{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://malinowski.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-malinowski-announces-winners-2020-nj-07-congressional-app", "Representative Malinowski Announces Winners of the 2020 NJ-07 Congressional App Challenge", "2020-12-10", "2020", "2020-12", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Tom Malinowski", "M001203", "malinowski.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Somerville, NJ) Today, Representative Malinowski announced the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. The competition is designed to encourage middle and high school student participation in the STEM field by encouraging them to hone their coding and computer science skills. Winners were selected by a panel of judges drawn from the local community who based their decisions on the demonstration of computer programming skills, creativity, and implementation of concept.\nThe 2020 winners are:\n1stPlace:Sameer Surapaneni (Warren, NJ), Arjun Singh (Warren, NJ), and Jay Fu (Warren, NJ)Farmnet  2ndPlace:Samantha Su (Brea, CA) and Ruoyu Liu (Montgomery, NJ)Vocali  3rdPlace:Chris Gu (Short Hills, NJ), Victor Hu (Green Brook, NJ), Sid Srivastava (Holmdel, NJ), and Aman Wadhwa (Bridgewater, NJ)PoliticianConnect\nThe winning app, Farmnet, was created to help consumers, gardeners, and farmers detect and diagnose plant diseases faster and more accurately. The app uses Machine Learning to process and analyze an image imported by the user and determines potential diseases and problems that are found with the plant with 95% accuracy. The model works by breaking up an image into multiple parts, each of which are passed through several mathematical algorithms that analyze these parts one-by-one and computes a likely classification. The student programmers of Vocali developed an accessible speech therapy app for children that offers speech drills, challenges, and resources through an engaging gaming experience. PoliticianConnect was designed toimprove the way elected representatives communicate with their constituents, acting as a user-friendly platform for correspondence.\nEach one of the finalists demonstrated creativity and a solid understanding of the issues our country is currently facing, said Rep. Malinowski. I can't wait to see what these young people will create next. Congratulations to all.\nOfficially launched by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015, this nationwide effort allows students to compete against their peers by creating an app for desktop/PC, web, tablet, mobile, or other devices. Through recognizing our nation's young programming talent, Congress hopes to shine a light on the growing importance of these skills.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://malinowski.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-malinowski-announces-winners-2020-nj-07-congressional-app"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5865990426391363, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}