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Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon (latest)

Presentations

Presentation Format

Unless approved by the event administrators (typically for medical reasons), all presentations must be delivered in person. Teams will have no longer than 5 minutes to present their project. Judges may or may not ask questions following each presentation.

There is no required format for the presentation. However, we recommend that your team consider using 1-2 slides to organize the main information about your project to introduce it and then move right into the demo. The most important thing is to help our panel of judges evaluate (and remember!) your contribution. Make sure you've shared these:

  • Team Name — Have you introduced yourselves?
  • Project Title — Have you clearly stated the project name? 
  • Project Description — Have you given a succinct but clear description of the project and its value to users? 
  • Innovation & Impact — What is the value proposition of your hack? How is better than other similar products, for example? How will your hack positively change or improve the delivery of information, the acquisition of services, etc.?
  • Technical Merit — Have you described the technical aspects of your hack? What does it do and how does it work? What languages, frameworks, and libraries have you used in building it?
  • Demo — This is probably the most important aspect of your presentation. Have you demonstrated how your hack works? 
  • Future Opportunities — It might be interesting to briefly mention it if you have plans to take the project forward.

Advice on Giving Presentations

Example Slides

Although you are not required to use any slides, or to structure your presentation in a specific way, using a few well-organized slides can help the judges focus on the details of your presentation AND help you get to your demo much faster. We offer the following template as an example of how you might approach designing your slides.

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Hackathon Teams & Projects

Teams will present their projects in the following order:

  • agora by Team Distinct

    Santiago Rodriguez, Catherine Healy, Allen Uy, Swindar Zhou

    Build a roulette chat room for individuals from different backgrounds to anonymously engage in constructive dialogue, share experiences, and promote understanding and respect among diverse communities

  • MixStir by Team MixStir

    Jeremy Arellano, Gabriel Sheikh, Deep Brahmbhatt

    Food has historically been and continues to be the most impactful medium to bridge cultural gaps and bring people together. Imagine a platform where the vibrancy of global cuisines comes alive daily in kitchens worldwide. MixStir is not just an app; it’s a movement towards culinary discovery and diversity. Inspired by the spontaneity of BeReal and the dynamic appeal of TikTok, MixStir invites users to embark on a daily culinary adventure, mixing and stirring from a mixture of a globally curated selection of recipes. Each day, our users are challenged to prepare a meal—be it breakfast, lunch, or dinner—using a recipe assigned from a different culture, learning the history of each dish along the way. This daily culinary challenge promotes diversity and inclusion, encouraging users to explore and embrace global cultures through food. MixStir transforms cooking into a social experience. Users can share their cooking journey via photos and videos, creating engaging content that invites feedback from friends and food enthusiasts around the world. These interactions are not just about sharing recipes but about connecting cultures and creating a community of global citizens, impacting and educating users daily about embracing culture through food.

  • VoxMe by Team VoxMe

    Mathew Mjaess, Andrew Vittiglio

    VoxMe is an innovative voice analysis tool that utilizes advanced statistical methods to measure phonetic features in your voice and provide impactful insights. It provides users with intuitive feedback and visual data representations, making it easy to track and understand changes in their voice metrics.

  • SideQuestND by Team SideQuest

    Evan Bartek, Jack Mangione, David Meininger, Sajith Devareddy

    An app that provides culturally oriented activities for players to participate in over the weekends. Players are placed randomly placed into groups of up to 6 players, encouraging new diverse interactions among ND students.

  • Buds by Team Buds

    Eva Gorzkiewicz, Astrid Do, Julia Kim

    Buds is a program to enrich the understanding of cultural differences

  • Atti by Team Shin Ramen

    Tristan Shin, Michael Zang, Soo Kim

    Social Media App around campus

  • FrieNDme by Team FrieNDme

    Rylan Paul, Collin Wyant, Ron Lin

    A mobile web application in which students can be randomly paired for a quick 2 minute call to try and get to know one another. During the call, there will be conversation tips and ways to extend the conversation. The overall idea is to get a variety of students from all over campus to get to know one another to promote cross-campus relationships, thereby promoting diversity.

  • GenBridge by Team GenBridgers

    Colson Wells, Max Graves, Aaron Lewis, Samuel Monterola

    A platform for connecting youth with the elderly to promote intergenerational connection. Pairs can work together to create digital projects to highlight their cross-generational connection.

  • A11yVate by Team A11yVate

    Meng Chen, Danny Tong, Renee Shi, Leyang Li

    A11yVate is a crowdsourcing information space that facilitate mutual understanding and support on campus. This app serves for different purposes in a way that helps everyone be more engaged and comfortable on campus. On it, people can report issues, promote events, and ask questiosn. Using it, people can mitigate harm, break boundaries between groups and get help.

  • Dishcovery by Team Friendship!

    Bridget Schippers, Jeremy Stevens, Luke Braby, DJ Adams

    Our web application will be individualized to each user to help them appreciate, celebrate, and experience diverse cuisine.

  • ubuntu by Team ubuntu

    Mahmoud Hafez, Kaza-Zack Kazirukanyo, Akhente Borotho

    At ubuntu, we're developing innovative solutions to enhance the college experience for students from diverse backgrounds. Our platform focuses on leveraging technology to address pressing challenges faced by college communities, with a particular emphasis on accessibility, interfaith dialogue, and empowering underserved minority groups. ubuntu aims to create a more inclusive, supportive, and equitable environment for all students, removing barriers and fostering connections.

  • LanguageLink by Team Hackers United

    Miguel Jose Maninang, Macdonald Zharima, Genesis Argueta, Emmanuel De La Paz

    LanguageLink is a platform for people learning another language, allowing them to link with local native speakers or other learners.

  • Palette24 by Team Palette24

    Khang Le, John Kim, Matthew Chou, Sadie Co

    PalettePals revolutionizes the way people interact with food—learn about its culture, recipe, and nearby restaurants to buy it from all with a single photo! It's simple, really. Take a picture, upload it, and learn all the information about it. By collecting more foods specific to a culture, grow and evolve your PalettePal! See how your friends compare through a leaderboard. PalettePals, breaking down barriers one bite at a time.

  • Team Equality Explorer by Team Equality Explorer

    Aidan Oblepias, Anthony Battaglia, Tom O'Connor, John Flanagan

    We plan to make a browser landing page that puts an emphasis on spreading awareness. The landing page will include daily articles from a variety of different news sources along with AI powered critique about potential problematic sections or narratives present in the articles. In addition, the landing page will include daily goals that suggest users to take steps towards experiencing and better understanding different cultures.

  • uNDme by Team Green

    Aynaz Namik, Amaya Tucker, Amanda Thomas

    A site that has a calendar, listings, and comments section to bring every resource that Notre Dame offers into one place. Individuals can post questions they have to fellow Notre Dame students about concerns they have on campus (i.e. can any POCs share their study abroad experiences in Ireland?), the calendar helps students keep track and optimize all events happening on campus, and the listings lets students voice needs and talents they can offer all in one place.