SJSU Celebrates Student Innovations, Several AI-Based, at 21st Annual Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge

CollegeBot team poses for a group photo after winning the 2024 SVIC that took place in the Student Union at SJSU.

San José State University, ranked #3 for Most Innovative School in the Western Region by U.S. News and World Report, continues to live up to its reputation. Thirty-six teams showcased their unique innovations in this year’s Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge (SVIC), organized by the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship (SVCE) at SJSU. Students from the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Sciences, the College of Science and the College of Social Sciences participated in this year’s SVIC. Continue Reading…

SJSU First-year Business Major Christian Yun Places 3rd Overall in Cal Hacks 11.0

First-year SJSU Business Major Christian Yun Places 3rd Overall in Cal Hacks 11.0.

More than a year before Cal Hacks 11.0 was held in October 2024, then-high school senior Christian Yun had already put the “largest collegiate hackathon in the world” on his radar. Yun, now a San José State University freshman and business major, could never have predicted he would leave the event having placed 3rd overall among approximately 1,700 hackers. Continue Reading…