{"675920":{"#nid":"675920","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Synopta Addresses Potential Campus Concerns","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA tragedy at UNC Chapel Hill, a blue light pole, a love of coding, and a late-night walk back from the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons led to the birth of a great idea.\u0026nbsp; After hearing about an active shooter on the UNC campus who killed a faculty member in August 2023, students Kaustubh Bhal, Mrinal Jain, Ashwath Karunakaram, and Sahil Patel noticed that the blue light emergency phone poles on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus are actually security cameras.\u0026nbsp; Wondering how that could lead to faster identification of a threat on campus, they got to work on an idea that they called\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/devpost.com\/software\/stamp-ai\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESTAMP-AI\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (Shooter Tracking and Active Mapping Program).\u0026nbsp; Despite being relatively new to coding and AI, they entered STAMP-AI into the Georgia Tech hackathon called HackGT.\u0026nbsp; Even being up against much more experienced competition, the team\u2014including three members of the Georgia Tech Honors Program (Ashwath, Kaustubh, and Mrinal)\u2014won the Innovate category at HackGT.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter a conversation with Rahul Saxena, the director of Create-X, the team members decided to apply to the I2P (Ideas to Prototype) program, which aided in the development of their product.\u0026nbsp; They expanded their concept from just the blue light pole cameras to all cameras on campus, forming a company called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/synopta.ai\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESynopta\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to develop them.\u0026nbsp; Through collaboration with the Georgia Tech Police Department and with some assistance from Dr. D\u2019Unger in the Honors Program, the group has spent summer 2024 testing their technology on cameras in locations around campus.\u0026nbsp; Kaustubh reflected on their partnership with GTPD:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGTPD has been [open] with its resources and\u2026willingness to help us develop the technology of the future. They\u2019ve been with us every step of the way so far and it has been an amazing experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll of the student leaders of Synopta have a passion for coding to solve societal problems, but that\u2019s not all that they enjoy!\u0026nbsp;They are active on campus, including involvement in HyTech racing and Robojackets and enjoy other pursuits like skiing and playing guitar (Kaustubh), hiking and woodworking (Sahil), tennis and playing music (Mrinal), and swimming and India drumming (Ashwath).\u0026nbsp; Kaustubh also shared:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAs HP students we have all had great experiences with Honors Program classes and really appreciate the special learning experience they give. Having a community of like-minded individuals within these classes gave us the confidence to jump on our ideas in the first place.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Honors Program is proud of what the students in Synopta have accomplished and look forward to seeing what the future of campus security holds in store.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA startup led by Honors Program students tackles a campus safety challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A startup led by Honors Program students tackles a campus safety challenge."}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2024-08-12 19:21:26","changed_gmt":"2024-08-12 19:23:27","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674559":{"id":"674559","type":"image","title":"Screenshot 2024-08-12 at 3.21.17\u202fPM.png","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe team members of Synopta\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1723490495","gmt_created":"2024-08-12 19:21:35","changed":"1723490495","gmt_changed":"2024-08-12 19:21:35","alt":"The team members of Synopta","file":{"fid":"258103","name":"Screenshot 2024-08-12 at 3.21.17\u202fPM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/12\/Screenshot%202024-08-12%20at%203.21.17%E2%80%AFPM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/12\/Screenshot%202024-08-12%20at%203.21.17%E2%80%AFPM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2385650,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/12\/Screenshot%202024-08-12%20at%203.21.17%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=EcFU-0-0"}},"674560":{"id":"674560","type":"image","title":"Screenshot 2024-08-12 at 3.21.07\u202fPM.png","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Synopta logo\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1723490532","gmt_created":"2024-08-12 19:22:12","changed":"1723490532","gmt_changed":"2024-08-12 19:22:12","alt":"The Synopta logo","file":{"fid":"258104","name":"Screenshot 2024-08-12 at 3.21.07\u202fPM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/12\/Screenshot%202024-08-12%20at%203.21.07%E2%80%AFPM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/12\/Screenshot%202024-08-12%20at%203.21.07%E2%80%AFPM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":179836,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/12\/Screenshot%202024-08-12%20at%203.21.07%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=5_tnmBjS"}}},"media_ids":["674559","674560"],"groups":[{"id":"72437","name":"John H. 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