SmartPad

Inspiration

We were inspired to make a smart note taking application due to our own struggles with keeping track of notes. There were many times where I had a good idea, wrote it down in some text editor, saved it, and never saw it again.

How it works

This program was designed to fix that issue, but automatically recommending tags to each note. These tags are then searchable, and will return the note they are associated with. It assigns the tags using a prediction algorithm, similar to that which determines weather or not an email is spam. The more data it has, the stronger is predictions it becomes.

Challenges I ran into

Figuring out how to train a machine was very tough, and then coming up with an algorithm that accurately predicated what tags are applicable for each note.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am immensely proud of the whole thing. I went into this hackathon without any knowledge of machine training, and, after hours and hours of mistakes, rewrites, and failures, I stumbled upon a winning solution.

What I learned

I learned that there is so much more to learn about computer science than what I already knew.

What's next for SmartPad

We plan on expanding it so that people can assign their own tags. Furthermore, we wish to have it automatically spider across the web, or at least wikipedia, so that it can gain a larger data set and better predictions.

Built With

• java