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HIT Software Engineering Student Gets Google Recognition, Attends Google I/O 2016 Conference in San Franscisco

Kudzai Aggrey Chasinda a second year HIT student of the Software Engineering Department was in San Francisco, United States of America attending the Google I/O 2016 Conference hosted at the Shoreline Amphitheatre.

Kudzai Aggrey Chasinda and the Google CEO Mr Sundar PichaiKudzai was in San Francisco from May 16 for a week. He is part of the Google developer ecosystem and as recognition of his involvement in one of Google’s various communities, he was invited to attend the Google Developer Community Summit in San Francisco on May 17 followed by Google’s biggest developer conference: Google I/O 2016 from 18-20 May.

He was a guest of Google for the duration of his stay and the global giant was responsible for the costs related to this visit.

Kudzai Chasinda developed a music platform called Chase Music Player. The music application is downloadable on Google Play for free, and is designed to offer free music to android devices running on Android 4.0 or higher. The application is user friendly and can be used by all age groups and is uniquely crafted to enhance playlists.

Reflecting on his maiden US visit, Kudza said he was greatly inspired to learn the Tensor Flow Machine Learning API. "During the Google Developer Community Summit I discovered a few tools that I believe can simplify my work as a developer. We got introduced to Google’s Powerful Open Source Machine Learning tool called Tensor Low and a window into the new Firebase.

HIT Software Engineering Student Gets Google Recognition, Attends Google I/O 2016 Conference in San FransciscoThen, in the early hours of Wednesday 18 May, the Google I/O kicked off with the Chief executive Officer of Google Mr Sundar Pichai emphasizing on machine learning as he introduced the Google Home and the new voice assistant Google Assistant which allows contextual search”, said Kudzai.

"I learnt how to build applications rapidly using Firebase and Database as a service platform by Google as well as more about Android. I was also able to network with the global community of software developers. My favourite showcase by various Google departments was the Virtual Reality Displays by Google Play Music and Doctors Without Borders. I also witnessed for the first time the infamous self-driving cars and cars that are controlled by Android operating Systems.

I also picked up a few skills in creating progressive Web Applications, which can be optimized to work in regions of, low bandwidth and developing a cardboard Virtual Reality during the Codelab sessions, he said.

Looking into the future Kudzai said he is working towards creating and building a blog series to develop his community, widen the Google Developer Community at the Harare Institute of Technology as well as developing more applications working with other students and some other developers in Zimbabwe.

Since its foundation in 1998, Google has become one of the foremost Web search engines in the world. Through innovative advances in search technology, Google has been able to provide Web users who conduct Web searches with quick and pertinent information. Google delivers its services through its own public site, www.google.com, and by licensing its search services to portals and commercial Web sites using Google’s Site Search and Google Web Search services. Google is currently making a major push to expand its customer base around the world. At the same time, Google has begun selling advertising for clients using its search technology and has launched a major effort to assert and build its presence in this area in the international arena.

 

 

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