Challenges
Hawaii Annual Code Challenge – 2025 Challenges
Judging and Presentation Day Videos
Presentations:
Award Ceremony:
HACC 2025 Winners:
- 1ST College
Junle Yan, [email protected] (Team Captain)
Cody Torres, [email protected]
Aveline Wang, [email protected]
- 2ND College
Samantha Limon, [email protected] (Team Captain)
Dahyun Kwon, [email protected]
- 3RD College
Lionel Derrick Roxas, [email protected] (Team Captain)
Victor Hoang, [email protected]
Gabrielle Dang, [email protected]
- 1ST High/Middle School
Danica Ibanez, [email protected] (Team Captain)
Lokahi Cooper, [email protected]
Jathan Moguche, [email protected]
Calina Ryan, [email protected]
Zong-Lin Tsou, [email protected]
Sebastian Tsutsui, [email protected]
Kaila Wallace, [email protected]
Henry Christley, [email protected]
- 2ND High/Middle School
Khaen Dumbrique, [email protected] (Team Captain)
- 3RD High/Middle School
Jared-Jomar Utleg, [email protected] (Team Captain)
Marvin Ganiron, [email protected]
Jorge Badua, [email protected]
Jhervhyce Concepion, [email protected]
- 1ST Professional
Malisa Lo, [email protected] (Team Captain)
Micah Tilton, [email protected]
Kick off Replay:
Dept. of Human Resource Development (DHRD) – AI Agent Screening of Potential Applicants
DHRD is responsible for recruiting applicants to fill job openings for the state of Hawaii, when an agency has not successfully found candidates on their own. Reviewing resumes is time consuming and the department team is limited. This challenge asks you to help develop an AI Agent in the screening will assist the state in filling the openings more efficiently.
Challenge Author: Brian Furuto
Slack Channel: c-dhrd-screener
Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) – Standardized IT Project Review Web Application
This challenge is seeking to develop a web application for managing and displaying project review reports and dashboards – provided by state’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) vendors.
Challenge Author: Todd Omura
Slack Channel: c-ets-projects
University of Hawaii (UH) – HR Navigator – AI Powered Assistance for Staff & Specialists
The University of Hawai’i is a large, complex organization that is governed by various policies, procedures and administrative requirements that may change over time. This challenge is to develop an AI Agent or Chat Bot, that helps the general staff find information on UH Human Resource policies and procedures and how to complete self-service activities and forms.
Challenge Author: Kyle Phillips
Slack Channel: c-uh-hr-navigator
University of Hawaii (UH) – UH Pathfinder AI – Discover My Educational Pathway
The University of Hawaii system includes ten campuses located throughout the state, and offers thousands of educational pathways to degrees and certificates for Hawaii’s residents. Choices are often difficult for new students looking to select the “right” educational pathway to best serve their personal goals and career interests – making that “right” choice early on, helps keep students on the best path to graduation and their career choice – aka “my dream job.” This Challenge seeks to create a AI Assistant that collects inputs and provides recommendations on the best educational paths to take at UH to access your dream job.
Challenge Author: Garret Yoshimi
Slack Channel: #c-uh-pathfinder
To see past year challenges and activities please use the Past Events Link on the main menu