The open Data & AI Hackathon theme, "Unlocking Public Data Insights with Open Source and AI", sparked some truly innovative thinking from everyone involved.

We gained a lot from the sessions. Wes Turner (RCOS) gave a fantastic keynote on the intersection of open data and open source for Lung cancer data, and Roman Jaquez (GDE) delivered an inspiring live demo. Roman and other mentors had a meaningful conversation about using technology for community impact and the vital role of volunteering.

Winners:

  1. GoTo (FIRST PLACE) - Eric Lin, Matthew Lin, Zachary Lin, Weihao Wu
  2. Apollo (SECOND PLACE) - Alissa Ye, Sreeja Barua, Haasini Potluri, Peter Fraser, Michael Opoku Adomfeh
  3. Vision Track (THIRD PLACE) - Prem kumar Talamanchipatnam Prem Kumar, Kevin George
  4. Latis - Honorable mentions - Dakshesh Amaram, David Zhao, Priscilla Wong, Kaeshev Alapati, Rijul Verma
  5. Redroute - Honorable mentions -  Tazeem Mahashin

Judges:

  1. Scott Stalker, NY ITS
  2. Rhoda Serafim, Pythiavox
  3. Roman Jaquez, GDE, GDG, Philips 
  4. Santosh Borse, IBM
  5. Josh Gurwitz, NYSTEC
  6. John Sturman, RPI
  7. Daniel Raj, DOH
17 teams presented:
  1. Permitted  - Albert Ho
  2. Latis - Dakshesh Amaram, David Zhao, Priscilla Wong, Kaeshev Alapati, Rijul Verma - Honorable mentions
  3. Perfect Fit - Kayla Holjes, Owen Moniz, Rayan Ahmed, Andrew Airasian
  4. GoTo (Government optimized Transport operations) - Eric Lin, Matthew Lin, Zachary Lin, Weihao Wu - FIRST PLACE
  5. Vision Track - Prem Kumar, Kevin George - THIRD PLACE
  6. Park It!  - James Onyejizu, Chibuikem Ezemaduka
  7. Road Pulse - Charlie Amadeus, Owen O'Connor, Tyler Beatrice,  Rob Fields, Yoosup Song
  8. Bird Squad - Arryan Bhatnagar, Ateeq Ahmad, George Gabechava
  9. Route Ready - Drew Bhavsar, Rafiuzzaman Khan, Jacob Clouse, Siddiq Mohaideen
  10. Corey Girard  
  11. NYS Bus - Ahona Mukherjee, Vama Shah, Garrett Gee, Noah Allen, Davey Xu
  12. City Whoop Ring - Hemanth Macharla, Mani Veeravalli
  13. Redroute - Tazeem Mahashin - Honorable mentions
  14. Childcare Desert   -  Luke Beck
  15. EAGLES - Matthew Voynovich, Ameya Bharve, Swaroop Sridhar, Matthew McCall
  16. Inspector GO  -  Bryce Borer, Bryan Boova
  17. Apollo -  Alissa Ye, Sreeja Barua, Haasini Potluri, Peter Fraser,Michael Opoku Adomfeh - SECOND PLACE

Leaving RPI campus, we saw the  quote: "Why Not Change The World?" After seeing what these teams built in a single day, it felt like the perfect closing thought.