technology in Industry Applications (WARTIA) 2014 Sep 29 (pp. 387-390). IEEE.
4. Du Z, Fu X, Zhao C, Liu T. University campus social network system for knowledge sharing. In2012 International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI2012) 2012 May 19 (pp. 2505-2508). IEEE.
5. Yu Z, Liang Y, Xu B, Yang Y, Guo B. Towards a smart campus with mobile social networking. In2011 International Conference on Internet of Things and 4th International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing 2011 Oct 19 (pp. 162-169). IEEE.
6. McCarroll N, Curran K. Social networking in education. International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE). 2013 Jan 1;4(1):1-5.
7. Cheng R, Yang Z, Xia F. iZone: a location-based mobile social networking system. In2010 3rd International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Programming 2010 Dec 18 (pp. 33-38). IEEE.
8. Li L. Social network sites comparison between the United States and China: Case study on facebook and renren network. In2011 International Conference on Business Management and Electronic Information 2011 May 13 (Vol. 1, pp. 825-827). IEEE.
9. Papadopoulou E, Taylor NK, Williams MR, Gallacher S. Personalizing system behaviour in a pervasive social networking system. In2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops (PERCOM WORKSHOPS) 2014 Mar 24 (pp. 484-488). IEEE.
10. Skibinski P. Improving HTML compression. Informatica. 2009;33(3), pp- 363-373.
11. Farrell JA. CSS governance: Theory and practice [President's Message]. IEEE Control Systems Magazine. 2014 Jul 11;34(4):12-3.
12. Granovetter MS. The strength of weak ties. American journal of sociology. 1973 May 1;78(6):1360-80.
13. Chen L, Chen P, Lin Z. Artificial intelligence in education: A review. Ieee Access. 2020 Apr 17;8:75264-78.