Hack the Crisis

Creating digital solutions for some of the most pressing health, social, and economic problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

CIS4Good 2021

CIS4Good 2021 is a semester-long hackathon for students in the Computer Information Systems (CIS) Capstone course taught by Prof. Guido Lang at Quinnipiac University that focuses on creating digital solutions for social impact. Students work autonomously in Scrum teams and integrate everything they learned in the CIS program to build production-ready web or mobile applications.

The theme of CIS4Good 2021 was “Hack the Crisis.” Students had to ideate and develop digital solutions for some of the most pressing health, social, and economic problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 10 teams competed and students selected three finalists, which presented remotely in front of invited guests and a panel of judges in May 2021.

10 Weeks

Students have 10 weeks to complete the CIS4Good Hackathon

Automonous

Students establish their own goals and work processes

Capstone Course

The CIS4Good Hackathon is part of the CIS capstone course at QU

Digital Solutions

Students develop production-ready web or mobile apps

Social Problems

Students identify and solve pressing social problems

Expert Judges

A panel of expert judges selects the Judges' Choice Award Winner

Judgesʼ Choice Award Winner: Pure Wellness

By James Cohen, Jack Nienstedt, Alexandra Peake, Kylie Gethings

Audience Choice Award Winner: Campus Care Connect

By Kris Appel, Rebecca Bae, Greg Thisse, Reem Saade

Finalist: Remotely

By Sarah Goldenberg, Cameron Barker, Emilio Cucciniello, Benjamin Toscano, Joseph Mollica

The Contestants

COVID Line Tracker
COVID Line Tracker
CT COVID-19
CT COVID-19
Everything COVID
Everything COVID
My Grandson
My Grandson
Neural Network
Neural Network
CT COVID-19
New Opp
Tri-State Health Services
Tri-State Health Services

The Judges

Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy

Senior Director, Solution Management, Enterprise Information Management at SAP

Andrew McDermott
Andrew McDermott

Lead IT Application Analyst at Duke Energy

Felicia Quido
Felicia Quido

Senior IT Project Manager / Release Train Engineer at Cigna

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Angel Robles

Head of Solution Delivery - Tech Shared Services, AXA XL

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David Walker

Reinsurance CIO (retired), AXA XL