Building with AI for Global Impact
On March 7, 2024, The Ambassador Projects Demo Day was held virtually on Teams. The event brought together rising developers from all over the world to collaborate and create innovative solutions to real-world problems.
We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to the Gold leads Seth Addo, Midhuna Mohanraj, Azmat Ullah, Diya Vijay for their hard work and dedication in putting together such an amazing event and leading this past cycle of the projects program. Without their tireless efforts, this event would not have been possible. In addition, we would like to thank our Gold milestone judges, Itasha Modi, Meerali Naseet, Mudasir Murtaza and Vani Mittal.
The winning team was Innovation_redefined, led by Ambassador Harshavardhan Bajoria. Their project, CogniQuotient, was chosen as the winner because of its innovative approach to solving a real-world problem. CogniQuotient is a cutting-edge solution powered by Azure AI service and seamlessly integrated through Streamlit. Tackling the prevalent challenges head-on, this innovation provides transformative features such as Chat & Learn, Keyword-Powered Notes, VideoLink, LinguaBrief and LinguiaSense for text translation, as well as Legit lens which helps track illegitimate news content. The judges were impressed with the team’s ability to work together and create a solution that was both practical and innovative.
Other teams that participated in the Ambassadors Projects Program and made it to the final 5 round included InnovateHer, Parasite Hunters, Byte Brigade and Onboarding Software. Each team worked tirelessly to create innovative solutions to real-world problems. Although they did not win, their projects were impressive and showed great promise.
InnovateHer: The Maternify project aims to create an intuitive and resourceful mobile application dedicated to supporting expectant mothers. By integrating user-friendly design with reliable, comprehensive resources, the app seeks to enhance maternal and child well-being, addressing a need in healthcare accessibility and education.
Parasite Hunters: An AI technology to aid in medical research and discovery by providing detailed information about parasites and includes digital imagery and visualization.
Byte Brigade: CogniCare- the emotion-based song and video player for kids and people with disabilities, uses cutting-edge AI technology to offer a more engaging and inclusive experience for learning and entertainment. By understanding a user's emotions, the player can suggest songs and videos that are perfectly matched to their current mood, we enable children and individuals with visual or auditory challenges to freely explore and engage with multimedia content on their own terms.
Onboarding Software: Onboarding Software Specializer is a specialized search agent which searches the knowledge base according to data provided to create an optimized search engine experience.
Overall, this cycle of Ambassador Projects was a huge success. The event brought together some of the brightest minds in the industry and showcased some truly innovative solutions to real-world problems. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for these talented developers.
Learn more about the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors program here.