Ellipsis Tech Series Hackathon 2020 presented by Goldman Sachs
The Ellipsis Tech Series Hackathon presented by Goldman Sachs seeks to bring together cross-disciplinary teams of between 3 to 5 members each from across the SMU faculties for an intense, fast paced hackathon to build an innovative finance solution that leverages highly dynamic information sources
Students will be challenged to create a unique solution based on a problem statement that will be released on day one of the hackathon. The solution will be judged in 2 rounds by our panel of judges from the industry, focusing on both its business value as well as technical complexity. Teams will be required to submit a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the second round of competition’s judging.
Challenge Statement:
Information is generated at a pace faster than ever before but the signal is often lost amongst
the noise. The ability to process large volumes of data quickly and correlate between events in
near real time is a crucial competitive advantage in helping you manage your personal finances.
Leveraging AWS’s cloud platform and product offerings, you will be designing, implementing
and delivering a system to help your peers steer their finances to safe harbors.
In 2016, The Straits Times reported that as many as 2 in 3 young people have not started
investing with the lack of financial knowledge being cited as one of the key reasons. As
financial information is becoming increasingly accessible and more diverse in nature, it is
important that youths have the access to the right information to help facilitate an apt
investment plan for retirement.
Your task is to design a solution on a platform of your choice, mobile or web, that empowers
youths to make smart decisions with their finances by recommending ways and means to
make their money work for them.
The solution should target youths with emphasis in helping them make sense of the labyrinth
of financial information available out there and how this information can guide them in
making smart decisions.
Link to Github Codes:
https://github.com/denysetan/techseries
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