Southern California’s First All-Female High School Hackathon
Due to COVID-19, AIHacks II will be held virtually on the weekend of September 5-7!
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AIHacks is a student-run hackathon for high school females (non-binary & trans inclusive) with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Founded by a team of high school students in tech, our team is passionate about addressing the gender gap in the field.
AIHacks is completely free, with food, swag, and awesome prizes included! At AIHacks, we invite participants to spend a weekend dedicated toward learning new skills and building innovative projects, while establishing a network of relationships. Our mission is to empower young women to pursue their interests in technology and AI, as well as challenge them to apply their knowledge to make a difference in the world.
09:00 AM Opening Ceremony
10:00 AM Hacking Starts!
10:00 AM Team Building Activities
11:00 AM Intro to GitHub
12:00 PM The Open Virtual
Assistant Initiative
01:00 PM Bonding Games
02:00 PM Intro to APIs
04:00 PM Intro to UX Design
05:00 PM Intro to HTML/CSS/JS
06:00 PM Evening Activities
08:00 AM Diversity & Inclusion Talk
09:00 AM The Tax on Being
Different
10:00 AM 24 Hours Remaining!
11:00 AM Women in STEAM Panel
12:00 PM Applications of AI
02:00 PM College Q&A Session
03:00 PM Intro to iOS Development
04:00 PM High School Internships
05:00 PM Evening Activities
10:00 PM Submissions Open
08:00 AM Hacker Hangout
09:00 AM Submissions Due
09:15 AM Judging Starts
12:00 PM Closing Ceremony
Professor Monica Lam
Computer Science at Stanford University
The Open Virtual Assistant Initiative
Dr. Vivienne Ming
Founder and Executive Chair of Socos Labs
The Tax on Being Different
Anne Solmssen
Chief Technology Officer
Camille Isioma
Aerospace Engineer
Krystal Xu
Data Scientist
Vivian Phung
iOS Developer
Emma Ong
Texas A&M University
Elaine Zheng
Rutgers University
Maya Uradnik
University of Michigan
Camille Mejia
MIT
Juvaria Shahid
Columbia University
Lavanya is a senior in the Highly Gifted Magnet at North Hollywood High School. After experiencing a lack of diversity in her programming classes from a young age, she wanted to empower young women and encourage them pursue careers in computer science and engineering through various initiatives, such as AIHacks, Reinvented Magazine, and she++. In her free time, Lavanya enjoys programming, reading science fiction, and getting boba with new connections.
Kat is a rising high school junior with a passion for both STEM and the arts. She is a big advocate for females in STEM and is the founder and president of a high school club called STEM Sisters, whose mission is to create a community where girls can learn and grow through STEM. She is also a two-time Kode With Klossy scholar and in her free time, she enjoys coding programs, drinking boba and making friendship bracelets for her community project Thread Some Hope. Outside of the classroom, Kat can be found singing in the worship band, dancing on her Hip Hop team, or performing in the school musical. Kat is so excited to be a part of the AIHacks team, and hopes this hackathon will help other girls feel empowered through technology.
Apoorva is a rising high school senior who is passionate about increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM. She hopes that through AI Hacks, she will be able to introduce the amazing world of AI to more people. She’s really excited to have joined this community and hopes to bring about positive change here!
Annelise actively strives to empower the marginalized socially, healthfully, and environmentally. She makes herself most vulnerable when writing, coding, and dancing with gratitude and an open mind. Proud alumni of Girls Who Code’s SIP and guest writer for women in STEM publications, she stretches every opportunity in computer science and coding in order to combat injustice in the tech/machine learning sector and beyond. Currently a senior at North Hollywood High School’s Highly Gifted Magnet, Annelise is devoted to exemplifying the impact of sincere expression for a future of constructive creation.
For Sriya Kantipudi, a junior in high school, artificial intelligence has always captivated her interests. From being mind blown after watching J.A.R.V.I.S.'s appearances in Iron Man (2008) to still being mind blown in current times after watching lectures in her artificial intelligence course on Udemy, computer science has changed the way she perceives the world. Aside from expanding her coding skills, Sriya enjoys listening to bhangra, rock, and soul music. As she likes to describe it, Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" begins her day, while Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" ends her night.
Genevieve is a rising high school senior who's passionate about increasing exposure to interdisciplinary pathways of the arts, technology, business, and entrepreneurship. She had an amazing first hackathon experience and wants AIHacks attendees to experience that same excitement brought about by collaboration and tech! In her spare time, you can find Genevieve coding, working on her organization TechArtBiz, wanting a corgi, or sculpting polymer clay miniatures for her Instagram @charmandsweet. She can't wait to plan an amazing AIHacks II alongside this amazing team!!!
Tracy Wei is a junior in high school who is passionate about empowering and creating opportunities for girls and other underrepresented groups in tech. Through participating in the Technovation Challenge, she discovered the “power of code” and became inspired to help others find their passion for changing the world through tech. Besides her interest in coding and AI, Tracy loves creating art of all mediums and exploring the intersection between computer science and other fields, like entrepreneurship and art.
Amy Wu is a senior at Walnut High School who proudly started her journey in tech as a 2019 Kode With Klossy Mobile Development Scholar. Since then, she has participated in several hackathons, attended Kode With Klossy for a second year as a Web Development Scholar, and is taking AP Computer Science A this year. Through AIHacks, Amy hopes to empower other young women to explore something out of their comfort zone and provide them with the necessary support and encouragement to make an impact on the world. She is extremely passionate about advancing public health initiatives in underserved communities as well and in her free time, she loves to cook, bake, and go to concerts.
Samantha is a rising senior who is passionate about promoting learning and volunteering as a means of shaping the community around her. From seeing the lack of female interest in STEM classes, specifically computer science classes, at her school, she has been motivated to inspire diversity in predominantly male-dominated fields. The world of technology has the potential for endless innovations, and Samantha is ecstatic to work with AIHacks to cultivate a community of creativity, innovation, and collaboration in young minds.
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