withnews withnews WithNews The University of Tokyo Women's Limited Hackathon, what is the app that is surprised by the professionals?
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東大ハッカソンエンジニアガラスの壁Diet with a handsome voice (Ikebo), and when sleep deprivation, "tired face" is reproduced with AR.In a hackathon for female students going to the University of Tokyo on December 4, unique ideas were born one after another.Why is it exclusively for female students at the University of Tokyo?There was an overwhelming aim to shake the "glass walls" in the engineer world, overwhelmingly men.
There is an unfamiliar group of Toranomon Hills ...
In Toranomon Hills in Tokyo, where Christmas illuminations are shining, women who are not usually seen gathered one after another.Participants of the University of Tokyo Girls Hackathon.In Hackathon, 30 students, regardless of humanities and sciences, developed ideas on the theme of "mind and body."Originally, the University of Tokyo is only 20 % of undergraduate students.Among them, there are few women in science, especially in the laboratory where only men are only men."The University of Tokyo Girls Hackathon" was planned to change such a situation.
会場となった虎ノ門ヒルズ
Female students don't come!
A person in charge of the University of Tokyo Newspaper, who planned an event that "I don't have any acquaintances" and "I feel like I can't talk", says, "Female students have few contacts with science laboratorys in the first place."Laboratory, such as the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science, seems to be worried every day about "how to have female students come?"At present, new worlds such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet (IoT) of things are spreading one after another.The shortage of women's engineers is also an issue for companies.The University of Tokyo Girls Hackathon was realized because of the awareness of the student's problem and the troubles of the company.Engineers cooperate from IT companies as mentors.The venue was also provided by the Japan Business Systems, which has an office in Toranomon Hills.
ハッカソンの評価基準、プレゼンの面白さもポイントに10 IT companies cooperate
The students were divided into 10 groups to ideas about their respective interests.Engineers, who are active at the forefront of 10 IT companies, supported each group as mentor.Saki Kurano of the Japan Business Systems, who participated as a mentor, felt a "communication issue" while working as a female engineer."The atmosphere of the workplace is good, but if 90 % are men, it tends to be a way of working from a man. There are times when you are physically powerful."Regarding the service to be developed, it is still the same to make something that both men and women are easy to use. "On the other hand, "increasing women can commercialize new values that have not been found before."
Sticking to button design
Yusuke Amano, a mentor who participated from a male perspective, said, "90 % of the engineers are men. The wording has become coarse, and that may be a vicious cycle that keeps women away.I looked back.It was impressive that there were many female students who cherished usability, such as the design of the button to click."We tend to look at speed and functions. I'm glad that the number of female engineers increases through such an event."
発表会ではIT企業のエンジニアが講評したFor the Grand Prix ...
After a month, from Ideason to Hackathon, an original app was announced at the presentation.The app that simulates the condition of your skin from sleep time is a unique one that dares to perform "aging processing" on your own photos.Apps where a good -looking character supports the diet with a voice, sells a game character that allows you to get various voices at the point.The apps that choose recommended convenience stores according to calories consumed were a sense of business, such as the person in charge of the commentary company commented that "sponsoring companies are likely to come."As a result of the selection, the semi -grand prix was selected for the appointment of the person's aptitude from the schedule registered on the schedule and matched the company hiring.The members said, "I made an app based on my job hunting experience, considering the users of the service."The Grand Prix shines an app that counts the number of steps and aims around the earth.The point of the game element was evaluated, such as the number of steps counted many times by obtaining items.
自作の紹介ムービーを用意するチームもThe characteristic "user" eyes
This time, the event proceeded in a gorgeous atmosphere not found in ordinary hackathons, such as drawing their own characters with the graphic production software "Illustrator" for presentations, using videos to use videos.The target of the app that notifies recommended cosmetics according to data such as sleep time and calories collected from wearable devices is "busy working woman in their twenties."It was made in consideration of women's psychology, such as not having time to find cosmetics, trying to try various cosmetics but no information.When detailed engineers and engineers gather, new technologies and products, such as virtual reality (VR) and smartwatches, tend to think that it is natural to use, but for most people, it is a maniac and hobby world.On the other hand, this is a service that only makes use of new functions and trying to use it in a passive posture in this girls only.It was impressive that engineers also felt that various perspectives were needed, and the students of programming beginners also participated while enjoying them.
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