Kessie Leung

Overview

Our team won the Second Runner-Up award in CityHack 2021, a 48-hour CityU hackathon sponsored by AWS, Huawei, SenseTime, Siemens, Sengtial. As a group of placement students from different companies in 2020, we firsthand the problems that arose in the workplace as a result of COVID-19. With features like face mask recognition and e-signature technology, SAffice was created in response to our goal of establishing a safe workplace during the pandemic.

In this project, I collaborated with my team to establish the functional requirements for SAffice and create its demonstration video for our team's pitch.

What is SAffice?

SAffice = Smart + SAfe + office + service

SAffice is a smart office system, creating a safe workplace under COVID-19 with services including face mask, social distance detection, chatbot, face check-in and E-sign system, providing humanised technology.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the gradually reduced sense of consciousness and pandemic fatigue, millions of workers in Hong Kong have been forced to join the working-from-home (WFH) or AB team experiences. Therefore, through SAffice:

• You can have face ID check-in when you are WFH, avoiding sending daily email or form
• You are tracked with our face mask and social distance detection, promoting the avoidance of direct contact and securing everyone
• You can know the latest virus news and intimate hygiene tips conveniently using our chatbot
• Managers can easily access to check-in information of staff
• E-documents can be shared and signed under our E-signature functions to avoid direct contact and facilitate staff who are not proficient in computer skill

Overall, we aim to develop a user-friendly web application with our thoughtful user interface design that can be integrated or merged with other facility management system in the smart city blue plan. While the purpose of developing science and technology is to serve humankind, our design considers all the range of workers, from managers to staff, from IT experts to people who cannot catch up with the skyrocketing technology.

Who were We?

With my team (Angela, Christie, Jerry, and me) comprised of Computer Science placement students from different companies, we discovered several problems existed in the workplace under COVID-19, such as pandemic fatigue, employee safety, skills and technical, as well as communication and management problems. We are inspired and hope to solve the above challenges. Hence, while the purpose of developing technology is to serve humankind, our design considers all the range of workers: from managers to staff, from IT experts to computer novices.