CSI Students and Faculty Invited to Insights Conference
CSI Students and Faculty Mentors Invited to Insights Association Conference after Winning Data Science Hackathon
Three students from the College of Staten Island, led by two faculty mentors from the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business, were recently invited to speak at the annual Insights Association Conference in Hilton Head Island, SC after winning the 2023 GfK NextGen Data Science Hackathon competition. The competition challenged participants to use market research data to develop a data-driven product idea, and the team’s innovative solution focused on sustainable electric vehicle (EV) adoption.
Members of the CSI team: Brandon Ortega, Information Systems and Informatics; Brendan Costello, Economics; and Tammy Babad, Computer Science (CUNYBA), developed a solution that enables the direct sharing of electric power between EVs, creating a market economy where owners can buy and sell power to each other. This system also allows for the creation of a flexible and sustainable charging station infrastructure, without the need for heavy and environmentally unfriendly fixed infrastructure.
The hackathon panel was composed of industry experts from research companies as well as representatives from some of the top global car manufacturers. They subsequently spoke of the motivations behind the idea on GfK’s podcast, Thinking Ahead, after winning the organization’s annual hackathon event.
