Who won the CUNY-IBM Watson Case Competition 2018?
The Winner
Team Number: 37 Urban Flooding Analytics Team
Click here to watch the video of the Winning Team presenting their Final Presentation.
Business Case Title: Providing Real-Time Flood Data to Improve Climate Change Resiliency Efforts.
1 minute video: Leveraging Watson AI to create crowdsourced flood maps for New York City.
Team Members:
- Nathaniel Zinda, Junior, Economics, Baruch College
- Augustus Kaptko, Senior, Media Technology, New York City College of Technology
- Sett Hein, Sophomore, Computer and Information Sciences, Baruch College
Second Place Winner
Team Number: 51 Minimizing R. I.
Business Case Title: Reducing Recidivism
1-minute video : Improving release program accessibility by automating the process and making it personalized to the individual.
Team Members:
- Carlos Bibiloni, Senior, Public Affairs/Public Administration, Baruch College
- Sohail Anwar, Senior, Computer and Information Sciences, New York City College of Technology
- Christian Collazo, Senior, Computer and Information Sciences, Baruch College
Third Place Winner
Team Number: 53 CSI Devs
Business Case Title: Synthia: The SMS Census Assistant
1-minute video : New Yorkers will have the option to text an AI named Synthia answers to the 2020 Census along with any questions they have.
Team Members:
- Egor Semeniak, Sophomore, Computer and Information Sciences, Macaulay Honors College
- Anthony Astarita, Sophomore, Computer and Information Sciences, Macaulay Honors College
- Yuri Yurchenko, Junior, Computer and Information Sciences, College of Staten Island
- Vincent Vitiello, Sophomore, Computer and Information Sciences, College of Staten Island
The video of the Final Presentations and Award Ceremony can be watched at this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnT7S5vIz_o&feature=youtu.be.