宾州大学公园. — Twenty Penn State teams with students from seven different colleges and six campuses, 包括宾州州立大学世界校区, 每位参赛者将获得500美元的奖金，以参加2021年挑战赛的原型阶段 Nittany AI Challenge. 参赛队伍的评选标准是对世界产生积极影响的潜力, all using AI for Good to develop solutions that address real-world challenges in education, 环境, 卫生和人道主义.
The Nittany AI Challenge is organized by the Nittany AI联盟, a service of Penn State Outreach. 布拉德格里格拉, Nittany AI联盟的创新策略师, said that even with the additional challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, 学生们都很投入.
“Even while facing significant struggles and upheavals in their lives due to the pandemic, our students once again demonstrated their potential for positively impacting the world through the application of artificial intelligence,兹德内克说. “The individuals on these teams represent the best ideals of Penn State: innovation, 领导, 以及改善世界的愿望. 我们很荣幸能够帮助这些想法成为现实.”
工程学院的学生拥有各种各样的技能, 农业科学学院, 地球与矿物科学学院, 埃伯利理学院, 十大网赌靠谱网址平台科学与技术学院, College of the Liberal Arts and Smeal College of Business at Penn State who are earning their degrees through Penn State World Campus, 大学公园, 巨大的山谷, 蒙特中音, 利哈伊谷校区和哈里斯堡校区组成以下团队:
— Abundant Connections — Reduces annual food waste by using computer simulation, machine learning and web development to monitor food waste in communities and connect with those in need of food.
— AIPR — Solution aimed to limit contamination by sorting materials using machine learning to make recycling more efficient and economical.
— Briefly — Smart summarizer tool that extracts meaningful information from text, 音频和视频资源，以帮助学生在线学习.
— BuriedDeep ML — Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) robot used to locate valuable metals in a landfill that can be recycled, 最终减少浪费.
— Bytehealth — AI used to prevent depression though a multifaceted data acquisition and analysis system.
— CVID — Website that provides information about specific areas in the United States and the need for the COVID-19 vaccines.
— Fifth Sense — AI-based, live sound-transcription mobile application for the hearing impaired.
— Food Aid — AI-based program to help food banks meet nutritional needs for the population they serve.
— Ground Up — Reduce the 环境al impact of meat production by using AI to predict combinations of plant-based products to mimic ground meat.
— InsectEye — AI-based insect trap and identification system to assist entomologists in understanding insect biodiversity.
— PocketLawyer — Mobile application using AI to identify emotive words that will trigger automatic recordings on smart phones for use in instances of domestic abuse or abuse of power situations.
— Psy Space — AI utilized through a mobile and web application to provide support that can ease short-term distress and identify mental health conditions in the absence of a health care professional on site.
— RA.I.se — AI imagery and temperature screening robotic system for automated body temperature monitoring of construction workers.
——达到.AI — AI to analyze public data in rural 宾西法尼亚 to bridge racial and ethnic health inequity and disparity.
— Reconnect — AI to identify phone addiction by recognizing excess screen time, 向用户提供备选方案, 现实世界的活动来代替它.
— StartUP — AI-based platform which enables users to interact with tools that work to inform the entrepreneur to make better business decisions and avoid costly mistakes.
— Table Rock Markets — An e-commerce platform designed to keep farms in business by increasing sales and profitability, 同时帮助家庭健康饮食, 本地种植的食物.
— The Mental Health Project — Software designed for mental health professionals to provide diagnostics, treatment and to identify patients who may be hard to treat by aggregating initial self-reported data.
— Trace — Urban growth monitoring solution to provide cities with data to better assist in preparation for natural disasters.
— TwinnR — AI-driven solution to access data and better provide smart manufacturing solutions.
All 20 teams will have the opportunity to submit a video demonstration of a prototype on March 31 for the chance to be selected and funded to create a minimum viable product (MVP) during the final phase of the 2021 Nittany AI Challenge.
今年挑战的新成员, IBM Watson is sponsoring the advancement of two solutions that leverage the use of Watson technology and have the potential for significant impact in the "AI for Good" pillar of health. IBM Watson chose ByteHealth and The Mental Health Project to automatically advance to the Prototype Phase and will choose one team to automatically advance to create an MVP in the final phase.
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