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Decision Flow

Project Concept

Using an LLM to make a real decision means wading through walls of text from a model that rarely asks the right questions. Answering five questions in one reply is exhausting.
The goal of this hackathon team will be to create an agentic solution that breaks a tangled decision into a stream of one-at-a-time micro-decisions, choosing the right kind of interaction for each one.
Sometimes that’s a swipe left/right yes/no. Sometimes it’s a slider (“how much do you care about X?”). Sometimes a multiple-choice answer. Sometimes a map, a date range, a rank-these-four. The agent picks the primitive based on what it needs to learn next, ordered by information gain so the most discriminating questions come first.
A live panel can show the option space narrowing in real time, so you feel the decision converging. Every answer is undoable. Tap any prior question to reopen it and the downstream path re-plans.
Comparing concrete options is far easier than writing out a slew of answers to a slew of questions. A pleasing UI takes the cognitive load off the user, resulting in more questions answered, and thus a better final decision.

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Last saved: May 11 at 8:48 PM CDT

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Zachary Carrico Team Lead RSVP Approved

Senior machine learning engineer at Apella
Led the development from initial idea.
Zac is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in healthcare and biotech products. He has worked on Alzheimer's disease and cancer diagnostics, genetic sequencing instruments, and surgical operating room computer vision platforms. He has end-to-end experience developing ML systems: from early research to serving thousands of daily customers. Zac is an active member of the AI community, having presented at conferences such as Ray Summit, TWIML AI, Data Day, and MLOps & GenAI World. He has also published eight journal articles. His passion lies in advancing ML and streamlining the deployment and monitoring of models, reducing complexity and time. Outside of work, Zac enjoys spending time with his family in Austin and traveling the world in search of t
Agent-driven applications Ambient sensing Healthcare and biotech
Ambient AI

Raj Akula RSVP Approved

Founder at Stealth Health AI
Led PRD development.
Raj Akula is a senior leader with over 15 years of experience in software engineering as a leader, currently serving as Founder of a stealth Health AI startup. Previously, he was a Engineering Leader at Humana, where he specialized in aligning strategy with business transformation and large-scale program delivery. Raj holds an Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from Osmania University and is skilled in designing, developing and delivering software products and services, and AI use case identification. While his background emphasizes strategic leadership and stakeholder alignment, and working closely with different stake holders in delivery software solutions.
program strategy, execution, business transformation, AI use case identification, large-scale program delivery, cross-functional team leadership, Health AI startup founding, software engineering leadership, stakeholder alignment
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Sapnil Basnet RSVP Approved

Student at Texas State University
Led the front-end design.
My name is Sapnil Basnet. I am from Nepal. I am an Undergraduate Research Assistant at Texas State University, where I study Computer Science. With two years of experience, I am currently developing an AI-driven concrete mix optimization framework using PyTorch and differential evolution. I am also building a computational saliency detection system for light field images with CNNs, PyTorch, MATLAB, and OpenCV. My projects include a full-stack AI fitness tracker and web applications built with React, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I am open to full-time work and seeking sponsorships, and are open to introductions.
Deep learning, computer vision,PyTorch, CNNs, full-stack development, React, RAG, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, AWS, technical architecture, generative AI.
Currently developing an AI-driven concrete mix optimization framework using PyTorch for deep learning and differential evolution for multi-objective optimization. Simultaneously building a computational saliency detection system for light field images utilizing CNNs, PyTorch, MATLAB, and OpenCV. Other technical work includes a full-stack AI fitness tracker and web applications using a React, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, and AWS stack.

David C Ippisch RSVP Approved

CEO at OVDA AI
Led the organization and design of the final product.
8 years at Google across Sales/Biz Dev/Account Mgmt/Partnerships/GTM in mutiple regions Non-Profit Co-Founder
AI Infra+Advertising Stealth Startup