
The team members were Andrew Cen from Systems Design Enginnering, Kenny Fung from Computer Science, Marvin Pafla from Systems Design Engineering and Collaborative Systems Lab, Tina Chan from Applied Health Sciences and Idea Lab, and Joanna Liu; 4th year Chemical Engineering undergrad.
Pictured: the winning team, holding their prize
The
AI
for
Good
Hack-a-thon has
teams come
up
with
an
idea,
develop
a
prototype,
and present
their
app to
a
panel
of
judges.
All
apps
must
be
designed
with the
intent
of
improving
the
human
condition,
whether
it
be
by
tackling
a
social,
environmental
or
health
issue.
The team created an app designed to assist counselors in treating bipolar disorder in Canada by performing sentiment analysis on patient journal entries, giving counselors a "snap-shot" of patient moods outside of appointments.
Photos from the event (credits to Tina Chan):

