NYUAD 2017 Hackathon

The 6th 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 April 13, 2017, to April 16, 2017.

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The 2017 Teams

1st Place
Hiat

حياة / Hiat Hiat

Connecting skilled refugees and the local community in an easy-to-use gig-economy platform.

Students

Camilo Luciano Fosco Argentina,
Amro Alabsi Aljundi American University of Sharjah, UAE,
Vladimir Illievski Ecole polytechnique f̩d̩rale de Lausanne, Switzerland,
Sonia Xu MIT, United States,
Munira AlAli Khalifa University, UAE,
Radwa Hamed Software Engineering Intern , Google Knowledge Graph Team, Egypt

Mentors

Islam El-Ashi Student, University of Waterloo, Canada
2nd Place
3rd Headache (I Have a Headache)

3rd Headache (I Have a Headache) 3rd Headache (I Have a Headache)

Automating triage nurses.

Students

Daniel Watson Student, NYUAD, UAE
Khalid Abul Borghol Student, AUS, UAE
Hayat Al Hasan Student, NYUAD, UAE
EitharAl Fatih Student, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Moiri Gamboni Student, NYUAD, UAE
Chenhao Xu Student, NYUAD, UAE
Munachiso Nwadike NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE,

Mentors

Razan Qraini Software Developer, Turnkey Solutions, Palestine
Varun Arora CEO, OpenCurriculum,
Lingliang Zhang Student, NYUAD, UAE
3rd Place
Tarakeeb

تراكيب / Tarakeeb Tarakeeb

An automated grammar checker to teach Arabic.

Students

Lama Ahmad NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE,
Jordan Fahmi Al-Najjar Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan,
Maha Amjad FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan,
SkyeIm Student, NYUSH, China
Saleh Shorook University of Sharjah, UAE,

Mentors

Anas Shahrour Research Assistant, NYUAD, UAE
Balsam Alkouz Student, University of Sharjah, UAE
David Warr Founder, Language Garden Ltd, United Kingdom
Hanan Hadad Student, University of Sharjah, UAE
Saeed Motamed Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft,
3rd Place
AnNahr

"In 3 days, the team worked together to identify a problem worth solving they felt personally passionate about, and had a chance to learn, apply and teach one another new tools and frameworks, from Quantum, ML, data visualization, storytelling, and business strategy, allowing them to build and practice new skills."

Sama Kanbour

النهر / AnNahr AnNahr

An interactive hardware/software solution that addresses the issue of water wastage during the Wudhu (ablution) at the Masjid (mosques) by providing feedback to the user in an attempt to raise awareness and change their behavior, encouraging positive water saving.

Students

Zakaria Belkham M’hamed Bouguerra University, Algeria,
Hijazi Abdur Rahman Birla Institute of Technology, UAE,
Emmad Arif Student, Yale University, United States
Elissa Mkanna American University of Beirut, Lebanon,
Driss El Ouiqary Abdelmalek Essaadi University, National School of Applied Sciences in Tangier, Morocco,
Abdelrazaq Al-Sharif Innovation Engineer , StartAD, UAE
Seyed Mohammad Ahlesaadat Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Fahim Imaduddin Dalvi Student, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar
Sama Kanbour
Sama Kanbour Executive Director, GE Aerospace, United States
Joyce Zhang Student, MIT, United States
Audience Winner
Teslam

تسلم / Teslam Teslam

Service to visualize actionable data in the Arab world related to NCDs (specifically obesity & diabetes) through big data & machine learning, to share with government and business entities, and to educate the targeted subjects of these diseases through a conversational intelligent chat bot.

Students

Athra Al Khatri Student, UAE University, UAE
Shahan Ali Memon Carnegie Mellon University, United States,
Leanne Dsouza Student, Middlesex University Dubai, UAE
Khalid Alawar Student, Khalifa University, UAE
Ibrahim Soltan Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar,
Daria Zahaleanu New York University Abu Dhabi,

Mentors

Farah Shamout Professor, NYUAD, UAE
Harini Kannan Student, MIT, United States
Khalid Machchate Student, University Mohammed V – Souissi (Engineering school ENSIAS), Morocco
Tabboush

طبوش / Tabboush Tabboush

Tabboush is the name of a virtual pet companion to assist autistic children coping with every day tasks.

