Hackathon 2019 Winners
First Place Winner
FoodSavour واكلني
Description: incentivizing grocery stores to minimize food waste through discounting items that would otherwise be thrown away
Mentors: Keeley Erhardt (Software Engineer at Improbable, USA & UK) & Khalid Machchate (CEO
Students: Zijie Lu (NYU Shanghai, China), Ray Hsu (NYUAD, Taiwan), Barkin Simsek (NYUAD, Turkey), & Sion Hau (NYUAD, Australia)
Second Place Winners
Haneen حنين
Description: a mobile solution that helps native Arabs living in multicultural cities type in Arabic
Mentors: Mohamad Al Sayadi (Syria/UAE, IBM, Cloud Garage Developer Sama) & Kanbour (France/Qatar, GE, Associate Auditor)
Students:
HuKamaa حكماء
Description: a platform to engage the elderly to realize their full capacity in today’s society
Mentors: Diana Kris Navarro (USA, Tumblr, Software engineer) & Kassem
Students: Haneen Fathy (Egypt, UAE, NYUAD, Student ), Jung Soo Ha (South Korea, NYU Abu Dhabi),
Third Place Winner
Helping Hands يد العون
Description: a web application that helps coordinate donations to people in need in times of crisis
Mentors: Yamama Shaka’a (Palestine, An-Najah National University, teaching assistant and web developer) & Brian Chuk (USA, Squarespace, Frontend Software Engineer)
Students: Aymen Bennour (Algeria, University of Abou Bekr Belkaïd), Daniel De Waard (
Audience Award
(AR)t (أر(ت
Description: The Problem: short attention span preventing museum visitors to absorb information and learn about art as a vehicle of
Mentors: Miriana Itani, Technical Android Manager Saudi Research and Publishing Company, Lebanon, & Peter Locharernkul, Creative Technologist / Interactive Engineer, Fairleigh Dickenson University, USA
Students: Ammar Ayman Battah (Khalifa
Boushra بشرى
Description: provide victims of domestic abuse an anonymous
Mentors: Alaa El Hariri (Hedgeguard, Lebanon) & Fabricio Pontes Harsich (Google, Argentina / USA)
Students: Adlane Hichem Briki (Algeria, University of M’hamed Bougara), Ahmed Khalifa (Menoufia University, Egypt), Alyssa Yu (Philippines, NYU Abu Dhabi), Amal Al-Khulaifi (Kuwait, AUM (American University of the Middle East)), Oubouhou Rachid (Morocco, Ecole des sciences de ), Sean Sullivan (USA, Harvard University) & Tobias Lichtig (Argentina, UBA)
Teams
Madeed مديد
Description: the best Arabic translation in the palm of your hands
Mentors: Tina Chan (Microsoft, Business Development, Taiwan) & Yohan Rizk (Google, Software Engineer, Egypt)
Students: Hamzeh Amayreh (Birzeit University, Palestine), Jia Bokang (NYUAD, UAE), Ali Shazal (NYUAD, UAE), Anushree Agrawal (Yale University, USA), Aaminah Khan (Khalifa University, UAE), Zayneb Cherif (USA), & Hamza Kamel Laggoune (USTHB, Algeria)
MediKate ميديكيت
Description: Clinical assistance for healthcare practitioners to manage
Mentors
Students: Tanishq Rupaal (Dubai, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Dubai Campus), Fatima Issa (American University of Beirut) & Hanaa Ouannas (Algeria University: Medicine faculty of Algiers)
MyCoin- عملتي
Description: Reward system for people responsibly throwing trash saving the environment
Mentors: Manoj Parihar (India/US, Amazon SDE) & Chandni Vaya (India, UAE, IBM, Developer Advocate)
Students: Deniz Gokten (Turkey/UAE, NYUAD), Brahim Kellou (Algeria/Algeria, Ecole nationale Supérieure d’Informatique), Magda Guńková (Czech Republic/UAE, NYUAD), Prajjwal Bhattarai (Nepal/UAE, NYUAD), Rania Aloun (Jordan – Jordan, Jordan University of science and technology)
On The Road عالطريق
Description: warn commuters in Palestine about areas of conflicts or checkpoints
Mentor: Adi Azulay (Microsoft – Design Developer) & Martín Volpe (Celo – Partner, Engineer)
Students: Najeeb Aqel (An-najah National University, Palestine), Mohammed Adib Oumer (NYUAD, UAE), Mohammad Mohey Eddin (BirZeit University, Palestine), Masa Hilal Abushamleh (University of Sharjah, UAE) & Masha Gorkovenko (Stanford University, USA)
Teach Here درس هنا
Description: In war zones and natural disasters many schools are destroyed, so we propose
Mentors
Students: Omnia Zakaria (Egypt, Egypt, Cairo University), Omar Almansoori (UAE, UAE, Khalifa University, Student), Mohamed Anwar (Egypt, Egypt, Cairo University), Shusanta Bhattarai (Nepal, USA, Washington State University) & Zeina Saadeddin (Palestine, Palestine, Arab American University of Palestine)