The most recent challenge for our annual contest focused on leveraging AI to improve our internal workflows.
Every year, the HH Angus Innovation Hub hosts the Innovation Challenge, a staff competition that invites participant teams to come up with answers to specific engineering-related questions or issues.
In our most recent challenge, each team was assigned a different workplace process that could potentially be improved through the use of AI, and was tasked with creating an AI prototype to address the challenge. Their responses also required a business case for their solution, outlining considerations such as costs, privacy concerns and implementation strategies.
Taking 1st prize: the ‘AutoMates’, who rose to the challenge of automating the capture of meeting minutes in HH Angus’ standard format. Recording meeting minutes is a vital but time-consuming aspect of project management. The AutoMates wowed the judges with a comprehensive AI solution to convert meeting recordings into transcripts, along with attendee lists, content summaries, and other key information. They also charmed the room by using a scene from “Hamlet” to run the tool through its paces. Congratulations to Laura Farid, Max Mizrahi, Nigel Harvey, Shaun Lee, and Shawn Shi.
In 2nd place: the ‘Energy’ team created an AI-driven contract review tool to automatically identify terms and conditions requiring special attention. The judges were particularly impressed with the team’s financial model, which included a full sensitivity analysis. Congratulations to Amanda Reed, Aminur Khan, Curtis Straughan, Souheib Seddi, and Steven Lieu.
In 3rd place: the ‘CONNECTed Intelligence’ team’s AI solution focused on creating a project folder structure manager. Their proposed program was able to sort files based on HH Angus' standard folder structure, as well as identify duplicate files within a project folder. Congratulations to Chris Fitzgerald, Edmond Dinu, Janet Wai, Mark O'Sullivan, and Michael Perez.
We congratulate all of the participant teams and thank all the staff who provided support and resources to the Innovation Challenge, with a special shoutout to organizers Mannat Kaur and Sarah Kennelly. You have all helped “Expand What is Possible. Together. For a Better Future.”