Computer Science Undergraduates Crown Champion in AI for Sustainability Hackathon 

Congratulations to Computer Science Undergraduates Sparkling team crowned the Champion in AI for Sustainability Hackathon held on 3 December 2022 at Hong Kong Baptist University TriAngle, a competition that sought to apply data science to solve prominent business problems on carbon emission reduction.

This champion team was comprised of Alua Niyazova (BSc, Year 1), Bexultan Shalabayev (BSc in Computer Science, Year 2), Yijin Song (BSc in Business Computing and Data Analytics, Year 3), and their teammates. The team studied the real carbon footprint data of Information and Communication Industry (ICT), identified emission categories, correlations of different emission outputs and types by using Tableau and XGBoost, and finally proposed green computing with the collective efforts of Client Tech and Energy Saving.

“It was our great pleasure to participate in this Hackathon. The journey was fruitful and rewarding. Throughout the Hackathon, we were encouraged how to leverage AI and over 1,000 company footprint emission data to recommend decarbonisation pathways. We proposed actions to achieve the decarbonisation, and ultimately transform the business in a more sustainable way,” Yijin Song, one of the champion team members said.

AI for Sustainability Hackathon was first jointly organised by Ekimetrics Hong Kong, Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, Department of Computer Science and Department of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. It is a one-day campus incubation event that aims to bring together students and industry leaders to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy by using data science and AI technology.