Cal Food Connect is an AI-powered food bank network designed to reduce food waste and improve coordination between food banks. The platform predicts demand, tracks expiring food, and recommends redistribution to ensure resources are used efficiently. It also helps families locate nearby food banks, check availability, and join queues, creating a smarter, more accessible, and data-driven food distribution system.

Curb the spread of harmful rumors by detecting and flagging misinformation in real time. Stream tweets or Facebook posts containing keywords around critical topics (e.g., public health, elections).

Visualize where help is needed most—identify neighborhoods. Combine open datasets (census income, local NGO service locations, 311 calls).

Rapidly filter crisis‑related social posts during emergencies. Classifies tweets as “relevant” vs. “irrelevant” to disasters to aid responders.

Improve web accessibility by auto‑generating image captions. Uses vision‑language models to produce alt text for user‑uploaded images.
Forecast urban traffic levels to aid commuters.

Ensure aid reaches those who need it most by optimizing resource allocation after disasters. Ingest simulated data on shelter locations, supplies stockpiles, and population clusters.

Flags misleading or harmful content in social media posts and articles.

 Uses NLP to identify emotional manipulation, false claims, or source unreliability.

My project is a web app that can help soup kitchen( a local kitchen that cook for people in need free) plan meals, track food inventory, an predict how many people will come on each day. It is meaningful because it reduces food waste and help make sure there is enough food for everyone in the community. I built the system and features like prediction, inventory tracking, and donations to make the kitchen run more smoothly.

Food Bank Connector is a smart logistics platform that helps people locate nearby food banks and reserve real-time slots before arrival. Using interactive maps and live availability tracking, it reduces uncertainty, prevents overcrowding, and improves resource planning—ensuring faster access to food assistance with dignity and efficiency.

Reduce waste by directing surplus food to needy shelters. Solves a simple vehicle‑routing problem on donation and shelter locations (simulated).