We are a group of four students majoring in Computer Science at Borough Manhattan Community College. Each of us always has to think about how to give a contribution to our community. Finally, we have come with an idea which is called “COVID-19 GPS Hot Spot”: a tool to aid in social distancing.

Team Members - Zai, Derek, Chantea, Faton

Our initial goal was to create awareness on water crises but we have gone along to expand ways in which we can start important conversations about the issue at hand. CCH20 is not just a cause of water sustainability but it is a cause for bringing people together to join hands and create a binding force to save our planet and home.

Team Members - Iqra, Hira, Osman, Marshal

Our solution aims to address how to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) navigate the COVID-19 pandemic since there is a lack of easily consumable information regarding COVID-19 directed at kids with ASD. Based on studies such as one published in the open access journal Molecular Autism in 2018 from Kanazawa University in Kanazawa, Japan, we know that robotic intervention has been proven to facilitate joint attention in children with ASD. Joint attention "refers to a social exchange in which a child coordinates attention with a social partner or aspect of the environment by the acts of eye-gazing and pointing or other verbal or non-verbal indications"[1]. Virtual Reality solutions as well as the chat bots have been successfully deployed for the autistic children[2,3]

Team Members - Charles, Nathan, Weida

Using the NAO Robot and IBM Chatbots, it provides at home assistance and offers a variety of therapy and a person to talk to during COVID-19 especially dealing with anxiety. The robot and chatbot provides help in dealing with general anxiety, school related anxiety, and anxiety relating to work during this time. The choice in which therapy the user would like allows the robot to communicate as a counsel and therapy session

Team Members - Stacey, Sumya, Maria

Our goal is to integrate data from the CDC and New York City government agencies with IBM's Watson Assistant and machine learning to construct a chatbot that provides users with real-time data to help mitigate the effects of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). By incorporating web tools with the added convenience of Amazon Alexa integration, we hope to create a communication system that will help the public access COVID related information.

Team Members - Ryan, Nuhi, Hyemin