Registration is closed for the challenge! BMCC's 2024 AI Innovation Challenge happened on May 4th, 2024!

AI Innovation Challenge

🏆2024 Winners🏆

🤖Artificial Intelligence Track Winners🤖

🧑‍💻AI-Data Science Track Winners👩‍💻

🤖Artificial Intelligence Track Winners🤖

🥇Pantry Pals 🥇

1st Place

Anthony Chimbay, Yangmei Lu, Emmanuel Ruiz &

Lance Halderman

Team Pantry Pals tied for 1st place! This team focused on the problem of food insecurity at BMCC. Pantry Pals is a website designed for Panther Pantry - a BMCC organization that provides nutritionally balanced non-perishable and frozen food for students facing a food emergency. Their website allows students to place pick-up orders at Panther Pantry. Harnessing the power of ChatGPT 3.5 - this team was able to create an AI-generated list of food recommendations based on the students' dietary restrictions.

🥇Ravenclaw🥇

1st Place

Brandon Ortiz, Qimin Wu, Luisa Lozano & Felix Rijos

Team Ravenclaw tied for 1st place! Ravenclaw decided to focus on the issue of misinformation and disinformation at BMCC by creating an app called Pixel Guard. By analyzing metadata, pixel patterns, and other subtle cues, this app can flag content that may have been artificially generated or tampered with. In turn, users can verify the authenticity of any content, detect subtle alterations, and deep fake technology to protect themselves from misinformation and manipulation!

🥈InclusiTech 🥈

2nd Place

Mouad Oulouali, Manvinder Singh, Natalia Chorny-Quiroz &

Samuel Limachi

InclusiTech decided to focus on making education more accessible at BMCC. This team created Lighthouse - a subscription service to aid those who are visually impaired. The service uses AI language modeling to detect words in images and provide a custom audio file depicting what is in the image. The user is able to edit and tailor the voice engine to their preference (language, voice, voice type, audio pitch, & speed of audio file).

🥉 Byte Bandits 🥉

3rd Place

Asmaa Ait Hammou, Sunnie Chen & Jhonathan Ortega

The Byte Bandits also decided to take on the challenge of food insecurity at BMCC by creating Panther Bytes - a website that shows AI generated recipes based on ingredients students already have on hand. Through innovative AI-driven solutions, they strive to connect students with resources, support networks, and affordable meal options tailored to their needs. By empowering students to overcome food insecurity challenges, they aim to foster a healthier, more equitable campus community, where every student can thrive academically and personally.

🥉 BMCCWellness 🥉

3rd Place

Ashraful Mahin, Phone Khant Kyaw Swa & Keyshawn Reid

Team BMCCWellness wanted to on the Health and Wellness of our BMCC community. Meet CALVIN - a comprehensive support system designed to prioritize the mental and emotional well-being of every individual. CALVIN stands for Compassionate Counseling, Adaptive Assistance, Listening Support, Visual Therapy, Interactive Guidance, and Nurturing. CALVIN provides a confidential space for individuals to express themselves, seek guidance, and receive virtual therapy tailored to their specific needs and concerns.

Honorable Mention

🏅EmpathyEngineers

Jorge Edurado Soiz Figueroa, Zexi Chen, Oumar Kante & Mao Thein

The EmpathyEngineers wanted to address the challenge students have with accessing health resources. So they decide to create Wellness Oasis - a main health resource hub that is tailored to students preferences. Using AI for real-time updates, Wellness Oasis showcases current health news ans updates, event calander, free resource directory, and local map to show students healthy options around them.

🏅Techies

Team Techies concentrated on the food insecurity problem. Their website features an A.I. chatbot that formulates a meal plan that aligns with the user's budget. Relying on AI in this case allows users to find recipes they can save money on without having to price check every single ingredient. The result will estimate the amount of calories the user should consume.