Amazon Web Services concludes its inaugural 3-day hackathon, AWS Hackathon

The hackathon brought together 14 teams comprising over 80 participants, who developed AI-driven solutions aimed at improving post-class support, automating interview processes, and enhancing competition tracking

Hyderabad: Amazon Web Services (AWS), in collaboration with TimesPro, a higher edtech platform, concluded the inaugural ‘AWS Hackathon’ — an event designed to drive GenAI-powered innovation, accelerate AI adoption, and develop cutting-edge automated solutions.

The three-day hackathon brought together 14 teams comprising over 80 participants, who tackled critical challenges in education and business. Participants developed AI-driven solutions aimed at improving post-class support, automating interview processes, and enhancing competition tracking — key factors influencing learner experience, operational efficiency, and workforce development.

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Among the standout innovations was a GenAI-powered resume builder trained on a dataset of 32,000 resumes. This tool enables users to generate professional CVs through text or voice commands in multiple regional languages, significantly enhancing accessibility.

Another ground-breaking solution was a GenAI-driven academic companion designed to provide personalised post-class support. This tool assists students with step-by-step answers to queries, generates interactive quizzes, summarises lectures using word clouds and enables precise topic searches with timestamps for efficient revision.