Spring 2024 AI Innovation Challenge

• Anthony Chimbay – Team Lead
• Yangmei Lu
• Emmanuel Ruiz
• Lance Halderman

Team Pantry Pals tied for 1st place! This team focused on the problem of food insecurity at BMCC. Pantry Pals is a website designed for Panther Pantry - a BMCC organization that provides nutritionally balanced non-perishable and frozen food for students facing a food emergency. Their website allows students to place pick-up orders at Panther Pantry. Harnessing the power of ChatGPT 3.5 - this team was able to create an AI-generated list of

• Brandon Ortiz – Team Lead
• Qimin Wu
• Luisa Lozano
• Felix Rijos

Team Ravenclaw tied for 1st place! Ravenclaw decided to focus on the issue of misinformation and disinformation at BMCC by creating an app called Pixel Guard. By analyzing metadata, pixel patterns, and other subtle cues, this app can flag content that may have been artificially generated or tampered with. In turn, users can verify the authenticity of any content, detect subtle alterations, and deep fake technology to protect themselves from misinformation and manipulation!

• Mouad Oulouali – Team Lead
• Manvinder Singh
• Natalia Chorny-Quiroz
• Samuel Limachi

InclusiTech decided to focus on making education more accessible at BMCC. This team created Lighthouse - a subscription service to aid those who are visually impaired. The service uses AI language modeling to detect words in images and provide a custom audio file depicting what is in the image. The user is able to edit and tailor the voice engine to their preference (language, voice, voice type, audio pitch, & speed of audio file).

• Asmaa Ait Hammou – Team Lead
• Sunnie Chen
• Jhonathan Ortega

The Byte Bandits also decided to take on the challenge of food insecurity at BMCC by creating Panther Bytes - a website that shows AI-generated recipes based on ingredients students already have on hand. Through innovative AI-driven solutions, they strive to connect students with resources, support networks, and affordable meal options tailored to their needs. By empowering students to overcome food insecurity challenges, they aim to foster a healthier, more equitable campus community, where every student c

• Ashraful Mahin – Team Lead
• Phone Khant Kyaw Swa
• Keyshawn Reid

Team BMCCWellness wanted to on the Health and Wellness of our BMCC community. Meet CALVIN - a comprehensive support system designed to prioritize the mental and emotional well-being of every individual. CALVIN stands for Compassionate Counseling, Adaptive Assistance, Listening Support, Visual Therapy, Interactive Guidance, and Nurturing. CALVIN provides a confidential space for individuals to express themselves, seek guidance, and receive virtual therapy tailored to their specific needs and concerns.

• Jaien Abtahi – Team Lead
• Sabbir Rahman
• Muhammed Abu Hanif
• Fnu Amina

Team Code Runs took on the challenge of Environmental Sustainability. Their project focused on the creation of a predictive/soil analysis AI model that will serve as a tool to solve unsuitable crop selection. The model is trained on parameters such as soil fertility, suitability, soil nutrients, physical properties, and environmental factors. Using this data, the model can provide a cost & profit analysis to offer guidance for the entire cultivation process!

• Joseph Collado – Team Lead
• Dylan Yagninim
• Christain Lanzetta
• Webbney Vallon

Emergency Exit wanted to focus on Housing Resources for our student community. Using a website that is connected to the BMCC database, using students’ BMCC login, that can pull students’ information (ID, financial aid, etc) they give students the ability to fill out an application where they enter their living information and preferences. From here, the students can be matched with potential roommates through the use of AI. Students can choose their roommates and then mid way through, or at the end of the s

• Daniel Speedone – Team Lead
• Baivayle Malan
• Shalin Valerio
• Baba Bakere

The Underdogs wanted to focus on the Health and Wellness of our community by creating SmartCart. SmartCart is an AI-Powered application designed to guide students in making economical decisions based on their set budgets and offer nutritional guidance. Users can set budgets, compare prices, and recieve tips for healthy, affordable, low-waste, and improved dietary habits. By entering a weekly/monthly food budget, users can also get a list of stores with the best prices with additional tips of how to eat heal