September 28 and 29, 2024
AI for Good is a 24-hour hackathon bringing together UNF student teams, and partners First Tee, AWS, CapTech, and NLP Logix to build solutions that drive social good benefits.
The hackathon was organized using Devpost. Follow the below Devpost link to view winners, judging criteria, rules, and schedule.
Over the course of a weekend, UNF students collaborated to work on unique problems impacting youth development. Students were provided with the tools, support, and data needed so that they can write the code to right the world.
31
Hours
20
Students
8
Teams
Participating students received mentorship from LISC Jacksonville, NLP Logix, PGA Tour, CGI, Medical Solutions, CSX, and UNF experts. Participants were expected to use their skills in the problem domain, programming, data mining, machine learning, statistical analysis, and visualization techniques to solve the problem. Hackathon participants were expected to form a team with a maximum of three to work on the hackathon problems and datasets.
Google Cloud provided access to necessary cloud services for participants to solve hackathon problems. Participants had access to the following Google Cloud resources: BigQuery, AutoML, DataPrep, Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Looker. Google Cloud was the lead organizer for hackathon meetings and covered the costs for drinks and snacks during the hackathon days.
LISC Jacksonville is a convener, an investor, and a capacity builder. LISC Jacksonville is a bridge between capital and communities.
Valley Capital Partners is a leading boutique early stage venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, CA; Pittsburgh, PA, and Hong Kong, HK.
Macquarie Group Limited is a global financial services firm specializing in asset management, investment banking, and financial advisory. It is recognized for its innovative financial solutions and strategic use of technology to enhance client services.
The Link is a space that inspires visitors of all ages to “learn, play, think, and do.” The state-of-the-art building in Ponte Vedra’s Nocatee neighborhood offers unique amenities and an overall otherworldly experience for guests attending - or hosting an event.
Saturday, September 28
[Breakfast at 9 AM, Lunch at noon, and Dinner at 6:30 PM provided by hackathon]
Sunday, November 5
[Breakfast at 9 AM and Lunch at noon provided by hackathon]
Gold Award
Team(Marion Forest) focused on detecting and flagging MLS listings that can be considered fraud at 95% confidence.
Silver Award
Hackstreet Boys team (Hunter Ford, Aryan Shirmohammadi, and Antony Malesevic) developed a NEAT Algorithm to detect anomalies in the MLS listings.
Bronze Award
Ospreys team (Mahmoud Elbatouty, Walid Kambagha, and Ahmed Sayed) used ML packages and Tableau to identify properties that are at risk for the sale of tax certificates.
4th Place
Osprey Security team (Edgar Quinones, Delali Simpson, and Alex Ramudo).
5th Place
Team MAE (Michael Rivera, Ann Ubaka (JU student), and Elias Missa (JU student)).
Marion Forest
Hackstreet Boys team (Hunter Ford, Aryan Shirmohammadi, and Antony Malesevic)
Ospreys team (Mahmoud Elbatouty, Walid Kambagha, and Ahmed Sayed)
Hackathon Check-in
FL-DSSG Co-Director
Ospreys team working on the Heirs Property Issues problem case
Byte bites team presenting their hackathon solution
Osprey Security Team Working on Apartments Rental Scam Problem Case
TEAM MAE Working on Apartments Rental Scam Problem Case
Stuck Silver Team presenting their solution for Hiers Property Issues Problem Case
Kdr3.0 Team Working on Hiers Property Issues Problem Case
Hackathon teams receiving tips from mentor
Osprey Security Team receiving Fourth Place Award
Hackathon Judges
FL-DSSG Co-Director announcing winners
Byte bites team working on the Hiers Property Issues problem case
Osprey Security Team presenting their hackathon solution
Team MAE receiving fifth place award
2024 AI4Good Hackathon Group Picture
Matt Berseth
CIO and Co-Founder, NLP Logix
Michael Vitti
SVP, Data & Decision Science, PGA TOUR
John Sapora
Housing Resiliency Program Officer at LISC Jacksonville
Manish Agarwal
Senior Manager at Macquarie Group
Jason Nuñez
Real Estate Investment Specialist at Valley Capital Partners LLC
Each participating team will be evaluated on their model performance and presentation of the results. Winners of the hackathon will be determined based on the below evaluation factor weightings and scores received.
Presentation (20%)
Model Performance (40%)
Solution Approach (40%)
5 = Excellent presentation on all counts
4 = Very good presentation with minor issues
3 = Pitch can be significantly improved but is satisfactory overall
2 = Pitch is incomplete and severely lacking
1 = Presenter fails to address the criteria
Katie Bakewell
NLP Logix
Dan Richard
UNF Psychology
Sandeep Reddivari
UNF Computing
Indika Kahanda
UNF Computing
Brian Ferdman
CSX
Xudong Liu
UNF Computing
Rachel Lewis
Medical Solutions
Jacqueline Shelly
PGA Tour
Karthika Gopalakrishnan
CGI
Michelle DeDeo
UNF Statistics
Harsha Nalla
NLP Logix
Amr Elfayoumy
Grejsi Gjata
Linh Nguyen
Akintoye Oyedola
Anastacia Magaliene
David Schineis