CUNY IBM Watson Competition 2018

Baruch College Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

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  • VOLUNTEERS
  • COMPETITION SCHEDULE
    • INFORMATION SESSION
    • DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP
    • CASE STATEMENT WORKSHOP
    • COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP
    • BOOT CAMPS
  • PROJECT IDEAS
    • Project – Winner 2018
    • THE WINNERS
    • TEN FINALISTS
    • Ideas Proposed by the NYC Government
    • Projects from the Finalists of 2014 & 2017

COMPETITION SCHEDULE


Participants work through various milestones while being mentored by IBM, CUNY faculty and other experts in the field.

Registration Period: February 1, 2018 – March 1, 2018 

Information Session: February 15, 2018  (Click here for more information.)

Workshop 1 on IBM Design Thinking: March 2, 2018 (Click here for more information.)

Workshop 2 on Preparing Case Statement: March 9, 2018  (Click here for more information.)

Workshop 3 on Communications. March 14, 2018 

This workshop is a recorded video lecture on preparing an impactful presentation by Professor Denise Patrick from Baruch College.

MILESTONE # 1: due by March 16, 2018 

March 16th at 11:00 PM was the deadline to submit Team Information Form and Two-page Case Statement. (Take a look at some of the examples of Case Statements from prior finalists.)

Boot Camps 

Boot Camps were organized on March 23rd and 24th,  at ACS – Children’s Center, 492 First Ave, New York, NY 10016.

Video of Boot Camp 1 is available here.

 And the video of the Boot Camp 2 is available at this link  .. Agenda for the boot camps.

MILESTONE #2: April 20, 2018 

Teams submitted Business Case Analysis and 1-minute Video to meet Milestone#2.

Finalists announced on Friday, April 27, 2018

Click here to see who the Ten Finalists are.

MILESTONE #3 Deadline: 12 noon on May 9, 2018

Finalists submitted their PowerPoint presentation (of 6-8 slides max.) by 12 noon on May 9, 2018 at [email protected].

Final Presentations and Award Ceremony : May 11, 2018, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

The Final Presentations and the Award Ceremony was held at Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Conference Room 750, 151 E 25th St, New York, NY 10010, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The event can be watched at at this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnT7S5vIz_o&feature=youtu.be .

 

 

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