Students from the Master in Information and Computer Sciences (MICS) have been challenged during 12 weeks to work on the following issue: « Could Technology help society, more than just automating manual work and fast business growing? ». They will share their results and learning experience on this challenge, especially on how to manage short deadline projects with limited resources, and still deliver an end user product. The event will take place on Thursday 30 January 2018 and will be moderated by Assistant Professor Dr. Sergio Coronado.
Event agenda:
17:30 – Registration & Welcome
18:00 – Introduction
18:15 – 20:00 – Presentations
20:00 – 21:00 – Networking cocktail
Projects:
TripAid, is a ‘TripAdvisor’-like website designed for people with disabilities to help them find barrier-free hotels, restaurants and other activities. www.trip-aid.com
- Simon BANDELLA, Laurent GROBER, Paul MEDER, Xhulio ZEKAJ, Jessica MANIRAKOZE
LuxBikeMap, an interactive map of bike paths in Luxembourg, mark and publish new path, provide feedback on point of interest and improved overall quality of bike paths.
- Valeriia VTERKOVSKA, Tatiana RETUNSKAIA, Irada MAHERAMOVA, Soumya RAMAKRISHNA, Viroslava TSYMBAL
Emergency GO,a mobile application for calling emergencies support, fast, via one click button.
- Florian DEZE, Maximilian BIEGEL, Bharathi VIJAYAKUMAR, Tarif ALJNIDI, Epiphanie KABATESI
HelpShare, a social mobile application enabling people to seek and share help for common tasks, such as replacing car tires or cutting hedges, anywhere and at any time in order to achieve a collaborative helping experience.
- Nicolas MAYER, Dren GASHI, Joe MAYER, Mike PEREIRA
PlayCraft, musical instruments promote mental health. However, they are highly expensive and are not for children or adults in third world countries. Our project aims to make affordable musical instruments from scrap materials.
- Himadri PATHAK, Cristian PORUMB, Lucian TRESTIOREANU, Nina ÇAUSHI, Yaqiong ZHENG
Solwee, is a crowdfunding platform to help students from all over the world to raise funds for educational needs, such as University fees, housing, etc. www.solwee.org
- Aleksandr BELIAKOV, Ekaterina KHRAMTSOVA, Raji JAYAKUMAR, Stanislav KONCHENKO, Victor BANDOIU