Topic

• Design and implement an Android mobile app for personalized meal planning

Key Features

• Calorie Information: Display calorie information for a specific list of foods.
• Smart Diet Planner:
  • Users can input personal data: weight, height, gender, physical activity level, and food preferences.
  • Generates meal plans tailored to user requirements.
  • Aims to maximize user satisfaction with meal choices.

Technology Note

• Incorporation of large language models (LLMs) is optional for app development.

Selection Process

• Approximately 5 teams will be selected to enter the final event.
• The final event is tentatively scheduled for late December 2025 at HSUHK.

Final Presentation

• Each selected team will present their systems, discussing their problem-solving approaches and human-centered design.

Problem Specification

Eligibility

• Secondary school students
  • Each school can form at most 2 teams
  • Each team consists of at most 5 students who are in S1-S6
  • Each student can be in at most 1 team

Prizes

• 1 Gold Award – HK$10,000 cash prize and a trophy cup
• 1 Silver Award – HK$5,000 cash prize
• 1 Bronze Award – HK$2,000 cash prize
• 2 Merit Awards – HK$1,000 cash prize each

Scoring criteria

(Refer to the Problem Specification)

1. Functional objective
2. Human-centered design
3. Resource utilization

Deliverable

Submissions must be made via our competition website on or before the submission deadline:

• 1st Round – Product submission and a document explaining the design principle, the use method, etc.
• 2nd Round – On-site presentation and demonstration of prototypes from the finalists

The finalist teams must attend the final event and conduct presentation tentatively scheduled for late December 2025.

Submit your work here – Coming soon!