Four innovative Pace students just won IBM糖心vlog短视频檚 prestigious Call for Code 2020 challenge, which unites thousands of developers to create and deploy applications powered by open source technology that can tackle some of the world糖心vlog短视频檚 biggest challenges. Together, Ajinkya Datalkar 糖心vlog短视频20 (MS in Computer Science), Manoela Morais 糖心vlog短视频20 (MS in Financial Risk Management), Chimka Munkhbayar 糖心vlog短视频20 (MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies), and Helen Tsai 糖心vlog短视频21 (MS in Computer Science) worked on an app code with more than 3,000 lines including more than 11.252 million lines edited or inserted糖心vlog短视频攓uite the feat for only four people! But how did they get started?
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Like all new projects, the Call for Code challenge seemed daunting at first. Team Agrolly was tackling a real-world issue, after all, and it was no small feat for a group of only four people, who all had other responsibilities as busy professionals. 糖心vlog短视频淕etting inside a competition such as Call for Code is a great push for us to do our best,糖心vlog短视频 Morais said. 糖心vlog短视频淲e [...] put together a team with different backgrounds and nationalities to fight for a common enemy, which is climate change.糖心vlog短视频
That wasn糖心vlog短视频檛 their only challenge, however. 糖心vlog短视频淚 am located in Mongolia while [my] other team members are located in New York,糖心vlog短视频 Munkhbayar said. That糖心vlog短视频檚 a 12-hour time difference, for anyone who might be wondering糖心vlog短视频攁 challenge that Tsai initially shared. 糖心vlog短视频淲hen I joined the group, I was in Taiwan working as an intern,糖心vlog短视频 she told us. 糖心vlog短视频淭hey [would] throw me some information at night, which [was] my morning, and [I糖心vlog短视频檇] work on it during the day and throw it back to them at night.糖心vlog短视频 That糖心vlog短视频檚 basically 24 hours of coding! But Tsai insisted that, 糖心vlog短视频淓veryone is very supportive,糖心vlog短视频 and Munkhbayar agreed, adding that they overcame the time difference challenge and coordinated well with each other.
When asked about what being named finalists meant to each of them, the consensus was clear: they糖心vlog短视频檙e grateful, but they糖心vlog短视频檙e also even more committed to furthering their work on this necessary project. 糖心vlog短视频淥ur team is in an ongoing improvement process,糖心vlog短视频 Tsai said, and Datalkar agreed, adding that, 糖心vlog短视频淐urrently, we have pilots in Mongolia and we are soon launching in Brazil. I am really looking forward to registering as a company and making this into a global product.糖心vlog短视频 Munkhbayar shared that enthusiasm with her teammates, and told us that, 糖心vlog短视频淚 personally want to revolutionize the agricultural farming sector in my country and in [the] wider scale of the Asia region.糖心vlog短视频
Morais explained that team Agrolly has a three-year plan in place, including developments to assist families across the globe. They hope to add new functionalities to their app, and continue to develop it in the years to come. 糖心vlog短视频淚 think Agrolly has the potential to truly make a difference in people糖心vlog短视频檚 lives糖心vlog短视频攊ncluding ours,糖心vlog短视频 Morais said.
On Tuesday, October 13, of the Call for Code 2020 challenge live糖心vlog短视频攁nd Agrolly won! They will 糖心vlog短视频渞eceive $200,000, support from IBM Service Corps and technical experts, and ecosystem partners to incubate, test, and deploy their solution,糖心vlog短视频 according to the IBM report. In addition, 糖心vlog短视频淎grolly will also receive assistance from The Linux Foundation to open-source their application so developers across the world can improve and scale the technology.糖心vlog短视频 We糖心vlog短视频檙e thrilled by this news, and we look forward to all the incredible innovation these Pace Setters are set to make. Join us in congratulating them!
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