The 2018 7th ANNUAL NYUAD HACKATHON FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN THE ARAB WORLD

6 May 2018

CSC Senior Student Rowan Omar wins First place in “The 2018 7th ANNUAL NYUAD HACKATHON FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN THE ARAB WORLD” along with her team.

NYUAD Hackathon started on April 26, 2018 and was held at New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE. Participants were divided into 10 teams and mentored by renowned international computer science professors, founders of successful startups and technology professionals.

The project ,“Dawa دواء “  is about tackling counterfeiting drugs in the region using blockchain based pharmaceutical distribution.

The project was designed by a team of eight students including Rowan Omar (Misr International University, Egypt), Brian Shin (NYUAD, UAE), Nadjmeddine Boudjellal (M’sila university, Algeria), Ali Elabridi (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco), Priya Aswani (University of Wollongong In Dubai, UAE), Simon Seo (NYUAD, UAE), Rewant Verma (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE) and Abdullah Zameek (NYUAD, UAE)  and mentored by Saif ur Rehman Cloud Developer Advocate IBM, UAE; Saeed Motamed Technology Solution Professional Microsoft,UAE; Naiyarah Hussain IBM Cloud Developer Experience Team Lead, UAE.