Hackathon 2018 Winners
First Place – Shared Winners
Dawa دواء ;
Medicine
Description:Tackling counterfeit drugs in the region using blockchain based pharmaceutical distribution
Mentor: Saif ur Rehman Cloud Developer Advocate IBM, UAE; Saeed Motamed Technology Solution Professional Microsoft,UAE; Naiyarah Hussain IBM Cloud Developer Experience Team Lead, UAE.
Students: Brian Shin (NYUAD, UAE), Nadjmeddine Boudjellal (M’sila university, Algeria), Ali Elabridi (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco), Rowan Omar (Misr International University, Egypt) Priya Aswani (University of Wollongong In Dubai, UAE), Simon Seo (NYUAD, UAE), Rewant Verma,(BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE), Abdullah Zameek (NYUAD, UAE)
Boosala بوصلة/
Compass
Description:Bring the lost home.
Mentor: Nikita Mathur, Cloud Developer Advocate, IBM, UAE; Varun Arora, Executive Director, OpenCurriculum; Khalid Machchate, CEO, Kandw Technologies International
, Morocco
Students: Said Ziani (University: University of Science and Technology Houari, Boumediane, Algeria), Ashley Chen (NYU, USA), Madeleine Barowsky (Wellesley College, USA), Romeno Fernando (NYUAD,UAE), Mohammad Madine (Khalifa University, UAE), Ramy Kader (ESPRIT, Anel Orazgaliyeva (NYUAD, UAE)
Second Place
Huwayeti هويتي
My Identity
Description: A blockchain-based layer on top of UNHCR refugee registration to manage trusted agents’ claims made about refugees
Mentor: Hussam Mohsineh CEO Sahem.ae, UAE; Keeley Erhardt Software Engineer Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/Improbable, UK/US
Students: Jihyun Kim (NYUAD, UAE), Seyed Mohammad Ahlesaadat (NYUAD, UAE), Alan Liu (Yale University USA), Seongun Si (NYUAD, UAE), Oorja Majgaonkar (NYUAD, UAE), Sourabh Lal (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Third Place
MedLughati مد لغتي
My Medical Language
Description: MedLughati is a platform that assists refugees and asylum seekers in communicating with healthcare professionals using machine learning and natural language processing.
Mentor: Farah Shamout, PHD Student University of Oxford, UK; Miguel Sanchez, Software Engineer, Facebook UK
Students: Ahmed Mahdy (Khalifa University,Egypt), Sophia Sanchez (Stanford University, USA), Martín Volpe, (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Fares Al Ghazy (University of Wollongong Dubai, UAE), Shuyu Lin (University of Oxford, UK), Alina Zaidi (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE)
Audience Award
Wadhafni وظفني
Hire Me
Description: Hire Me / وظفني is an SMS-based mobile app that links unemployed skilled individuals with the local labor market on a tasks-accomplishment basis.
Mentor: Abir Chermiti Software Engineer Think.iT, Tunisia; Fabricio Pontes Harsich Software Engineer Google, Argentina / USA
Students: Elena Lape(The University of Edinburgh, UK), Tianyi “Bill” Zheng (NYU Shanghai, China) Rohit Vaddi (Middlesex University Dubai, UAE), Shantanu Jain (NYUAD, UAE), Sohail Ahmed (Middlesex University Dubai, UAE), Walid Ijassi (ENSAM Casablanca – University Hassan 2, Casablanca)
Teams
Insahny انصحني
AdviceMe
Description
Mentor: Kassem Wridan Software Engineer, Mobile Platform, iOS Bloomberg; Chakshu Ahuja, Software Engineer, X2AI; Radwa Hamed Soliman, Software Engineer, Affectiva Inc.
Students: Lokesh Bhatia(University of Wollongong, Dubai), Merwan Ghomrani (High National School of Computer Science Oued Smar, Algiers), Mohamad El-Ghali (American University of Beirut, Lebanon), Ugwuoke Nnamdi Valbosco (Manipal University Dubai, UAE), Kholoud Ameen (Palestine Technical University, Palestine), Iva Tomevska (NYUAD, UAE)
Kuwaikeb
Small Planet
Description
Mentor:
Students: Lauren McMillen (NYUAD, UAE), Ramzi Rabah Hazila (M’hamed Bougara, Algeria), Eshwaran Venkat (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus), Navya Suri (NYUAD, UAE), Ahmed AbuSnaina (An-Najah National University, Palestine), Doaa Ali (Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE), Maryam Shalaby (Cairo University, Egypt)
Additional Team Members: Zayneb Cherif (MESMS, UAE – Grade 6) and Ahmed Cherif (Mohansic, UAE – Grade 3)
Sawa سوا
Together
Description: An AI-assisted chat app to integrate refugees in their new communities by connecting them to locals who want to learn colloquial Arabic.
Mentor
Students: Wendi Li (NYUAD, UAE), Munachiso Nwadike (NYUAD, UAE), Raheem Muiz Olalekan (University of Ilorin, Nigeria) Nadah Feteih (University of California, San Diego, USA), Asala Al-
ShoofChef شوف شاف
Description
Mentor: Nariman Ammar Assistant Professor, BirZeit University, Palestine; Sama Kanbour, Sama Kanbour Associate Auditor, General Electric, Iraq/USA; Stephen Lang User Experience Designer Cornell Tech, USA
Students: Rania Fekih (National Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Tunisia), Noor Naqvi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain), Rumail Ali Memon (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Tataoua تطوع
Description: Competitive Volunteering League for Companies.
Mentor
Students: Alex Yue (Princeton University, United States)
