GDSC KitaHack 2023
KitaHack is a 2-month event featuring talks, events, and a hackathon organised by Google Developer Student Clubs Malaysia (GDSC Malaysia)
The event duration is 4th Jan - 10th Mar 2023
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KitaHack is a 2-month event featuring talks, events, and a hackathon organised by Google Developer Student Clubs Malaysia (GDSC Malaysia)
The event duration is 4th Jan - 10th Mar 2023
Register Now!
KitaHack is a two-month event featuring talks, events, and a hackathon organized by Google Developer Student Clubs Malaysia. It's a great opportunity to get feedback and practice your skills, with the goal of helping you create and fine-tune innovative ideas using Google technologies.
The main purpose of KitaHack is to help participants improve their proposals for the 2023 Solution Challenge. We offer feedback and networking opportunities with industry professionals, speakers, and mentors to help you get the most out of your experience. Plus, there are prizes to be won from our sponsors!
KitaHack centers around the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During the event, you'll be challenged to create a project that helps solve one or more of these goals using Google technologies. It's a chance to make a real difference in the world and learn new skills at the same time.
The Normal Track is an opportunity for you to work on a solution that addresses one or more of the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals aim to end poverty, ensure prosperity, and protect the planet. You will have the freedom to choose a theme within the 17 SDGs and develop a solution that makes a positive impact on that theme.
The NGO Track is an opportunity for you to work on a specific problem statement provided by our collaborating non-governmental organizations (NGOs). These problem statements address real-world challenges that the NGOs are currently facing, and your goal is to come up with a solution that addresses these challenges. You will have the opportunity to attend a sharing session with the NGOs, where they will describe their stories, challenges, and solutions they have tried. There will also be mentoring sessions available for teams who would like to consult further with the NGOs.
Problem Statement: How can we make it easier for teachers to track student attendance in rural areas?
The very first step of learning is being there to learn. TFM has found difficulties in keeping track of student's attendance and subsequently, a lack of data to enhance their teaching. Many teachers use pencil and paper as it is the most convenient.
Teachers in TFM come from far and wide. Any solution created needs to be low-bandwidth proof or offline. Often, TFM loses touch with teachers for close to a month in rural areas.
Most of the students are primary schoolchildren from government schools. Your effort would not only help TFM, but many other organizations pushing for quality education in Malaysia.
Problem Statement: How do we upskill and empower refugee women to find sustainable forms of income?
There are an estimated 182,990 refugees in Malaysia. Due to the lack of recognition for refugees, access to employment is extremely difficult and abuse is common. Women are on the brunt of this displacement.
WFR currently has the Refugee Women Development Programme (RWDP) for language & financial literacy and skill-based training such as sewing and crochet. However, it is difficult to convince women to commit cause they do not see the long term benefit of upskilling.
Furthermore, there is a lack of resources like materials and teachers to conduct upskilling programs. Lastly, WFT is always looking for ways to market and sell products made by refugee women to outside parties.
We are currently seeking sponsors for KitaHack 2023. If you are interested in supporting this event and gaining exposure to a talented group of students and professionals, please get in touch with us to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.
A team can have only up to 4 members in a team. Please note that only one entry per person which mean that you can only join one team.
Here is a simple guideline for you when forming a team.
Project Manager(Team Leader)
UI/UX Designer
Frontend Developer
Backend Developer
Problem Domain Experts
You can have members from any academic background (undergraduate, graduate, art, science backgrounds). However, we encourage you to have members from different backgrounds to ensure that your team can work together effectively.
You can invite your friend to join KitaHack with you. Alternatively, you can also join our Discord server to find team members.
1. Please clearly describe the challenge you are solving for using a problem statement.
2. What United Nations' Sustainable Development goal(s) AND target(s) did you choose for your solution? What inspired you to select these specific goal(s) AND target(s)?
10 points3. Describe the architecture that your team chose for your solution. What are the high-level components of your architecture? What is the responsibility of each component?
4. Which specific products and platforms did you choose to implement these components and why?
10 points5. Feedback from users, testing, & iteration
🚀 Walk us through the steps you took to test your solution with real users (outside of your team). Provide three specific
feedback points you received from real users.
🚀 What did you learn and how did it help improve your solution?
What are three specific things you implemented and improved for your solution based on the feedback from users?
6. Code testing and iteration
🚀 Highlight one challenge you faced while building your code, including detail on how you
addressed the issue and the technical decisions and implementations you had to make.
7. How does your solution address the challenge you are looking to solve for? Describe the success of your solution using metrics, goals, and outcomes. What Google technologies are you using to track usage analytics? Using relevant (or meaningful) statistics, concrete data or numerical examples where possible.
8. Upload a copy of your demo video. Make sure the video demonstrates a working application and how a user will interact with the solution. Make sure the video also makes effective use of the chosen Google products. Feel free to include infographics or visual representation of the data in your demo video.
10 points9. What do you see as the future / next steps for your project? How would you expand your solution to reach a larger audience?
10. Explain how the technical architecture of your solution could support (in its current state or with minor changes) scaling to a larger audience.
10 points
To be announced
TBA
We are currently in the process of selecting and inviting the top mentors to join us at KitaHack. Keep an eye out for announcements on their names and expertise in the coming weeks. We can't wait to share their valuable insights and experiences with you!
To be announced
TBA
We are currently in the process of selecting and inviting the top mentors to join us at KitaHack. Keep an eye out for announcements on their names and expertise in the coming weeks. We can't wait to share their valuable insights and experiences with you!
To be announced
TBA
We are currently in the process of selecting and inviting the top mentors to join us at KitaHack. Keep an eye out for announcements on their names and expertise in the coming weeks. We can't wait to share their valuable insights and experiences with you!
Join the server to ask any question
The most common questions about GDSC Kita Hack 2023.
Yes, you are welcome to participate as a solo team. However, if you're looking for team members, you can join our Discord server link to connect with other participants.
Yes, absolutely! We offer beginner-friendly workshops to help you build your idea.
Your team will retain ownership of the app/solution that you create during KitaHack.
While you are welcome to explore any solution ideas, for the purpose of the Global Solution Challenge (GSC) and KitHack 2023 competition, you are required to select a theme within the 17 SDGs.
After KitaHack, you'll have the opportunity to refine and improve your solution for the 2023 Global Solution Challenge.
No, each student is only allowed to be a part of one submission for KitaHack.
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