Cal Hacks

?? The Story of Autonomous AI Society ?? This weekend, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in Cal Hacks 11.0 ??, co-hosted by Fetch.ai and Google and organized by the University of California, Berkeley. I’m thrilled to share that my project, Autonomous AI Society, won the Fetch.ai Challenge. Despite my experience with numerous hackathons, finding a fresh idea felt challenging. Arriving late to the CalHacks Venue, I decided to embrace the opportunity to work solo and explore ideas without pressure. ?? I was exploring healthcare and education ideas but nothing clicked. Just as I was about to give up, news of Hurricane Milton in Florida and the rise of AI agentic technology sparked an interesting idea. With Fetch.ai providing a powerful framework for creating AI agents, I decided to simulate an AI society where AI agents were taking autonomous decisions during a disaster and trying to minimize the loss of life. It took 14 hours to build the proof of concept. I showed my first POC to Mark Losey and Sana Wajid CEng MICE FPWI who really liked the idea, that's when I decided to develop more features. How does it work? I developed 5 uAgents using the Fetch.ai framework, with each agent communicating with other agents through messages. The first agent initiates the entire disaster response process, next the distress analyzer agent takes different phone calls, performs distress analysis using Hume AI, identifies calls with highest distress, and decides to dispatch the drone to that caller's location. The next agent performs the drone simulation movement to the target location. Now the human detection agent gets the images from the drone and analyzes them using the Hyperbolic framework provided Llama vision model, to detect the humans and get the description of the image. Using Groq, the highest priority location is identified. Finally, the call rescue agent uses Llama 3.1405B model to make clear instructions for the rescue team and uses Vapi to make phone calls to the rescue team giving them directions and coordinates.?I used Deepgram for all voice functions. Demo of my project: Find in Comments???? Special thanks to Attila Bagoly and Chirag Maliwal for their continuous technical support during the hackathon. I am beyond grateful to Sana Wajid CEng MICE FPWI and Fetch.ai team for recognizing my project. It was a great learning experience working with different new AI technologies, thanks to the incredible sponsors Fetch.ai Fetch.ai Innovation Lab, Hume AI, Hyperbolic, Groq, Deepgram, Major League Hacking, Vapi. Listening to Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas and The Chainsmokers' Alex Pall share their journeys was a memorable highlight of the event. A special shoutout to the Cal Hacks team for bringing together the largest collegiate hackathon and creating such an amazing experience. #Hackathon #Innovation #CalHacks #Tech #AI #AIAgents #Coding #learning

?? WE WON CALHACKS! I am excited to share that my team and I won the Best Use of Chroma in an AI Application at Cal Hacks (UC Berkeley's Hackathon). The hackathon was an insane experience with over 2000 participants and sleepless nights, and I'm so happy about what Satwik Mallajosyula, Sachin Jain, and I achieved together! ??We built Pawn Up, an AI-powered chess training platform designed to revolutionize chess education for beginners and amateurs, making insightful game analysis accessible to everyone. Here are the features that make Pawn Up special: ?? Analyze: Uses lichess.org API to fetch and analyze users' last 20 games, offering detailed move-by-move insights and interactive heatmaps with context to the whole board. ?? Train: With Groq and Meta Llama 3.1, it crafts personalized puzzle sets that help players improve by targeting their specific weaknesses. ?? Search: Uses a Chroma-powered vector database with Google Gemini vector embeddings to let users dive into thousands of grandmaster games using natural language prompts. ?? Upload: Players can upload and search/analyze their own games. ????My Contribution: Analyze Feature and UI - We all implemented one feature each, and I had the opportunity to implement the analyze feature as well as create the entire UI for the project. - The analyze feature includes chat with the chessboard. Users can ask questions like "how does this move benefit me?" and get insightful responses that go beyond just saying a move is good or bad. - Additionally, you can click on any piece at any point in the game to get a heatmap of all possible moves with shades of green (good moves) and red (bad moves). By hovering over each shade, users receive a detailed description explaining why that move is good or bad. - All of this was implemented using Flask, lichess.org API, Stockfish Chess Engine API, Meta Llama 3.1, Groq, React, and TailwindCSS. ??Project Links: Devpost: https://lnkd.in/ghR4RpuU Github: https://lnkd.in/gqtQhpMe A huge shoutout to Graham Steele and Aarush Sah from Groq for their invaluable support. I'm also very grateful to Anton Troynikov, the co-founder of Chroma, for his encouragement and being a fan of chess! Most of all, thank you Cal Hacks for this unforgettable experience! #AI #ChromaDB #Groq #Gemini #Llama #Hackathon #CalHacks #Chess #PawnUp #Innovation #VectorSearch

