{"587332":{"#nid":"587332","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing Undergrads Demo App for Nasdaq Execs as Part of Hackathon Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E undergraduate students that won a hackathon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hackmit.org\/\u0022\u003EHackMIT\u003C\/a\u003E) during the Fall 2016 semester visited with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/\u0022\u003ENasdaq\u003C\/a\u003E executives recently as part of the award for their win.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENathan Dass\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJonathan Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ETejasvi Nareddy\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ESana Ajani\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; all undergraduates pursuing degrees in computer science \u0026ndash; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/10\/03\/augmenting-reality-gt-students-fare-well-annual-hackmit\u0022\u003Ecreated an application\u003C\/a\u003E to retrieve and display stock information from the Nasdaq API on a Microsoft HoloLens display in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen a user is wearing the device, they can simply look at a company logo, indicate through one of the device\u0026rsquo;s built-in gestures that they would like to access its information, and a graphic would appear on the screen showing items such as current price and percent change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project, called \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/devpost.com\/software\/logo-locator\u0022\u003ELogoLens\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewon them the Nasdaq sponsor prize at HackMIT, awarded for the most creative use of Nasdaq\u0026rsquo;s API.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EWatch a video demonstration of \u003Cem\u003ELogoLens\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xxjJi76tULE\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor their reward, they were flown to New York to meet with Nasdaq executives, including Chief Technology and Chief Information Officer \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/business.nasdaq.com\/discover\/nasdaq-leadership\/brad-peterson\u0022\u003EBrad Peterson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. They attended lunch at the corporate building for a meet-and-greet and then presented their idea during an informal discussion. One other hackathon team that won the same prize was also present.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We both demoed our apps, and it was more of just a discussion with the whole room, seeing what we could improve,\u0026rdquo; Dass said. \u0026ldquo;They loved both applications. They saw the use within and out of Nasdaq.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENareddy said their demonstration was more as a proof of concept \u0026ndash; not something that users would necessarily use today, but something that could be used in various ways in the near future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the next five or 10 years, as this technology becomes more popular, there are a lot of uses,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;I think they loved the idea. They thought of a lot of uses for it, some that we hadn\u0026rsquo;t even thought of yet.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong those was an application, like the one the team developed, for the financial sector, which could display various screens with information from multiple stocks in real-time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They could look at a screen, and it would pull up the information automatically,\u0026rdquo; Chen said. \u0026ldquo;Swipe to different stocks. That was one application.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther ideas included use in a supermarket, where there is an abundance of logos on grocery items within the store.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Instead of limiting our app to just stock info, you could use it for user metrics in the sense that, say you\u0026rsquo;re browsing through the chip aisle, your HoloLens could recognize what you\u0026rsquo;re looking at,\u0026rdquo; Dass said. \u0026ldquo;With additional features, you could figure out which brand the user picks up and sell that information back to the companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Or, from the user experience, you could have nutritional information or, based on whatever items you put in your cart, it could pull up a recipe. The possibilities are endless.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the ideas are far from being usable products today, the team members said the experience meeting with executives at such a prominent organization was invaluable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to meeting with the executives, the team got to be present for the day\u0026rsquo;s closing bell ceremony at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/index\u0022\u003ENew York Stock Exchange\u003C\/a\u003E, where they made it on to the live stream from the audience on a handful of occasions. They also had their photo on the big screen in Times Square.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was our minute and a half of fame,\u0026rdquo; Dass said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A group of four College of Computing students demonstrated a hackathon project, LogoLens, for Nasdaq executives as part of the prize they won at HackMIT."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2017-02-13 18:12:37","changed_gmt":"2017-02-14 14:06:41","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587331":{"id":"587331","type":"image","title":"HackMIT group","body":null,"created":"1487009464","gmt_created":"2017-02-13 18:11:04","changed":"1487009464","gmt_changed":"2017-02-13 18:11:04","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223837","name":"NASDAQ GT group picture.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/NASDAQ%20GT%20group%20picture.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/NASDAQ%20GT%20group%20picture.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":51275,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/NASDAQ%20GT%20group%20picture.jpg?itok=aJ_f2C1P"}}},"media_ids":["587331"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"103781","name":"hackathons"},{"id":"166980","name":"HackMIT"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edavid.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}