Anastasios-Periklis Boutalis, "StudCampCater: Streamlined electronic ordering and production management system for student catering club", Diploma Work, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2025
https://doi.org/10.26233/heallink.tuc.105115
This thesis focuses on the design and development of a web application aimed at improving the management of a university dining hall, emphasizing both student experience and administrative efficiency. The goal is to address common issues such as long queues, food waste, and lack of information regarding meal availability. The application includes features such as online reservations, real-time menu display, dining hall occupancy monitoring, and administrative tools for managing orders and menus. An innovative component of the system is the food portion forecasting mechanism, which is based on the Facebook Prophet tool and utilizes historical data, holidays, and weather conditions to more accurately estimate demand. The implementation leverages modern technologies on both the frontend and backend, with a focus on security (JWT, XSS prevention), user experience (UI/UX design), and database structure. Python is used for data analysis and predictive model training. In conclusion, this work demonstrates the potential for digital transformation of student dining services, proposing a solution that can be expanded and adapted to real-world data in the future.