{"id":183376,"date":"2023-09-12T14:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=183376"},"modified":"2023-09-12T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:48:52","slug":"project-hokulani-resheipt-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/12\/project-hokulani-resheipt-app\/","title":{"rendered":"HS<\/abbr> interns use AI<\/abbr>, develop expense-tracking app in 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Utilizing artificial intelligence (AI<\/abbr>) to its fullest potential, seven high school students developed a mobile app that tracks expenses—all within a two-week timeframe. Through an internship with U.S.<\/abbr> Department of Education Native Hawaiian Education Act grant grantee, Project H\u014dk\u016blani<\/a>, at the Center on Disability Studies<\/a> (CDS<\/abbr>) in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Education<\/a> (COE<\/abbr>), this second cohort of students gained a unique computer science experience that enabled them to advance their STEM<\/abbr> skills.<\/p>\n

During summer 2023, the student interns built a mobile application named RESHEIPT at the UH<\/abbr> Laboratory of Applications in Informatics and Analytics. The students were each paid a $1,000 stipend for 48 hours of work at the computer lab.<\/p>\n

Designed to gather expenses one receipt at a time, they created the app using ChatGPT<\/abbr> under the guidance of Assistant Professor Mahdi Belcaid (Information and Computer Sciences, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute of Marine Biology, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Data Science Institute) and Akib Sadmanee, a research graduate assistant with Pacific Ocean Science and Technology.<\/p>\n

Students used ChatGPT<\/abbr> to complete tasks that would have traditionally required much more time from machine learning experts or programmers.<\/p>\n

“The group wanted to include artificial intelligence in their computer studies, and the app delivers just that,” said CDS<\/abbr> Assistant Specialist Lisa Galloway. “The app allows users to scan their receipts, providing them with an itemized overview of their transactions. AI<\/abbr> comes in when users are processing and itemizing their receipts with ChatGPT<\/abbr>.”<\/p>\n