CSE Awards

Oct-2019: 2020 winner of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Chester Sall Award for the First place best paper in the IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 2018.

Student(s): Mohammed Rashid, Ragini Gupta, and Mazin AliKarar

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: A smart home energy management system using IoT and big data analytics approach.

Oct-2019: 1st Place at the Cyber Battle of The Emirates 2019.

Student(s): Yousef Awad

Oct-2019: 2nd Place at the Cyber Battle of The Emirates 2019.

Student(s): Ashith Farhan

Oct-2019: 2nd Place at the AI Challenge at the 2019 Hack In The Box Cyber Week Conference.

Student(s): Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali and Yousef Awad

May-2019: 3rd place at the OMG MENA Inter-University challenge 2019.

Student(s): Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali (CSE), Mohamed Alhusin (CSE), Motamen Monawar (CSE), and Ahmed Osman (MSESM)

May-2019: 4th place at the University Blockchain Challenge.

Student(s): Amro Farouk (CSE), Alfarouk Hesham (CSE), Ahmed Abubakr (CSE), Mihails Balonuskovs (MIS) and Nikita Mitin (FIN)

Advisor(s): Dr. Taha Landolsi and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

May-2019: The Graduate Student Academic and Leadership Excellence Award at the 2018/19 AUS Awards for Excellence in Graduate Studies.

Student(s): Mohammed Alhusin

May-2019: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the Annual Engineering Senior Design Projects Poster Competition 2019 held at AUS

Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi, Salman Sowdagar

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

May-2019: 2nd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the Annual Engineering Senior Design Projects Poster Competition 2019 held at AUS

Student(s): Muhammad Umer Sadiq, Karam Ahfid and Donthi Sankalpa

Advisor(s): Dr. Assim Sagahyroon and Dr. Salam Dhou

Project Title: Preliminary Melanoma Detection Using Support Vector Machines.

May-2019: 3rd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the Annual Engineering Senior Design Projects Poster Competition 2019 held at AUS

Student(s): Omar Elbashir Mohamed, El Houssine Talab and Labeeba Begum

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Detecting Heart Anomalies by Classifying Stethoscope Feed Using Neural Networks.

Apr-2019: 1st place at the CyberTalents UAE National Cyber Security Capture The Flag (CTF) 2019 competition

Student(s): Omar Elgafri and Youssef Awad

Apr-2019: 3rd place at the Smart Mobile Application Contest 2019 held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi, Salman Sowdagar

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

Apr-2019: 2nd place at the 8th International NYUAD Hackathon 2019.

Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh, Vikram Sakkia

Project Title: “7aneen”, a smart mobile keyboard that helps Arabs communicate in Arabic script to preserve the language but type in “Arabizi”.

Apr-2019: 1st place in the 2019 RTA Hackathon, hosted in Burj Khalifa..

Student(s): Omar Mohamed and Elhoussine Talab

Advisor(s): Dr. Ra'afat Abu-Rukba

Apr-2019: 1st Place at Millennial Engagement Competition part of the Mega City Infrastructure Week.

Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi, Salman Sowdagar

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

Apr-2019: 1st Place in the the IEEE consumer electronics conference (ICCE 2019) Best Poster Video Award competition, Las Vegas, USA.

Student(s): Omar Hamdan, Hassan Shanableh and Inas Zaki

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Dr. Tamer Shanableh

Project Title: IoT Based Interactive Dual Mode Smart Home Automation.

Feb-2019: 1st place in the 2019 HSBC Programming Challenge.

Student(s): Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali

Feb-2019: 2nd place in the 2019 HSBC Programming Challenge.

Student(s): Mohammed Alhusin

Feb-2019: 3rd place in the 2019 HSBC Programming Challenge.

Student(s): Motamen Monawar

Feb-2019: 1st place in the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Hackathon.

Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh, Vikram Sakkia, Niha Thodika, Shilpa Sujith, and Saad Aldeen

Project Title: Mindspire.