This month, I had the honor of judging hackathons at Columbia DivHacks and Berkeley (Cal Hacks). Witnessing the potential of deep learning, particularly in cybersecurity was inspiring. Projects utilizing models like O1 to address security vulnerabilities and cascading LLM models to emulate chains of thought showcased innovative approaches. A project that really fascinated me was using BERT to detect malicious SQL patterns, proving to be a valuable tool in combating SQL injections. The ingenuity of students, most of whom were in sophomore/junior years was remarkable, and of course kudos to the organisers for their effort in putting this together :) #Hackathons #DeepLearning #Innovation #Cybersecurity #Technology

?? Thrilled to share my experience from Cal Hacks 11.0! ?? Over the past weekend, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in UC Berkeley’s Cal Hacks, the largest collegiate hackathon in the world in the heart of San Francisco. The energy, creativity, and collaboration were truly inspiring. Pratham Pilli, Pranavi Chaturvedula, Tarun Sanjeev Banala, and I dedicated 40 hours to developing an innovative healthcare solution I'm excited to introduce: RecovARy. RecovARy is an AR-based health-tech solution designed to help stroke patients regain mobility and motor function in an engaging and data-driven way. By turning traditional physical therapy exercises into interactive games, we aim to motivate patients and track their progress more effectively. ?? RecovARy: Transforming Physical Therapy: Immersive 3D AR Games: In augmented reality, we recreated popular games like Wii Sports Wall Tennis and Fruit Ninja to make physical therapy exercises enjoyable. Real-Time Mobility Tracking: Using AR Spectacles, we captured detailed movement data, such as hand-eye coordination, reaction times, and velocity during gameplay. AI-Driven Recovery Insights: Through AI-powered analysis, the platform assesses each patient's recovery progress, helping therapists monitor improvements in motor function over time and give real-time feedback. I am also proud to announce: ?? Our Dual Wins: ??? 2nd Place - Snap Inc.'s Dream it. Build it Challenge ??? 2nd Place - Fetch.ai's Agentic Track Prize ?? Technical Highlights: AR Spectacles & Lens Studio: RecovARy was developed using Snap Inc.’s AR Spectacles, allowing for hands-free, immersive experiences in the real world. We utilized Snapchat’s Lens Studio to build interactive AR games with physics-based collisions and real-time movement tracking. Fetch.ai Integration: We leveraged Fetch.ai’s platform to perform AI-driven data analysis, ensuring that the mobility metrics collected were processed independently, providing valuable insights into the patient’s rehabilitation journey. Real-Time Data Processing: The AR games captured crucial recovery data points, such as groundstroke speed and reaction time, which were analyzed in real-time to give patients and therapists immediate feedback on performance. These insights were essential in tailoring personalized therapy sessions. I am immensely grateful for the guidance we received from the talented teams at Snap Inc. and Fetch.ai. Huge thanks to Raag Harshavat, Aidan Wolf, Sasha Menscikova, Kevin Habich, and Courtney from Snap AR’s team for supporting us with AR challenges, and to Sanket Kulkarni, Vedita Deshpande, and the Fetch.ai team for their help in utilizing decentralized AI agents. Cal Hacks was an unforgettable experience, and I'm excited to continue building innovative and impactful solutions that make a difference! #CalHacks #ARHealthcare #FetchAI #SnapAR #InnovationForGood #StrokeRecovery #AIInHealthcare #Hackathon #AugmentedReality #PhysicalTherapy

This past weekend, 1,500 hackers converged in SF for Cal Hacks. We were thrilled to see that 14 (!) of the winning teams were powered by Groq. ?? ?? ?? Check out their devposts to learn all about them: 1. Ghostwriter - https://lnkd.in/gTHptG3q 2. RecovARy - https://lnkd.in/dWQhTRjd 3. Autonomous AI Society - https://lnkd.in/db8ma7mc 4. Healora - https://lnkd.in/gmtVhC5X 5. Watchdog - https://lnkd.in/gbDfr-st 6. DeeR - https://lnkd.in/gbiCtHKy 7. Noq - https://lnkd.in/g6H9enKZ 8. Cryptowise - https://lnkd.in/gMNJWFWY 9. Echocare - https://lnkd.in/gdU2xBHd 10. Pawn Up - https://lnkd.in/gfjdC__u 11. Memento - https://lnkd.in/gvNCeCVP 12. Grocify - https://lnkd.in/gGBtt9wt 13. Leyline - https://lnkd.in/gXvHNXKM 14. Text to Dot - https://lnkd.in/gQXnGd46

