About the challenge

Two days. Infinite possibilities. CGU Hacks is where transdisciplinary teams turn ideas into impact. Whether you’re working with AI, strengthening cybersecurity, crafting user experiences, or exploring humanistic approaches, join us to build transdisciplinary solutions that address real-world challenges alongside passionate innovators.

Founding Committee

	Prajwal Vinod Naik M.S. Data Science Claremont Graduate University		Dolma Rawat M.S. Data Science Claremont Graduate University
	Nihaad Saleem Lnu M.S. Data Science Claremont Graduate University		Varsha Ravindra Shetty M.S. Data Science Claremont Graduate University

Student Leadership

	Gauri Parnaik M.S. User Experience Claremont Graduate University		Maria A Komugabe PhD Geographic Information Systems Claremont Graduate University
	Katja Crusius PhD Data Science & Analytics Claremont Graduate University		Joan Puteri Zheng PhD Cybersecurity & Networking Claremont Graduate University
	Mahesh Balan Doctor of Technology Claremont Graduate University

• Socially Responsible Impact in Innovation (20%)
  Solution addresses a problem that impacts real people; Solution demonstrates and specifies ethical intent across target end users; Solution addresses people who are traditionally forgotten, marginalized, or blocked by this kind of technology.
• Ease of Use, Transparency, and Explainability (20%)
  Solution features clarity and insightfulness of visual outputs (i.e., user interface, maps); Solutions are clear and and accessible to end users; Users can follow the reasoning or logic behind AI-provided answers, avoids unexplainable behavior.
• Use of Innovative Technology and Intelligent Adaptation (20%)
  AI system is original and adaptable to realistic use cases; Solutions developed by prompted or pre-trained AI models have high impact on described problem. ; Pre-trained models (e.g. GeoAI) precisely and correctly use spatial or contextual analysis
• User Safety and Trust (20%)
  Trust and safety centered throughout experience, proactively securing users' information; Disclosures of ethical risks, potential unintended consequences, and misuse; Solution is tested to demonstrate trustworthy handling of users' information.
• Presentation and Storytelling (20%)
  Team presentation communicates clarity and vision, project structure, design logic; Team members showcase storytelling that is engaging to audience; Presenters showcase ability to perform ethical thinking.