Feb-2019: 1st Place in the Dubai Police Capture the Flag Cyber Security Challenge.

Student(s): Youssef Awad

Feb-2019: 2nd Place in the KPMG Innovation and Collaboration Challenge Competition.

Student(s): Mazin Raffi (CSE), Yedhu Gopan (CHE), Yameena Naqvi (CHE), and Hawa Bandeyh (FIN)

Project Title: The Protein Project.

Dec-2018: 2nd Place in the Judge's Choice Award category of the Driving Innovation competition held at the Gulf Traffic exhibition.

Student(s): Maryam Alsaedi, Bashayer Al-Marzooqi and Anwar Elshaikh

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Mr. Ahmad Al Nabulsi

Project Title: IoT Smart Vehicle Blackbox (Blocksaver).

Dec-2018: 2nd Place in the People's Choice Award category of the Driving Innovation competition held at the Gulf Traffic exhibition.

Student(s): Maryam Alsaedi, Bashayer Al-Marzooqi and Anwar Elshaikh

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Mr. Ahmad Al Nabulsi

Project Title: IoT Smart Vehicle Blackbox (Blocksaver).

Sep-2018: 1st Place of ADIPEC University Programme in 2018 SPE ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference).

Student(s): Vikram Sakkia (CSE), Nasir Khalid (ELE), Faris Al Janahi and Jason Rodrigues (CHE)

Sep-2018: Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.

Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi, Salman Sowdagar

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

Oct-2018: 1st place in the UAE Cyber Quest Security Competition 2018 organized by the Signals Intelligence Agency – SIA, Dubai.

Student(s): Youssef Awad and Brylle Gomez

Sep-2018: Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI), 2018.

Student(s): Shams Shapsough

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: Securing Low-Resource Edge Devices for IoT Systems.

May-2018: Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award at the 2017/18 AUS Awards for Excellence in Graduate Studies.

Student(s): Ragini Gupta

May-2018: 1st place in the Annual Student Research Awards Sponsored by the Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) .

Student(s): Mohammed Elnawawy, Abid Farhan and Ahmed Mohamed(MCE)

Advisor(s): Dr. Assim Saghayroon and Dr. Lotfi Romdhane

Project Title: Cable-Driven Robotic Gait Rehabilitation System.

May-2018: Grand Prize at the First Annual Engineering Design and Innovation Competition and Exposition (EDICE) .

Student(s): Abdalla AlShamsi, Abdulla Alhi, Mohammad AlMarashda and Saud AlQasimi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan

Project Title: Improving Drivers' Safety by Using Vehicle to Vehicle Communication.

May-2018: 1st place in the 5G competition hosted by Intel, Ericsson and Etisalat .

Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh, Saad Bashar, and Abdullah Ahmed

Advisor(s): Dr. Tarik Ozkul

Project Title: 5G Distributed Cloud Processing.

May-2018: 3rd place in the 5G competition hosted by Intel, Ericsson and Etisalat.

Student(s): Bashar Aljabery (CSE), Marawan Elbaradicy (ELE), and Mustafa Aljassim (ELE)

Advisor(s): Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim and Dr. Amer Zakaria

Project Title: 5G for Hearing Impaired People.

Apr-2018: 1st place in the OPCDE CTF Security Competition, held under the OPCDE Conference .

Student(s): Omar Elgafri

Mar-2018: 4th place at the Annual Gulf Programming Contest (GPC’2018) held at Zayed University.

Student(s): Omar Sobhy, Hussain Abbasi, Gehad Abouarab

Coaches(s): Dr. Ghassan Qadah, Dr. Gerassimos Barlas, and Dr. Salam Dhao

Mar-2018: 2nd place at the 2018 UAE National Cyber Security CTF competition, supported by Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) and the Government of Dubai.

Student(s): Omar Elgafri and CSE alumna Mina Ghaly

Mar-2018: 1st place in the UAE Hackathon, Data for Happiness (Sharjah).

