YSU Computer Club's HackYSU 2024 was a resounding success, bringing students from all backgrounds together to collaborate, design, and build a technological proof of concept in only 36 hours.

On the third floor of Meshel Hall from April 5th to April 7th, 14 groups of students had the privilege of presenting their projects in front of judges from Dev Youngstown, Zekelman Industries, YBI, and more.

The 4 teams selected for prizes were:

Sponsored Category “Best Use of FastAPI, React, Postgres, Expo”: Ngoc Tuong Vy Le, Dac Gia Phu Ho, and Thanuj Reddy Chamakura for “Student Tutor App”, an educational platform designed to facilitate seamless communication between students and tutors.  

1st Place: Cecil Manjerovic and Caroline Manjerovic for “Wave Collapse Garden”, a small, tiled game world that is procedurally generated using a function collapse algorithm to create a unique map that is cohesive.  

2nd Place: Ryan Laird, Ian Garcia, and Peter Pitzulo for “Dis-Chord”, an AI powered guitar tutor trained to visually recognize chords made by the human hand. 

3rd Place: Jacob Blasiman and Moe Alshoubaki for “IT Buddy”. A helpdesk application designed to assist IT helpdesk agents perform more efficiently with AI interpreting user requests and transforming them into computer functions.  

Well done to the winners and all the participants!

Want to get involved- check out the HackYSU website.