Congressman Interviews 2 Marin Co. Students About Their Winning App
Bay City News Service
FacebookTwitterEmail
Bay City News Foundation
It is not every day that high school students are publicly interviewed by a U.S. congressman about their accomplishments, but that s exactly what happened to two Marin County students on Wednesday.
Beck Lorsch and Amrit Beveja spoke with Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, about their creation of a nationally recognized app to help schools detect COVID-19 transmission among students.
The app, called MarinTrace, was named the winner of the 2020 App Challenge for California s Second Congressional District. The App Challenge is considered the most prestigious prize in student computer science.
Students Find Creating Covid-19 Tracing App for School Was Easy Navigating Fault Lines of the Teenage Pull to Socializing Was More Treacherous
acm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from acm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Amrit Baveja. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Ronnie Cohen
They felt anxious, depressed, lonely and lost in their devices. Amrit Baveja, 17, listened as other high school students talked last spring in a Zoom room about fallout from the pandemic and remote learning.
The students seemed so desperate to return to school IRL (in real life) that Amrit trusted they would resist their teenage tendencies and follow social-distancing rules and restrictions if they could just attend in-person classes.
Based on that faith, Amrit, a big data and machine learning enthusiast, teamed up with a programming partner, Beck Lorsch, 17, who has released six iOS apps. They spent the summer building an app intended to help their private high schools in Marin County, Calif., contain the spread of covid-19.
Marin students COVID-19 tracing app for school raises flak
Ronnie Cohen, The Washington Post
Dec. 20, 2020
FacebookTwitterEmail
2of3Beck Lorsch.Photo for The Washington Post by Ronnie CohenShow MoreShow Less
3of3
They felt anxious, depressed, lonely and lost in their devices. Amrit Baveja, 17, listened as other high school students talked last spring in a Zoom room about fallout from the pandemic and remote learning.
The students seemed so desperate to return to school IRL (in real life) that Amrit trusted they would resist their teenage tendencies and follow social-distancing rules and restrictions if they could just attend in-person classes.
Based on that faith, Amrit, a big data and machine learning enthusiast, teamed up with a programming partner, Beck Lorsch, 17, who has released six iOS apps. They spent the summer building an app intended to help their private high schools in Marin County, Calif., contain the spread of covid-19.
Marin students COVID-19 tracing app for school raises flak
Ronnie Cohen, The Washington Post
Dec. 20, 2020
FacebookTwitterEmail
2of3Beck Lorsch.Photo for The Washington Post by Ronnie CohenShow MoreShow Less
3of3
They felt anxious, depressed, lonely and lost in their devices. Amrit Baveja, 17, listened as other high school students talked last spring in a Zoom room about fallout from the pandemic and remote learning.
The students seemed so desperate to return to school IRL (in real life) that Amrit trusted they would resist their teenage tendencies and follow social-distancing rules and restrictions if they could just attend in-person classes.
Based on that faith, Amrit, a big data and machine learning enthusiast, teamed up with a programming partner, Beck Lorsch, 17, who has released six iOS apps. They spent the summer building an app intended to help their private high schools in Marin County, Calif., contain the spread of covid-19.
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.