GE-Z, ZotTrees and FishGPT Cinch Top 3 at WebJam 2023
The Information and Computer Sciences Student Council (ICSSC) hosted WebJam 2023, its annual week-long hackathon that teaches students how to build web applications, from Nov. 13-17. Throughout the week, ICSSC, Hack at UCI, Commit the Change and Design at UCI hosted workshops that taught students various skills and tools related to web development.
![WebJam 2023 winners with WebJam 2023 organizers and judges.](https://www-test.ics.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WebJam-2023-winners-944x708.jpg)
Here are the three winning WebJam 2023 projects:
First place: GE-Z
GE-Z helps students find community college courses that satisfy UCI’s general education (GE) requirements. After students select a GE category, the app presents a list of community college courses that articulate over to UCI and fulfill the GE requirement.
GE-Z was created by:
- Uno Pasadhika – first-year computer science major
- Alan Tran – first-year computer science & engineering major
- Andrew Wang – first-year computer science major
- Kevin Wu – first-year computer science major
Second Place: ZotTrees
ZotTrees is an app that empowers users to manage and track their daily habits across three categories: social, academic and personal. With features such as AI-generated suggestions and summaries of users’ recent activity, ZotTrees fosters positive routines and personal growth.
ZotTrees was created by:
- Dalton Adcock – first-year computer science major
- Steven Cao – first-year computer science & engineering major
- Shayan Halder – first-year software engineering major
- Jasmine Wu – first-year cognitive science & computer science double major
Third Place: FishGPT
According to the FishGPT team, “FishGPT is an online chatbot built with ChatGPT that allows a user to simultaneously watch a fish and ask it questions to be answered! It uses computer vision to track the fish’s location in the tank to select a response and simulate different fish emotions and moods.”
FishGPT was created by:
- Dylan Vu – fourth-year computer science major
- Casey Tran – fourth-year computer science major
- Duong Vu – fourth-year computer science major
- Sharon Ma – third-year computer science major
— Karen Phan