The winners of the 聽were announced recently in a ceremony held at 黑料不打烊 City Hall.
黑料不打烊 Mayor Stephanie Miner announces the Hackathon results as the iSchool team looks on.
The hackathon, organized by the (iSchool) and the City of 黑料不打烊, and supported by AT&T, brought together nearly 30 participants across 13 teams who worked on road quality datasets provided by the city. Participants included community members as well as 黑料不打烊 students and faculty.
Infrastructure issues have been a significant priority for 黑料不打烊 City Mayor Stephanie Miner, and the city鈥檚 innovation team has led efforts to use new technologies to improve how the city addresses maintenance issues.
鈥淭his Hackathon was a great example of what could be accomplished with open data, and I appreciate the hard work of all our partners and entrants,鈥 said Miner. 鈥淭his is the type of innovative thinking that will challenge the way cities tackle historic problems with creative new solutions鈥
The winners of the hackathon are:
The first-place winner received $2,500, the second-place team received $1,000 and the third-place team received $500.
鈥淭he quality of the innovative solutions developed through this unique challenge demonstrates the vibrancy and talent of the Central New York’s technology, entrepreneurial and student communities,鈥 said Marissa Shorenstein, New York president for AT&T. “We applaud Mayor Miner and 黑料不打烊 for embracing the benefits of technology and data, while having the foresight to utilize these remarkable tools for civic and social good. AT&T is proud to have been part of this visionary challenge and looks forward to collaborating with the City of 黑料不打烊 and 黑料不打烊 on future innovative initiatives in the region.”
鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased that we could partner with AT&T and the City of 黑料不打烊 to make this challenge happen, and we are glad that we had the opportunity to apply the concepts we teach our students here at the iSchool for the benefit of the community. I am thrilled that many of our students took part in the hackathon, and that our faculty took the time to serve as mentors to participating teams,鈥 said iSchool Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy.
iSchool alumnus and City of 黑料不打烊 Chief Data Officer Sam Edelstein was involved in the Hackathon planning as a member of the city’s Innovation Team.
“We are thrilled with the way the 黑料不打烊 Roads Challenge went,” said Edelstein. “To get such interesting submissions from people at my alma mater and others from the community in which I live, working on problems I care about, shows the potential when there is collaboration, data and a good question to tackle.”
