{"590669":{"#nid":"590669","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Undergrad\u0027s Start-up Vies for 2017 U.S. Imagine Cup","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA student team from Georgia Tech is competing this week in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/compete.imagine.microsoft.com\/en-us\/usa\u0022\u003EMicrosoft Imagine Cup 2017\u003C\/a\u003E in Seattle, Wash.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oculogx.com\/\u0022\u003ETeam Oculogx\u003C\/a\u003E is one of 12 U.S. finalists competing to be among six teams advancing to the World Finals for a chance at winning $100,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team includes three students from the College of Computing \u0026ndash; third-year Computer Science students \u003Cstrong\u003ECheng Hann\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ESarthak Srinivas\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EWenqi Xian\u003C\/strong\u003E. Second-year Industrial and Systems Engineering student \u003Cstrong\u003ECharu Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E founded the startup company behind the team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMicrosoft\u0026rsquo;s Imagine Cup is a global student tech competition that encourages students to use their creativity, passion, and knowledge of technology to create applications that meet real-world challenges with innovative solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the challenge, Team Oculogx introduces \u003Cem\u003EPickAR\u003C\/em\u003E, a mixed reality app that melds Microsoft\u0026rsquo;s HoloLens and Azure MySQL database to improve order picking in warehouses. The app integrates waypoint navigation, barcode scanning, and direct communication with warehouse management software systems to improve overall efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHighlights from this week\u0026rsquo;s U.S. Imagine Cup student competition are going to be broadcast on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iccms.blob.core.windows.net\/blogs\/Save%20the%20date!%20U-5b6cf430bd6a.S.%20Imagine%20Cup%20Finals%20Virtual%20Event.ics\u0022\u003EApril 27\u003C\/a\u003E as a virtual event hosted by\u0026nbsp;Sabrina from YouTube\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5JuldwHm7yA\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENerdy \u0026amp; Quirky\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A student team from Georgia Tech is competing in Microsoft\u0027s 2017 U.S. Imagine Cup."}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2017-04-19 19:37:52","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590668":{"id":"590668","type":"image","title":"Charu Thomas","body":null,"created":"1492630557","gmt_created":"2017-04-19 19:35:57","changed":"1492630557","gmt_changed":"2017-04-19 19:35:57","alt":"Charu Thomas","file":{"fid":"225034","name":"CharuThomas.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CharuThomas.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CharuThomas.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":999590,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CharuThomas.jpg?itok=R9-m9xAH"}}},"media_ids":["590668"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174096","name":"Microsoft Imagine Cup"},{"id":"174097","name":"Oculogx"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"174098","name":"Charu Thomas"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert \u0026quot;Ben\u0026quot; Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}