Student(s): Mumtaz Ummar, Arwa Alblooshi, Donthi Sankalpa, Karam Ahfid, Ahmad Khater, Labeeba Begum, Hassan Al Ali

Feb-2018: 2nd place in the Space Hackathon Challenge 2018 conducted by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).

Student(s): Asif Towheed (CSE), Hussain Abbasi (CSE), Nasir Khalid (ELE)

Nov-2017: 3rd place at the Global Round of Accenture Digital Hackathon - Global Connected Edition held at Accenture Digital Innovation Hub, Dubai

Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh (CSE), Saad Bashar (CSE), Wasif Kiyani (CSE), Taha Ameen (ELE), and Usama Iqbal (ELE)

Nov-2017: 1st place at the Local Round of Accenture Digital Hackathon - Global Connected Edition held at Accenture Digital Innovation Hub, Dubai

Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh (CSE), Saad Bashar (CSE), Wasif Kiyani (CSE), Taha Ameen (ELE), and Usama Iqbal (ELE)

Nov-2017: 1st place in the Al Noor Assistive TechX 2017, Dubai

Student(s): Niha Thodika, Aranyak Ghosh, Gehad Aboarab, Hussain Abbasi, and Mohammad Atallah

Project Title: Android application for blind and dyslexic people

Nov-2017: Special Recognition Award at the WETEX 2017 Emirates Energy Awards

Student(s): Mais Haj Hassan, Mohammad Abdelsalam, Mohannad Baseet and Mustapha Ezzeddine

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali, and Dr. Taha Landolsi

Project Title: IOT-Based Smart Utility Meters.

Oct-2017: 1st place in Intelak Aviation & Travel Incubator Competition

Student(s): Nova Rahman(CSE), Ahmed El Sayed Elrayes, and Mohamed Hag Al (ELE)

Advisor(s): Dr. Amer Zakaria, Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim

Project Title: Foreign Object Debris Detection and Collection at Airport Runways.

May-2017: 1st place in the the Sixth NYU Abu Dhabi Hackathon, Abu Dhabi

Student(s): Amro Alabsi Aljundi

Project Title: Hiat (Life)

May-2017: 2nd place in the the Sixth NYU Abu Dhabi Hackathon, Abu Dhabi

Student(s): Khaled Abul Borghol

Project Title: 3ndi Headache (I have a Headache)

Apr-2017: 1st place in the UAE National Cyber Security Capture The Flag Competition held under the OPCDE Conference, Dubai

Student(s): Mina Mahfouz Ghaly

Apr-2017: 1st place in the UAE Cyber Quest Security Competition organized by the National Electronic Security Authority (NESA), Abu Dhabi

Student(s): Omar Naser Hamdan

Apr-2017: 3rd place in the UAE Cyber Quest Security Competition organized by the National Electronic Security Authority (NESA), Abu Dhabi

Student(s): Inas Zaki

Feb-2017: 1st place in the Future Generation Competition at Middle East Electricity Awards

Student(s): Mais Haj Hassan, Mohammad Abdelsalam, Mohannad Baseet and Mustapha Ezzeddine

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali, and Dr. Taha Landolsi

Project Title: IOT-Based Smart Utility Meters.

Nov-2016: 2nd place at the Accenture Digital Connected Hackathon held at Accenture Digital Innovation Hub, Dubai

Student(s): Omar Hamdan, Leen El Chaar, Bashir Jarrah, Hassan Shanableh, and Inas Zaki

Nov-2016: 1st place at the GE DigiNation Hackathon held at AUS

Student(s): Omar Hamdan, Leen El Chaar, Bashir Jarrah, Hassan Shanableh, and Inas Zaki

Nov-2016: 2nd place at the GE DigiNation Hackathon held at AUS

Student(s): Nada Abdalgawad

Nov-2016: 2nd place at the Cyber Security Awareness Week - Embedded Security Challenge Competition (CSAW'16) organized by NYU-AD.

