InfosysTechZooka-
PALS Hackathon
Challenges
CHALLENGE 1: MedAssist
Background:
Hospitals face bottlenecks in
AI-Powered Patient Triage emergency departments due to
System inefficient triage processes,
leading to delayed care and
overcrowding.
Challenge Statement:
How can we build an AI-driven Potential Impact:
triage assistant that analyzes Reduces ER wait times, improves
symptoms, medical history, and patient outcomes, and optimizes
vitals to prioritize patients and hospital resource allocation.
recommend initial care steps?
CHALLENGE 2: WasteWise
Background:
Urban areas face challenges in
Smart Waste Segregation and
waste segregation, leading to
Recycling System
low recycling rates and
environmental degradation.
Challenge Statement: Potential Impact:
How can we develop a smart Promotes sustainable waste
system using computer vision management, reduces landfill
and IoT to identify, sort, and usage, and supports circular
track waste types at the source? economy initiatives.
CHALLENGE 3: Safe Route
Background:
Urban commuters often face
AI-Driven Public Safety
safety risks due to crime-prone
Navigation System
areas, poor lighting, or lack of
real-time alerts.
Challenge Statement:
How can we build a navigation Potential Impact:
app that uses crime data, user Improves public safety,
reports, and real-time alerts to empowers citizens, and supports
suggest the safest routes for smarter urban planning.
pedestrians and cyclists??
CHALLENGE 4: AssistEd
Background:
Students with disabilities often
Assistive Learning Tools for
face barriers in accessing
Students with Disabilities
mainstream educational content
due to lack of inclusive tools.
Challenge Statement:
How can we develop AI-
Potential Impact:
powered assistive learning tools
Promotes inclusive education,
(e.g., speech-to-text, sign
improves learning outcomes,
language interpreters, adaptive
and empowers students with
interfaces) that personalize
disabilities.
content delivery for students
with diverse needs?
CHALLENGE 5: Climate Guard
Background:
Communities are increasingly
AI for Climate Prediction and vulnerable to climate-related
Disaster Preparedness disasters due to unpredictable
weather patterns and lack of
early warning systems.
Challenge Statement:
How can we build an AI-based Potential Impact:
platform that analyzes satellite Saves lives, enhances
data, historical weather community resilience, and
patterns, and local sensors to supports climate adaptation
predict climate events and strategies.
support disaster preparedness?