Spring 2022

IdeaThon Projects

Spring 2022 First place Winners

judex

The American judicial system is racially biased within law enforcement as well as in court. This application keeps a score for every judge’s fair sentence ratio and keeps a score on every judge from 0-1 based on this ratio, with 0 being extremely unfair and 1 being extremely fair.

covid-19 misinformation

Covid-19—A pandemic is spreading fast globally. This is an app that provides users with various information on both anti-science and pro-science texts based on proper context. The app will direct users to reliable and informative sources, clarifying doubt and confusion about the virus.

Smell gas, act fast

A companion app to indoors/outdoors fire alarm systems that will detect natural gas leaks. Upon detection the app sends alerts to authorities and utilities to immediately patch the leak. Consumers can download a consumer-facing version of the app to report leaks on their own.


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39 TEAMS consisting of over 200 Interdisciplinary computing and non-computing students compete to create solutions for real-world problems.

racial justice

Interdisciplinary Collaboration between

  • CSC101-1700: Principles in Information Technology and Computation (Dr. Azhar) & SOC100-510: Introduction to Sociology (Dr. Wissinger)

  • CSC101-1900: Principles in Information Technology and Computation (Dr. Azhar) & SOC100-509: Introduction to Sociology (Dr. Wissinger)

misinformation

Interdisciplinary Collaboration between

  • CSC211H Advanced Programming Techniques (Dr. Azhar) & SOC111: Understanding Technological Society (Dr. Salam)

consumer safety

Interdisciplinary Collaboration between

  • CSC211: Advanced Programming Techniques (Dr. Benkarroum) & MAR330: Marketing Research And Analytics (Dr. Sen)

  • CIS395: Database System 1 (Dr. Benkarroum) & MAR330: Marketing Research And Analytics (Dr. Sen)