Inspiration
Scientists spend too much time doing Google searches.
What it does
Voice-based personal scientific assistant that adds a new dimension to obtaining information.
How we built it
Python files that generate JSON files with scientists ranked in order with a ranking algorithm.
Challenges we ran into
AWS Lambdas servers were down all last night.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Alexa dramatically speeds up the time spent on Google searches.
What we learned
The cloud isn't always reliable.
What's next for wizIR 2017
Adding more functionality and talking to scientists within AbbVie to see what they would like Alexa to be capable of answering.
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