The last few years, many companies had great participation last year and we would love to see you participate this year. I wanted to extend an invitation to those of you who are interested, for the Financial Services Autism Hackathon this year. It is an event where you get to put your skills to work for those with profound autism. The event is a hybrid event being held on April 3^rd and 4^th with the mission to bring FSI developers together to demonstrate how innovative Microsoft technologies can transform autism services for profound autism by tackling real world use cases provided by families and creating lasting open-source projects for the community.

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We are excited about this year’s event with the focus on AI and all the promise it holds to transform services for those in need. Participants will learn about the challenges facing those with profound autism and will have the opportunity to get hands on with the latest technology, including AI. No special understanding of the domain is needed as the use cases are identified by parents of children with autism and experts in the field. All they need to do is register and select the use case which interests them the most.

There will be trainings on AI, GitHub, and Autism leading up to the event. For more information check out the main site or the GitHub repository. Microsoft will be hosting the event and Accenture/Avanade will be supporting it.

I hope you will consider participating.

Regards,

Peter, original founder and organizer for the event

Background

The Financial Services Autism Hackathon was founded in 2018 with the mission to Bring FSI developers together to demonstrate how innovative Microsoft technologies can transform autism services for profound autism by tackling real world use cases provided by families and creating lasting open-source projects for the community. People with profound autism require round-the-clock care from an adult caregiver their entire lives. The use cases are chosen by parents and experts in the field of autism to ensure they are the most meaningful challenges facing families with profound autism. The developers come from financial service customer organizations such as Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, State Street, Fidelity, etc. The use cases are led by Microsoft Cloud Solution Architects and Customer Success Managers who are familiar with running Proof of Concepts. The event is a hybrid event which generally draw 100+ participants.

Use Cases

1. In-Session Copilot – Multi sensory data capture. Real-time identification of pre-designed triggers. Post-session summarization.
2. Program Development CoPilot – Providing continuous assessment, summarization and re-plan using Generative AI to analyze past records and suggest individualized current goals.
3. On-Boarding Copilot – Providing case summarization when onboarding at support organizations which is not time covered by insurance to help provide specific individualized solutions.
4. Friendly Neighborhoods – A matching platform for RBT, BCBA, ABA, etc therapists and children.
5. Hololens for Job Support – Skill based training with adaptive Generative AI to manage, evaluate and feedback.
6. Metaverse Social Practice – Offer the Metaverse as an opportunity to practice social interactions in a fully immersive environment with Generative AI

Links

• FSI HACK FOR AUTISM – 2024 (fsi-hack4autism.github.io)
• fsi-hack4autism/hackathon-2024: Financial Services Autism Hackathon site for 2024 (github.com)

On-site attendees

• Day 1 – Microsoft, 122 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003 – 10th floor
• Day 2 & Reception – Microsoft Garage, 300 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-2713