Day 1 at Cal Hacks, the world’s largest collegiate #hackathon from the University of California, Berkeley, Co-hosted by Fetch.ai and Sponsored by Fetch.ai Innovation Lab has been nothing short of amazing! The energy here at City View at Metreon in #SanFrancisco is incredible, with brilliant minds coming together to #build, create, and innovate. As co-hosts and sponsors, we’re thrilled to see so many exciting ideas already taking shape using Fetch.ai Agent technology. We’re also honored to have our Chief Development Officer, Sana Wajid CEng MICE FPWI, present at the event, further strengthening our commitment to supporting the next generation of #AI Innovators. Attila Bagoly, Head of AI at Fetch.ai led an engaging session about Fetch.ai, diving into the tech that’s shaping the future of decentralized AI. More exciting moments to come—stay tuned! #CalHacks #FetchAI #Innovation #AI #BuildFetch Mark Losey, Sanket Kulkarni, Tanay Godse, Chinmay Nilesh Mahagaonkar, Kush Agarwal, Vedita Deshpande, Shivam Hasurkar Sai Mounika Peteti Elliot Bertram Yuanbo Pang

Join us for Cal Hacks 11.0 this weekend!?? We’ll be supporting 1,500+ hackers as they build their projects. Atchuth Naveen Chilaparasetti and Ariel Cai from our team will be on the judging panel to select the top ones.??? #CalHacks #Berkeley

36 hours. Thousands of hackers. The brightest minds in tech. An endless stream of creativity and #innovation. Sounds like the world’s largest collegiate #hackathon has arrived, doesn’t it? Starting tomorrow at 2:00 PM PDT, Fetch.ai Innovation Lab is excited to be sponsoring Cal Hacks 11.0 at University of California, Berkeley Co-hosted by Fetch.ai, which gathers creative minds from all over the world. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced coder, #CalHacks offers a great space to learn, build, and create new solutions using Fetch.ai technology. Date: October 18, 2024 Location: City View at Metreon San Francisco, CA ?? Learn more: hackberkeley.org We can’t wait to see what the future holds at Cal Hacks 11.0! Let’s build, innovate, and inspire together. ??? Sana Wajid CEng MICE FPWI, Elliot Bertram, Mark Losey, Sanket Kulkarni, Tanay Godse, Chinmay Nilesh Mahagaonkar, Kush Agarwal, Vedita Deshpande, Attila Bagoly, Shivam Hasurkar and Sai Mounika Peteti Yuanbo Pang ???????? #AI #BuildFetch #CalHacks

? CAL HACKS 11.0 IS HERE! ? Thirty-six hours. Thousands of hackers. Build anything at Cal Hacks, 100% run by students, for students—all majors and experience levels are welcome! Experience it all at Cal Hacks 11.0! ?? Apply today at apply.hackberkeley.org ?? When: October 18 - 20, 2024 ?? Where: City View at Metreon (135 4th St, San Francisco) ? Who: All college/university students (incl. grad students!) ?Priority Deadline: 9/22 11:59 PM PST ??Regular Deadline: 9/30 11:59 PM PST ?Learn more at hackberkeley.org

The world's largest collegiate hackathon is BACK this October & we want YOU (yes, you! ??) to join our director team! All UC Berkeley students are welcome regardless of major or technical/hackathon experience! All EIGHT of our teams are recruiting this fall (Tech, Sponsorship, Logistics, Diversity, Marketing, Cubstart, Finance, and Design) We can’t wait to meet you all and welcome the future organizers of the WORLD’S LARGEST COLLEGIATE HACKATHON! Have any questions? Feel free to shoot us a message on instagram, email [email protected], or come up to our table from 8/27-9/6! – ?? Apply by 9/11?@11:59pm at https://lnkd.in/g_T43xec ?? RSVP for our Meet and Eat w/ Directors event (free pizza!) on 9/9 8-9:30pm @ SOCS 20 here: https://lnkd.in/geYEzuyu ?? Learn more on our Notion: https://lnkd.in/gh6E389F ?? Join our Hackathons @ Berkeley Discord server here: https://lnkd.in/gPG3N9j2