Tim Calova UGM berhasil meraih juara 1 dalam Kompetisi IT Nasional di Universitas Dian Nuswantoro, 27-28 Februari lalu.
Aplikasi Calova karya mahasiswa FMIPA UGM.
Calova UGM team has successfully won national competition of technology application "DINACOM" at the University of Dian Nuswantara, Semarang, Central Java from 27-28 February. In this competition Calova team won first place in the university student category.
The competition was followed by 129 participants from students throughout Indonesia. This competition was held to develop creativity and foster technopreneurship in the development of applications that benefit society. The competition was held in two categories, namely high school student and university student category.
In this competition Calova team consisting of four students of the Computer Science Department, namely Hanifia Dyani, Lucgu Qolfiera Muhammad, Mochammad Afdal Wahyu, and Fachran Dhani Ahmad, proposed android based application that helps exploring interests of young people.
"Calova is developed to help young people understand their own interest through events that are able to improve their soft skills," he explained, Tuesday (1/3) at UGM.
How to use this application is quite easy. When logging in, the user will be given a number of questions that must be answered to determine their interest.
"There are 35 multiple intelligence based questions that must be answered by users. So, there is a psychological test to determine their interest," he explained.
After getting the result, the user will be recommended to follow events in accordance with their interests. Some of the activities offered include internship program, workshops, courses, scholarships, competitions, volunteer programs and other events. Until now, there are about 60 events that have been offered to the user.
Calova was released on January 31, 2016. Until now there are 275 users who have downloaded this app.
Lucgu added that today he is developing Calova application. Later, this application will not only provides information on events that match the user's interests alone but also provides education through inspiring articles.
In addition, development team will also add push notification. That way, the user can obtain information on a regular basis related to the events that will take place in the near future. Not only that, they will also provide a feature that can connect users with other users who share similar interests.
"In the future we plan to expand the features by adding chat room which connects the user and others with the same interest," he said.