What do one iconic American corporation, 40 graduate students, 10 projects, one dancing robot and fancy cupcakes have in common? The GE Hackathon Challenge of course!

Hosted by the College of Computer and Information Science, the GE Aviation Hackathon Challenge held February 25-26 on campus was a resounding success.  Students were charged with creating solutions to GE’s real-life issues managing privacy, regulation, and compliance data. Bringing their A-game to strategic projects through collaborations with GE team leaders, students wowed with creative, innovative ideas.

GE judges recognized top projects through criteria based on creativity, user-experience and impact on resources and time.  Award categories and winning teams:

Most Robust

• “Good to Go” team members:  Jun Li, Jiahua Liu and Leiming Yu

Best User Experience

• “Charles Com” team members:  Raxesh Patel, Anush Chaudhari, Rasesh Saraiya and Shail Shah

Most Real Impact

• “The Blue Team” members:  Tyler Brown, Ramkishan Panthena, Sumedh Sankhe and Parivash Hajiyani

Best Quick-Hit

• “Aviato” team members:  Sharad Boni and Amit Raul

Grateful thanks to GE for sponsorship of this innovative hackathon.  We look forward to hosting challenges of the like, designed to empower students and strengthen industry ties to CCIS.  For more information about sponsoring a hackathon or challenge, please contact the Advancement team at khoury-development@northeastern.edu.