Hackathons and competitions are a great way to acquire knowledge and experience. In the past ISI students participated to Gfk Hackthon competitions. The Gfk Hackathon competition challenged participants to address a business case by using data science to analyze real-world data drawn from Gfk and other sources. CSI’s team ranked 1st in 2019, was one of the semi-finalists in 2020, and won 3rd in 2021.
Brandon Ortega, Information Systems and Informatics; Brendan Costello, Economics; and Tammy Babad, Computer Science (CUNYBA), advided by Prof Chun and Prof Cappellari won the GfK Hackathon 2023 competition. The team 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.
Alexey Aulov (ISI), Vincenzo Mezzio (ISI), James Glenford Buchanan (MGT), Naeim Salib (CS), and Anthony Secora (CS), advised by Prof. Cappellari, won 3rd in the Gfk Hackathon 2021.
Samuele Ceroni, Malik Hassan, and Shawn Peckerman, advised by Prof. Cappellari, reached the semi-finals in the GfK Hackathon 2020 competition.
Kevin Ferger, Nicholas Pepitone, and Ken de Young, advised by faculty members Prof. Guo and Prof. Cappellari, won the GfK Hackathon 2019 competition. The students participated in the 10-day long competiton, to propose a smart speaker product using diverse complex data sets and data analytics.