Planning a Hackathon Project

7/28/2026intermediate

Speakers

You

あなた

Marco

MLエンジニア（イタリア）

この場面について

社内ハッカソンに向けて、海外のAIエンジニアの同僚とプロジェクトのアイデアを一緒に計画する場面

Summary (JP)

週末のハッカソンを前に、あなたとイタリア出身のAIエンジニアMarcoが、会議メモを自動化するプロジェクトのアイデアを話し合います。時間が限られているため、アイデアを絞り込み、役割分担とチーム名まで決めていきます。短い準備時間の中でどう優先順位をつけるかがポイントです。

会話

Speed:

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You:

Hey Marco, ready to brainstorm for the hackathon this weekend?

Marco:

Absolutely! I've been thinking about a project that uses our internal API to automate meeting notes.

You:

That sounds promising. What's the core problem we'd be solving?

Marco:

Basically, people forget to write down action items after standups, so nothing gets tracked.

You:

Right, and if we hook it up to Slack, it could post a summary automatically.

Marco:

Exactly. I was also thinking we could let people tag action items with due dates.

You:

Let's scope it down though — 24 hours isn't a lot of time.

Marco:

Fair point. Maybe we just focus on transcription and a basic summary for the demo.

You:

I like that. I can handle the transcription pipeline if you take the summarization model.

Marco:

Deal. Should we register the team name now before someone else takes ours?

You:

Good call. Let's go with "NoteBot" — simple and easy to remember.

Marco:

Works for me. I'll set up the repo and invite you in ten minutes.

You:

Perfect, I'll grab coffee and meet you back here at nine.

Vocabulary

brainstorm

Meaning: アイデアを出し合う

Example: Let's brainstorm some ideas before the deadline.

action item

Meaning: 対応事項、やることリストの項目

Example: We need to track every action item from the meeting.

hook (something) up to

Meaning: 〜と連携させる、つなぐ

Example: We can hook it up to Slack for notifications.

scope down

Meaning: 範囲を絞る、規模を縮小する

Example: We should scope down the project given the time limit.

core problem

Meaning: 根本的な課題

Example: What's the core problem we're trying to solve?

summarization model

Meaning: 要約モデル

Example: The summarization model condenses long text into a short summary.

transcription pipeline

Meaning: 文字起こしパイプライン

Example: I'll build the transcription pipeline for the audio input.

register

Meaning: （チーム名などを）登録する

Example: Let's register the team name before someone else takes it.

Quiz

1. What problem do Marco and You want to solve with their hackathon project?

2. Why do they decide to scope the project down?

3. What will You be responsible for building?

4. What do they name their team?

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