NYUAD 2019 Hackathon

The 8th 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 25, 2019, to April 28, 2019.

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The 2019 Teams

1st Place
FoodSavour

واكلني / FoodSavour FoodSavour

Incentivizing grocery stores to minimize food waste through discounting items that would otherwise be thrown away.

Students

Zijie Lu Student, NYUSH, China
Ray Hsu Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Barkin Simsek Student, NYUAD, United States
Sion Hau Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Mentors

Keeley Erhardt Software Engineer, MI, United States
Khalid Machchate Student, University Mohammed V – Souissi (Engineering school ENSIAS), Morocco
Poseidon Ho Founder & GP, Outliers Fund, United States
2nd Place
Haneen

"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

حنين / Haneen Haneen

A mobile solution that helps native Arabs living in multicultural cities type in Arabic.

Students

Jayroop Ramesh Student, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Vikram Sakkia Student, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Estelle Ocran Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Rouand Dahleyah Student, Annajah National University, Palestine

Mentors

Mohamad Al Sayadi Senior DevOps Engineer, Abjadiyat, UAE
Sama Kanbour
Sama Kanbour Executive Director, GE Aerospace, United States
2nd Place
HuKamaa

حكماء / HuKamaa HuKamaa

A platform to engage the elderly to realize their full capacity in today’s society.

Students

Haneen Fathy Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Jung Soo Ha Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Fathurur Said Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Nurpeiis Baimukan Student, NYUAD, UAE
Kaustubh Hiware Student, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Yung Ju Kim Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Mentors

Diana Navarro Software Engineer, Tumblr, United States
Kassem Wridan Software Engineer,Mobile Platform, iOS Bloomberg, United Kingdom
Helping Hands

يد العون / Helping Hands Helping Hands

A web application that helps coordinate donations to people in need in times of crisis.

Students

Aymene Bennour Student, University of Abou Bekr Belkaïd, Algeria
Daniel de Waard Student, Monash University, Australia
Omar Maktabi Student, Ajman University, UAE
Mariam Alghfeli Student, UAE University, UAE
Omar Hafez Student, Ajman University, UAE
Al-Farouk Ahmed Student, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Smart Village Campus, Egypt

Mentors

Yamama Shakaa Teaching Assistant and Web Developer, An-Najah National University, Palestine
Brian Chuk Frontend Software Engineer, Squarespace, United States
Audience Award
(AR)t

(أر(ت / (AR)t (AR)t

The Problem: short attention span preventing museum visitors to absorb information and learn about art as a vehicle of political movement, history, and social contexts. Our solution: Augmented Reality (AR) with a proximity triggered customized supplementary information set will question visitors and provoke discussions.

Students

Ammar Battah Student, Khalifa University, UAE
Anna Banasik Student, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Ather Fawaz Student, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
Forat Bahrani Student, Arab Open University, Kuwait
Mouhammed El Zaart Student, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Hessa Al Nuaimi Student, NYUAD, UAE
Ellie Allan Student, NYUAD, UAE

Mentors

Miriana Itani Technical Android Manager , Saudi Research and Publishing Company, Lebanon
Peter Locharernkul Tech Startup Founder / Creative Technologist, Playmantic, United States
Audience Award
Boushra

بشرى / Boushra Boushra

Provide victims of domestic abuse an anonymous AI powered assistant for legal and emotional support.

Students

Adlane Hichem Briki Student, University of M’hamed Bougara, Boumerdes, Algeria
Ahmed Khalifa Student, Menoufia, Egypt
Alyssa Yu Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Amal Alkhulaifi Student, American University of the Middle East(AUM), Kuwait
Rachid Oubouhou Student, Ecole des Sciences de l’information, Morocco
Sean Sullivan Student, Harvard University, United States
Tobias Lichtig Student, University of Buenos Aires – School of Engineering, Argentina

Mentors

Fabricio Pontes Harsich Student, Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alaa El-Hariri Developer, Hedgeguard, Lebanon
Madeed

مديد / Madeed Madeed

The best Arabic translation in the palm of your hands.

Students

Hamzeh Amayreh Student, Birzeit University, Palestine
Bokang Jia Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Ali Shazal Student, NYUAD, UAE
Anushree Agrawal Student, Yale University, United States
Aaminah Khan Khalifa Student, University of Science and Technology, UAE
Zayneb Cherif Student, MESMS, UAE
Hamza Kamel Laggoune Student, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria

Mentors

Tina Chan Business Development, Microsoft, Taiwan
Yohanna Rizk Software Engineer, Google, United States
MediKate

ميديكيت / MediKate MediKate

Clinical assistance for healthcare practitioners to manage medical process of the patients during their stay in hospital.

Students

Tanishq Rupaal Birla Student, Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Dubai Campus, UAE
Fatima Issa Student, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Hanaa Ouannas Student, Medicine Faculty of Algiers, Algeria

Mentors

Leanne Dsouza Developer, Accenture, UAE
Saif Ahmed Chief Product Officer, WideBot, Egypt
MyCoin

عملتي / MyCoin MyCoin

Reward system for people responsibly throwing trash saving the environment.

Students

Deniz Gokten Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Brahim Kellou Student, The National Higher School of Computer Science, ESI, Algeria
Magda Gunkova Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Prajjwal Bhattarai Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Rania Al-oun Student, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Mentors

Manoj Parihar Software Development Engineer, Amazon, United States
Chandni Vaya Developer Advocate , IBM, UAE
On The Road

عالطريق / On The Road On The Road

Warn commuters in Palestine about areas of conflicts or checkpoints.

Students

Najeeb Aqel Student, Annajah National University, Palestine
Mohammed Adib Oumer Student, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Mohammad Mohey Eddin Student, Birzeit University, Palestine
Masha Gorkovenko Student, Stanford University, United States

Mentors

Adil Azulay Design Developer, Microsoft , United States
Martin Volpe Partner, Engineering, cLabs, Germany
Teach Here

درس هنا / Teach Here Teach Here

In war zones and natural disasters many schools are destroyed, so we propose a an SMS based coordination system to enable locals to provide teachers with a venue to teach their classes.

Students

Omnia Zakaria Student, Cairo University, Egypt
Omar AlMansoori Student, Khalifa University, UAE
Shusanta Bhattarai Student, Washington State University, United States
Zeina Saadeddin Student, Arab American University of Palestine (AAUP), Palestine

Mentors

Islam El-Ashi Student, University of Waterloo, Canada
Sourabh Lali Student, GitHub Campus Expert , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, GitHub, Switzerland
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