Students

Randa Elbehery Cairo University, Egypt,
Hera Arif Abu Dhabi University,
Anas Einea University of Sharjah, UAE,
Nouf Alsaedi UAE University, UAE,
Alaa Maarouf Lebanese American University, Lebanon,
Noura Hussain Khalifa University, UAE,

Mentors

Bassem Dghaidi Technical Director, SE Factory, Lebanon
Dani Arnaout CTO, Saily, Lebanon
Muneeza Patel MIT, UAE
Areni

أرني / Areni Areni

 Connecting resettled youth refugees with local volunteer teachers

 

Students

Mariam Garba University of Ilorin, Nigeria,
Zachary Sorenson Stanford University, United States,
Shaikha Aldoukhi Khalifa University, UAE,
Sana Khiari Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Tunisia,

Mentors

SamrSamir Ali Teaching and Research Assistant, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Erin Hoffman PhD, University of Washington, United States
Mike Clarke CEO, Atlas IQ, United States
Transparent

مكشوف / Transparent Transparent

A platform to encourage people to donate more confidently by improving the financial integrity of charities,NGO’s and other governmental organizations through the use of block-chain’s innately transparent technology, giving donors the ability to track the effects of their donations.

Students

Ahmad Ilaiwi Student, Najah, Palestine
Amaan Kulshreshtha Birla Institute of Technology, UAE,
Anas Aloweiwi The University of Jordan, Jordan,
Manaf Alanazi King Saud University, Saudi Arabia,
Param Singh National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India,
Najwa Azzabi Student, University Hassan 1st – National School of Applied Sciences of Khouribga,, Morocco

Mentors

Stephen Lang Co-Founder/CDO, Uni Creative Inc, Japan, United States
Kenneth Leland Senior VP of Engineering, Monmouth Telecom, United States
Musaeada

مساعدة / Musaeada Musaeada

SMS-based personal crisis broadcaster.

Students

Shirley Miao University of Waterloo, Canada,
Rashiq Zahid Student, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Samridha Man Shrestha NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE,
Jaisal Friedman Student, NYUAD, UAE
Naomi Pentrel University of Oxford, United Kingdom,
Kunal Malhotra BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, UAE,

Mentors

Aidan Feldman Engineer, 18F,
Feel Better

اشعر بتحسن / Feel Better Feel Better

An Arabic-speaking virtual assistant that engages with the user and uses machine learning to assess their mental health and happiness levels.

Students

Marisa Chow Princeton University, United States,
Walid Abismail Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’informatique, ESI ex INI, Algeria,
Muhammad Owais University of Sharjah, UAE,
Brooke Hopkins Student, NYUAD, UAE
Einea Omar University of Sharjah, UAE,

Mentors

Baris Yuksel Senior Software Engineer, Google, United States
Tiffany Tong Project Coordinator, NYUAD, UAE
Fabricio Pontes Harsich Student, Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2nd Place
3ndi Headache (I Have a Headache)

3ndi Headache (I Have a Headache) 3ndi Headache (I Have a Headache)

Automating triage nurses.

Students

Daniel Watson Student, NYUAD, UAE
Khalid Abul Borghol Student, AUS, UAE
Hayat Al Hasan Student, NYUAD, UAE
EitharAl Fatih Student, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Moiri Gamboni Student, NYUAD, UAE
Chenhao Xu Student, NYUAD, UAE
Munachiso Nwadike NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE,

Mentors

Razan Qraini Software Developer, Turnkey Solutions, Palestine
Varun Arora CEO, OpenCurriculum,
Lingliang Zhang Student, NYUAD, UAE
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