On a Saturday in early November, part of Google’s NYC office in Chelsea was transformed into a hacking metropolis. Thirty-six female students from the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, New York University, Columbia, Rutgers and SUNY Stony Brook came together for the very first Hack212: Urban Innovation, a 12-hour, NYC-focused, female-friendly hack event sponsored in partnership by Google and the City of New York. The event was aimed at female computer science students of all levels and hoped to highlight the many ways in which computer science and programming skills can be used to tackle social and community issues right here in New York City. Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications , was to find a technological solution to the parking problem in New York City. As anyone who has every tried to park a car in NYC knows, it can be very difficult, time consuming, and sometimes even dangerous. We wanted to ask our participants: Is it possible to create a technological solution for parking in NYC that could (a) determine when and where there are available parking spots, (b) combine that information with other data (such as parking rules and regulations), and (c) convey this information to the driver in a way that is meaningful, safe and happens in real-time?Google Students page on Google+.Posted by Jessica Safir, University Programs
2 comments :
Stevens Institute of Technology is a fantastic engineering school just across the Hudson from NYC and it's curiously missing from your list, especially given it's well-recognized CS and cyber security programs. I'm sorry to hear the school wasn't included.
all photos are really tremendous.
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