{"id":1313,"date":"2015-12-20T10:45:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T10:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/hackathon\/?page_id=1313"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:39:36","slug":"2013-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/hackathon\/index.php\/previous-hackathons\/the-annual-nyuad-international-hackathon-for-social-good-in-the-arab-world-2013\/2013-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; module_id=&#8221;tagline&#8221; module_class=&#8221;tagline&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00a2b1&#8243; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height:75px;&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_module=&#8221;56&#8243;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_menu menu_id=&#8221;21&#8243; menu_style=&#8221;centered&#8221; active_link_color=&#8221;#EF8B21&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; menu_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; menu_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; menu_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221;][\/et_pb_menu][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Hackathon 2013 &#8211; Mentors<\/h1>\n<h3>UAE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mohamad Eid<\/b>, Ph.D, P. Eng., Reasearch Associate, Division of Engineering, <b>New York University Abu Dhabi<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Sameer Sortur, <\/b>GM, <b>Innovation 360<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Kamal Hassan,  <\/b>President and Chief Excitement Officer, <b>Innovation 360, UAE and USA<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Mutaz Qasem,<\/b> CTO, <b>Zeedna<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Algeria<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b> Faical Azouaou<\/b>, Associate Professor &amp; Researcher, <b>ESI, Ecole Superieure d&#8217;Informatique<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Canada<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Melanie Gorka,<\/b> Co-Founder, Partner, <b>Commons11<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Hussein Al Osman<\/b>, PhD Candidate, <b>University of Ottawa<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Egypt<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Noha Seada<\/b>, Technical Team Leader, <b>Healthy-IT, Free Zone<\/b>; Assistant Lecturer, <b>Ain Shams University<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ramy Eltarras<\/b>, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering, <b>Arab Academy for Science and Technology<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Mohammad El-Ramly<\/b>, Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences, <b>Cairo University<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Ghana<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b> David Hutchful<\/b>, Senior Technical Program Manager, <b> Grameen Foundation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>India<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b> Aditya Vashistha, <\/b>Research Assistant, <b>Microsoft Research<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Jordon<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mousa Al-Akhras<\/b>, Assistant Professor, <b>Jordan University<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Kamel Al-Asmar<\/b>, Founder &amp; 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