Three final year Computing students teamed up with a student from the HK Baptist University and won the championship of the Classified Post Hackathon. The contest was organized by the South China Morning Post and was held in the Science Park in the weekend of 17-18 November. More than 30 teams joined the contest, and our team was shortlisted into the final held on 19 November and was crowned champion. They received $8000 cash prize and a trophy for their effort. Congratulations!
The team identified the issue of image building for the insurance industry, and developed a solution based on an role-playing game that simulates how insurance intersects with daily life.
南華早報所舉辦的 Classified Post Hackathon，在上周末假科學園舉行，結果由電腦系四年級學生陳子君、竺明雋和潘明震與一位浸大學生所組成的團隊奪得冠軍, 更獲得八千元獎金以及獎座作為鼓勵。恭喜各位得獎同學。
Hackathon黑客松是一個要經歷時間和耐力考驗的解難競賽，通常目標是解決一個社會或商業上嘅問題。今年競賽的主題為媒體和保險，隊伍必須在24小時之內發現問題，並提出解決方案，今年大約有三十隊來自不同院校及畢業生角逐。獲勝團隊希望提升保險業的形象，通過角色扮演遊戲（RPG），模擬現實生活與保險業的關係，包括上課學習、職業導向、上班、意外、保險等元素，令使用者增加對保險的認識。
