City of Memphis Hackathon November 15-17, 2024 FedEx Institute of Technology
Fourteen teams developed and presented solutions at the 2024 City Hackathon. Each team selected one of three challenges to focus on when designing their solution: 1) Blight and Neighborhood Improvement; 2) Transportation for Workforce Development; or 3) AI & Smart City Technology. Below is a video of each team’s presentation as well as project descriptions and artifacts.
Challenge #1: Blight & Neighborhood Improvement
Blight Busters
Project Description: MyPart901 is an app meant to increase access to volunteer-worthy blight reduction efforts and gamify it to excite Memphis nonprofits and volunteers. The app gives users points, badges and other incentives when they report new blight issues and/or volunteer to clean them up.
Team Members: Coriano Harris, Jesus Marron, Tremaine McKinley, JC Smiley
Project Artifacts:
X (Formerly Blight) Busters
Project Description: Interactive dashboard web platform that allows users to upload their own data to overlay with blighted properties needing improvement. AI powered chat bots provide users with exploratory data analysis and assist in making connections between multiple data sets.
Team Members: Stella Adu, Gabe Dumbrille, Vasim Inamdar, Jackson McDonald
Project Artifacts:
Byte the Blight, Grand Prize Winner
Project Description: A Blight Layer API Gateway that will summarize blight data across departments and allow GIS-informed blight remediation by the civic maintenance technicians, citizens, and nonprofits. It will also allow for 3rd-party mapping services to provide auto-routing and crowdsourced data retrieval/submission.
Team Members: Prince Bobo, Michael Gattas, Leo Rule, Mike Schoenberger
Project Artifacts:
Memphis 4ever
Project Description: Blight Bounties: An application that empowers Memphians to address 311-reported blight and claim cash rewards from the City. The Uber of community cleanup.
Team Members: Dili Emelue, Jordan Hobson, Daniel Jones
Project Artifacts:
Clean Slate, Challenge #1 Winner
Project Description: A program that will allow adults re-entering from incarceration and youth to organize neighborhood cleanups and put cash in their pockets while beautifying their City.
Team Members: Hassan Ali, Kaliaya Dews, Katerra Payne, Yusra Salameh, Yesenia Sanchez, Tasneem Wakil
Project Artifacts:
Rising from the Ashes
Project Description: Shifting focus across departments to galvanize community support for repurposing vacant lots as gardens. The City needs help from the communities they serve, but the people actually need a reason to maintain it.
Team Members: Prince Ali Miller-Liddell
Project Artifacts:
Challenge #2: Transportation for Workforce Development
Data Force
Project Description:MATA Ambassadors is an online information/service referral tool that shows public transit routes and offerings by neighborhood as well as a trip planning guide.
Team Members:Justin Carter, Antwoine Clark, Naim Hakeem, Arlinda Ibezium, Sri Mandalapu
Project Artifacts:
Memphis Moves sMATA
Project Description:A ride-sharing service app where users can request and offer rides in their friend/family networks. The driver can set custom fare amounts based on their own preferences.
Team Members:Arthi Annadi, Brandon Min
Project Artifacts:
Grizztrax
Project Description: Data analysis of geographic areas of Memphis where transportation access is needed most and data collection/survey incentive program for riders so MATA can optimize route planning.
Team Members:Nima Aflaki, Karti Bomb
Project Artifacts:
Scoop Fusion
Project Description: Data analysis of geographic areas of Memphis where transportation access is needed most and data collection/survey incentive program for riders so MATA can optimize route planning.
Team Members: Biynah Dayok, Pierre Knox, Rosemary Konadu, Robert Onyango, Tasleem Shaik, Matthew Simpson
Project Artifacts:
ETN
Project Description:The Employee Transit Network would build on current MATA on-demand ride services like Groove and Ready! by allowing riders to pre-schedule rides to work and increase last-mile access beyond existing transit routes.
Team Members:Darius Calliet, Von George, Judy Lane, Nathan Stokes
Project Artifacts:
Tech Titans, Challenge #2 Winner
Project Description:Website prototype where multiple local employers can upload transportation needs/schedules for employees and pool resources to provide rides to and from work.
Team Members:Carl Bledsoe Jr, Venki Mandapati, Venky Rajendran, Balaji Venkatasubramaniyar
Project Artifacts:
Challenge #3: AI & Smart City Technology
NEAIA, Challenge #3 Winner
Project Description: An AI assistant designed to alleviate pressure on emergency dispatch systems by redirecting non-emergency calls and helping individuals report non-urgent issues effectively, educating the public on proper 911 usage, and enhancing response times for true emergencies.
Team Members: Kareem DaSilva, Chisom Okonkwo
Project Artifacts:
I Heart Hack Memphis
Project Description:Memphis All in One (MAIO): A website to transform Memphis into a smarter, more connected, and citizen-friendly city providing a centralized platform for exploration, payment, transportation, and complaint management.
Team Members:Sree Malya Bathina, Anthoni Caldwell, Sravya Chillamcharla, Babatunde Dallas, Austin Horton, Venkata Subbarao Mupparaju
Project Artifacts:
For more information:
Contact: Jessica Lotz, Executive Director at Innovate Memphis
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Arlenia Cole, Media Affairs Manager for the City of Memphis
Phone: (901) 569-1971
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