NYUAD 2013 Hackathon

The 2nd annual NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good which focused on one of the most promising technologies of our time, Quantum Computing (QC). The event was held from February 22, 2013, to February 24, 2013.

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The 2013 Teams

1st Place
Take Flight

Take Flight Take Flight

“Take Flight” is an online platform for cross-language video mentoring.

Students

Alexandra Qin Front-End Developer, Bloglovin, United States
Geoffrey Litt Software Engineer,
Omar Omran Student, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Seth Thompson Student, Yale University, United States

Mentors

Ramsey Nasser Fellow, Eyebeam Art+Technology Center, United States
Maxwell Stoller Student, NYU, United States
2nd Place

Safe Journey Safe Journey

 A mobile app to track a vehicle route from source to destination. It sends SMSs to a designated contact to keep track of the passenger route during the journey on the vehicle. It is aimed to maintain security and follow-up on passengers, especially ladies.

Students

Amanda Coston Student, Princeton University, United States
Omar Abdel Galeel Student, Khalifa University of Science (Sharjah Campus), UAE
Mostafa Hammad Student, Khalifa University of Science (Sharjah Campus), UAE
Abdulla Zoubir Ourad Student, Khalifa University of Science (Sharjah Campus), UAE
Abdul Rahman S. Mohamed Student, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Mentors

Noha Seada Technical Team Leader, Assistant Lecturer, Healthy-IT, Free Zone, Ain Shams University, Egypt
3rd Place

Laha (For Her); Landmark Laha (For Her) Laha (For Her); Landmark Laha (For Her)

A social platform for Arab women with chronic diseases to share experiences.

Students

Tahar Zanouda Student, Quinnipiac University, Algeria
Daniel Gur Student, Kent State University, United States
Kartik Mandaville CTO, SpringRole, United States
Aysha Siddique Student, University of Michigan, United States
Caroline Wong Student, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Mentors

Michael Paik Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science, NYUAD, UAE

Tradmark Tradmark

A website providing landmark cues for navigation.

Students

Oleg Grishin Student, NYUAD, UAE
Moiri Gamboni Student, NYUAD, UAE
Morgante Pell Student, NYUAD, UAE
Dmytro Krasnoshtan Student, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE

Mentors

Rawan Alharbi TA, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Susannah Raub Software Engineer (Expert on Google Maps), Google, United States

Alert2Sign Alert2Sign

A public announcement service that translates speech and text announcements into sign language for the deaf and hearing impaired.

Students

Hassen Ben Salem Student, Higher School of Sciences and Techniques of Tunis, Tunisia
Chadi Hammed Student, Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (Sup’Com), Tunisia
Andrew Hitti Student, Columbia University, United States
Mahmoud Darawsheh Student, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
Ahmed Nasser Mohamed Rashad Student, Cairo University, Egypt

Mentors

Jason Jho Senior Software Engineer, Cambridge Semantics, United States
Raouf Amor Software Consultant, Sungard, Tunisia
Mohammad El-Ramly Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt

Al-Multaqa Al-Multaqa

A website which aggregates events from various universities in Abu Dhabi allowing students to discover and attend gatherings hosted by other campuses.

Students

Lingliang Zhang Student, NYUAD, UAE
Jessica Mong Student, Claflin University, United States
Anoud Mahmoud Abdalla Salim Thoban Student, Zayed University, UAE
Sara Al Hammadi Student, Zayed University, UAE
Sharmina Haque Naeema Student, Zayed University, UAE
Mohammad Masudul Haque Student, Zayed University, UAE
Alice Tessen Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Neha Narula Ph.D Candidate, MIT, United States

Cardrive.me Cardrive.me

A mobile application for carpooling in the Arab world.

Students

Rafael Harutyunyan Student, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE
Yassine Karmouche Web and Mobile Apps Project Manager, Méditel – Orange Group, Morocco
Guilherme Santos Galvao Baptista Student, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
Amine Bouhaji Student, Université Hassan II, Morocco
M’hammed Oulaidi Student, International University Of Rabat, Morocco

Mentors

Ramy Eltarras Assistant Professor of Software Engineering, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
D.M.Ruwan
C.B.Dissanayaka

Cenna Cenna

Mobile Application to fight obesity and promote a healthy lifestyle.

