NYUAD 2018 Hackathon

The 7th 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 26, 2018, to April 29, 2018.

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The 2018 Teams

1st Place
Dawa

دواء / Dawa Dawa

Tackling counterfeit drugs in the region using blockchain based pharmaceutical distribution

Students

Brian Shin Student, NYUAD, UAE
Nadjmeddine Boudjellal Student, M’sila university, Algeria
Ali Elabridi Student, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Rowan Omar Student, Misr International University, Egypt
Priya Aswani
Priya Aswani Chief Technology Officer & Faculty in Computer Science, University of Wollongong, UAE
Simon Seo Student, NYUAD, UAE
Rewant Verma Student, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE
Abdullah Zameek Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Saif ur Rehman Muhammad Yousuf Cloud Developer Advocate, IBM, UAE
Saeed Motamed Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft, UAE
Naiyarah Hussain Cloud Developer,Experience Team Lead, IBM, UAE
1st Place
Boosala

بوصلة / Boosala Boosala

Bring the lost home.

Students

Said Ziani Student, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria
Ashley Chen Student, NYUNY, United States
Madeleine Barowsky Student, Wellesley College, United States
Dunumalage Romeno Wenogk Fernando Student, NYUAD, UAE
Mohammad Madine Student, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE
Ramy Kader ESPRIT, Tunisia
Anel Orazgaliyeva Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Nikita Mathur Cloud Developer Advocate, IBM, UAE
Varun Arora CEO, OpenCurriculum, United States
Khalid Machchate Student, University Mohammed V – Souissi (Engineering school ENSIAS), Morocco
2nd Place
Huwayeti

هويتي / Huwayeti Huwayeti

A blockchain-based layer on top of UNHCR refugee registration to manage trusted agents’ claims made about refugees

Students

Jihyun Kim Student, NYUAD, UAE
Seyed Mohammad Ahlesaadat Student, NYUAD, UAE
Alan Liu Student, Yale University, United States
Seongun Si Student, NYUAD, UAE
Oorja Majgaonkar Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Sourabh Lali Student, GitHub Campus Expert , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, GitHub, Switzerland

Mentors

Hussam Mohsineh Advisor, Power of Art Startup Consultancy, UAE
Keeley Erhardt Software Engineer, MI, United States
3rd Place
MedLughati

مد لغتي / MedLughati MedLughati

MedLughati is a platform that assists refugees and asylum seekers in communicating with healthcare professionals using machine learning and natural language processing.

Students

Ahmed Mahdy Yassin Student, Khalifa University, UAE
Sophia Sanchez Student, Stanford University, United States
Martín Volpe Student, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fares Al Ghazy Student, University of Wollongong Dubai, UAE
Shuyu Lin Student, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Alina Zaidi Student, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE

Mentors

Farah Shamout Professor, NYUAD, UAE
Miguel Sanchez Software Engineer, Facebook, United Kingdom
Audience Award

وظفني / Wadhafni Wadhafni

Hire Me / وظفني is an SMS-based mobile app that links unemployed skilled individuals with the local labor market on a tasks-accomplishment basis.

Students

Elena Lape Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Tianyi Zheng Student, NYUSH, China
Rohit Vaddi Student, Middlesex University Dubai, UAE
Shantanu Jain Student, NYUAD, UAE
Sohail Ahmed Student, Middlesex University Dubai, UAE
Walid Ijassi Student, ENSAM Casablanca – University Hassan 2 Casablanca, Morocco

Mentors

Fabricio Pontes Harsich Student, Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abir Chermiti Software Engineer, Think.iT, Tunisia
Insahny

انصحني / Insahny Insahny

Collecting in-class live metrics of student participation using Emotion AI and affordable interactive technology to provide better feedback for decentralized refugee camp teachers and schools

Students

Lokesh Bhatia Student, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Merwan Ghomrani Student, Oued Smar, Algeria
Mohamad El-Ghali Student, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Nnamdi Ugwuoke Student, Manipal University Dubai, UAE
Kholoud Abo-Zaytouni Student, Palestine Technical University, Palestine
Iva Tomevska Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Kassem Wridan Software Engineer,Mobile Platform, iOS Bloomberg, United Kingdom
Chakshu Ahuja Software Engineer, X2AI, United Kingdom
Radwa Hamed Software Engineering Intern, Google Knowledge Graph Team, Egypt
Kuwaikeb

Kuwaikeb Kuwaikeb

A goal based activity game that bridges the physical and digital world to positively influence good habits in children.

Students

Lauren McMillen Student, NYUAD, UAE
Ramzi Rabah Hazila Student, M’hamed Bougara, Algeria
Eshwaran Venkat Student, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE
Navya Suri Student, NYUAD, UAE
Ahmed AbuSnaina Student, An-Najah National University, Palestine
Doaa Ali Student, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE
Maryam Shalaby Student, Cairo University, Egypt
Zayneb Cherif Student, MESMS, UAE
Ahmed Cherif Student, Mohansic, UAE

Mentors

Hananah Ghibeh Strategy Consultant, IBM, UAE
Hanan Tbaileh Software developer, Palestinian Telecommunication Company (PALTEL), Palestine
Ayman Farhat Software Engineer,
Sawa

سوا / Sawa Sawa

An AI-assisted chat app to integrate refugees in their new communities by connecting them to locals who want to learn colloquial Arabic.

Students

Wendi Li Student, NYUAD, UAE
Munachiso Nwadike Student, NYUAD, UAE
Muiz Raheem Student, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Nadah Feteih Student, University of California,San Diego, United States
Asala Al-Tawiel Student, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Dogukan Avci Student, NYUAD, UAE
Bishoy Boshra Labib Student, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Mentors

Lingliang Zhang Student, NYUAD, UAE
Siddhant Sanyam Software Engineer, Facebook, United States
Alex Erdmann Research Assistant, Ohio State University,NYUAD, UAE
ShoofChef

"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

شوف شاف / ShoofChef ShoofChef

A mobile app that transforms Arabic menus to gorgeous visualizations to help tourists in their exotic local food selection.

 

Students

Rania Fekih Student, National Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Tunisia
Syeda Noor Zehra Naqvi Student, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Rumail Ali Memon Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Nariman Ammar Assistant Professor, BirZeit University, Pakistan
Sama Kanbour
Sama Kanbour Executive Director, GE Aerospace, United States
Stephen Lang Co-Founder/CDO, Uni Creative Inc, Japan, United States
Tataoua

تطوع / Tataoua Tataoua

Competitive Volunteering League for Companies.

Students

Alex Yue Student, Princeton University, United States
Mohamed Handaoui Student, National Computer science Engineering School (ESI), Algeria
Jesutofunmi Kupoluyi Student, NYUAD, UAE
Jumana Saad Student, BirZeit University, Palestine
Maria Jaramillo Student, NYUAD, UAE
Mohammed Adel AbdelAzim Student, Arab Academy for Sciences, Technology And Maritime Transport, Egypt
Nurpeiis Baimukan Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Leila Chan Currie Student, University of Toronto, Canada
Shaila Pervin Research Staff Member, IBM, Australia
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