{"id":7703,"date":"2016-04-11T13:35:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2016-04-11T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:35:15","slug":"nyu-abu-dhabi-to-host-fifth-international-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2016\/04\/11\/nyu-abu-dhabi-to-host-fifth-international-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"NYU Abu Dhabi to host Fifth International Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talented student hackers from around the world are set to descend on NYU Abu Dhabi\u2019s campus (NYUAD) this April for the annual International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World<\/em>. Taking place between April 15 \u2013 17, students will be split into teams and mentored by renowned international computer science professors, founders of successful start-ups, technology professionals, and venture capitalists, as they come together to develop innovative applications for the benefit of social good.<\/p>\n

Organised by Sana Odeh, NYUAD clinical professor of computer science; faculty liaison for global programmes of computer science, NYU, New York, the teams are brought together to programme day and night, developing innovative applications relevant to diverse fields such as health, education, film, music, business, and science. Presenting their applications to a panel of judges on April 17, students will compete for top honours. Winning apps in previous years have included a wearable device to monitor construction workers\u2019 health.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the Hackathon, Odeh said: “NYUAD Hackathon is a global event that brings talented and passionate students and mentors from around the world to create new and innovative technologies from apps to hardware applications for social good in the Arab world. We are pushing for new ways of creative learning and also creating strong collaborations across borders to build technologies that have the potential to change the world. Our Hackathon alumni go on to win awards, get funding, start their own start-ups and even find jobs through our network. We are always impressed by the quality of Hackathon participants joining us from universities such as MIT, Stanford, AUB, Al Akhawayn, MASDAR, among others. We are looking forward to what these new groups of talented students can innovate this year at NYUAD.”<\/p>\n

Students will present their applications to a panel of judges on Sunday, April 17 at 5:30pm.<\/p>\n

Judges<\/a> will include:<\/p>\n

Egypt<\/u><\/p>\n

Mohammed Mansour<\/strong>, Entrepreneurship Programme Coordinator
\nMercy Corps and Riseup, Egypt<\/p>\n

Jordan<\/u><\/p>\n

Kamel Al Asmar<\/strong>, Founder & CEO, Forbes 30 Social Entrepreneurs 2014
\nNakhweh, Wamda<\/p>\n

Lebanon<\/u><\/p>\n

Abdallah Absi<\/strong>, CEO
\nZoomaal<\/p>\n

Munir David Nabti, <\/strong>General Manager (GM) & CEO at Bootcamp LB<\/p>\n

Chief Entrepreneur & Organiser at AltCity.me<\/p>\n

Turkey<\/u><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Avina<\/strong>, Assistant Professor
\nCarnegie Mellon University in Qatar<\/p>\n

United Arab Emirates<\/u><\/p>\n

Hunter Lee Soik<\/strong>, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
\nSHADOW | Community of Dreamers<\/p>\n

Marc Michael<\/strong>, Assistant Professor
\nNew York University Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n

Muhammed Mekki<\/strong>, Founding Partner
\nAstroLabs<\/p>\n

Nina Curley<\/strong>, Director,
\nFlat 6 Labs<\/p>\n

Rima Al-Sheikh<\/strong>, a Serial Entrepreneur
\nNambbesh, GLT.io, and now Mokus.io<\/p>\n

United States<\/u><\/p>\n

Arnaud Sahuguet<\/strong>, Product Manager
\nCornel Tech<\/p>\n

Jeremy Johnstone<\/strong>, Head of Data Infrastructure and Chief Architect
\nNomi<\/p>\n

Michael Goldweber<\/strong>, Professor of Computer Science
\nXavier University, and Chair of ACM SIGCAS<\/p>\n

For further information on the Fifth International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World, visit http:\/\/nyuad.nyu.edu\/en\/news-events\/conferences\/nyuad-hackathon.html<\/a>. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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