Students

Hassan Adebayo Bello Student, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Omar Bougamza Student, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Anwar Jaber Student,
Murtaza Waheed Student,

Mentors

Eiman Kanjo Associate Professor, King Saud University and Cambridge Moile Sensing LTD, Saudi Arabia

Code2gether Code2gether

Simple collaborative coding site.

Students

Fahim Imaduddin Dalvi Student, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar
Syed Ali Hashim Moosavi Student, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar
Afnan Fahim Student, Carnegie Mellon Qatar, Qatar

Mentors

Sean Herron Technology Strategist, NASA, United States
Thierry Sans Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, France

Marah Marah

A game that encourages children between the age of 3-6 to learn digits, the alphabet, shapes, and mathematics. Quizzes are presented between levels, rewarding extra shields, and when the player is in danger of losing, providing a second chance to continue.

Students

Alaa Afifi Student, Cairo University, Egypt
Gautam Kovoor Student, Wellington International School, UAE
Hassan Mousa Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Mahmoud Shtayyat Student, The University of Jordan, Jordan
Walid Laribi Student, Ecole Nationale Superieure D’Informatique, Algeria

Mentors

Mousa Al-Akhras Assistant Professor, Jordan University, Jordan

NsynK NsynK

To battle the digital divide in the Arab world by facilitating the distribution and transfer of digital information over long distances, NsynK uses mobile phones as data nodes which transfer and sync database records and data when a wifi network doesn’t exist.

Students

Hasan Alyousef Student, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Sonia Cisneros Student, Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Coacalco, Mexico
Dima Hijazi Student, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Ghadeer Haddad Student, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Rami Hammoud Student, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Mentors

Abdel-Karim Al-Tamimi Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Mohannad Zalloom Software Project Manager, Souktel Inc., Palestine

Pickment Pickment

A mobile augmented reality app that translates the color hues that people suffering from color blindness cannot see properly to alternative ones they can easily perceive.

Students

Anthony Spalveri-Kruse Student, NYUAD, UAE
Katy Blumer Software Engineer, Google, UAE, United States
Seung Man Oh Student, NYUAD, UAE
Akram Dweikat Co-Founder & Co-Leader, PALinnO, Palestine
Shahd Alkahtani Student, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Mentors

Hussein Al Osman PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa, Canada

The Karama Project The Karama Project

A site that allows crowdsourcing funding, labour, and everything else for a project.

Students

Antoine Grondin Student, University of Ottawa, Canada
Anas Boubas Student, College of IT United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Kalthoom Abdulmanan Alawar Student, College of IT United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Amna Abdullah Al Areef Al Dhaheri Student, College of IT United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Mentors

Mohamed Mansour Software Engineer, Microsoft, United States

Social Museum Social Museum

A mobile app creating an augmented museum visit, providing a virtual tour guide that will make museum visits more interesting and encourage other people to visit the museums.

Students

Saleh Ahmed Student,
Nourhan El Faramawy Student, Helwan University, Egypt
Hind Anouar Student,

Mentors

Faical Azouaou Associate Professor & Researcher, ESI, Ecole Superieure d’Informatique, Algeria
David Hutchful Senior Technical Program Manager, Grameen Foundation, Ghana

Noor 3ilm Noor 3ilm

Noor 3ilm is a crowdsourcing platform to provide collaborative online education to the Arab world.

Students

Islam El-Ashi Student, University of Waterloo, Canada
Sana Bougueroua Student, Ecole Nationale Superieure D’Informatique, Algeria
Alexandra Schofield Student, Harvey Mudd College, United States
Walid Ould Babaali Student, M'hamed Bougara University, Algeria
Benmerar Mohamed Said Karim Student, National Computer science Engineering School (ESI), Algeria
Mohamed Kamal Kamaly Student, Cairo University, Egypt

Mentors

Amir Zeid Associate Professor of Computer Science, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait
Bouchaib Falah Assistant Professor of Software Engineering, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

NotifyME NotifyME

A communication service between government sectors and every resident of a country. It can also be implemented for any other organization and its respective audiences.

Students

Nabeel Ayub Kassim Student, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Attila Peter Toth Student, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE
Abhijai Garg Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Jason Jho Senior Software Engineer, Cambridge Semantics, United States
Sean Herron Technology Strategist, NASA, United States
Arnaud Sahuguet CTO, GovLab / NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, United States
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