Student(s): Salsabeel Shapsough, Shams Shapsough, Mazin Alikarar, and Aly ElHakim

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali, and Dr. Fadi Aloul

May-2016: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the Annual Engineering Senior Design Projects Poster Competition held at AUS.

Student(s): Nihal Abdulla Nasar, Abdelaziz Alzarouni, Salama Alfalasi

Advisor(s): Dr. Tamer Shanableh

Project Title: Child Monitoring Application.

May-2016: 2nd place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition held at Al Ain University of Science and Technology.

Student(s): Abdulwahab Sahyoun, Karim Chehab, Osama Al Madani

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: One-stop Parkinson mHealth (ParkNosis).

Apr-2016: 2nd place at the 2015-2016 Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Award Competition.

Student(s): Anza Shaikh, Heba Saleous, and Ragini Gupta

Advisor(s): Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Read2Me : A Reading Aid for the Visually Impaired.

Jun-2015: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the Annual Engineering Senior Design Projects Poster Competition held at AUS.

Student(s): Benna Iqbal, Maryam Hassan and Samina Abdul-Rahman

Advisor(s): Dr. Rana Ahmed.

Project Title: GPark - License Plate Recognition Using Google Glass

May-2015: 1st place at the Third Annual UAE Undergraduate Student Research Competition held at Abu Dhabi University.

Student(s): Ahmed Awad, Shams Shabsough and Youssef Elkhorazaty

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zualkernan

Project Title: Emotion Detection Using Smartphones.

May-2015: Sharjah Sustainability Award 2014-2015 Outstanding Students’ Team category under the “Smart Application for Information” domain.

Student(s): Nihal Abdulla Abdul Nasar, Mohammed Rashid and Rizwan Hassan Bakhsh

Jun-2014: 1st place at the UOWD UAE Software Development Trade Show, 2014 orginized by UOWD.

Student(s): Haya Hasan and Basel Safieh

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Lung++: Android Based System for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

May-2014: 2nd place at the 9th Mobile Application Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Haya Hasan and Basel Safieh

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Lung++: Android Based System for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Apr-2014: 1st place at the Gulf Programming Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Omar Almheiri, Mohamed Amer and Abdel Rahman Elghassnawi

Coaches(s): Dr. Ghassan Qadah and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

Mar-2014: 2nd place at Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Award Competition.

Student(s): Farah Al-Haddad, Rona Kanbar, Ruba Abu-Salma, and Sarah Al-Otaibi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zualkernan

Project Title: CrashDetect: A Smartphone Application to Detect Car Accidents.

May-2013: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the Annual Engineering Senior Design Projects Poster Competition held at AUS.

Student(s): Arwa Awan, Hiba Riaz, Marina Rofail and Riham Abdel

Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan

Project Title: Low-Cost Clickers for Developing Countries.

Mar-2013: 1st place at the Gulf Programming Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Omar Al Muhairi, Abdul Rahim Haddad, and Mohamed Amer

Coaches(s): Dr. Ghassan Qadah and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

Apr-2013: 3rd place at the Emirates Foundation Think Science Competition.

Student(s): Humaid Yousif Al Ali and May Hamad Al Merri

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zualkernan

Project Title: iBump - Accident Auto-Detect System.

Feb-2013: 4th place at the 2011-2012 Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Award Competition.

Student(s): Shamma Al Qassim, Madhumeta Ganesh, Shaheen Khoja and Meher Zaidi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Effective Mobile Platform for Detecting Sleep Apnea.

May-2012: 2nd place at the Microsoft Imagine Cup UAE Competition.

Student(s): Shamma Al Qassim, Mahdumeta Ganesh, Shaheen Khoja and Meher Zaidi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Sleep Apnea Monitor (SAM).

May-2012: du Mobile Development Award.

Student(s): Shamma Al Qassim, Mahdumeta Ganesh, Shaheen Khoja and Meher Zaidi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Sleep Apnea Monitor (SAM).

May-2012: 3rd place at IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition held at HCT.

Student(s): Shamma Al Qassim, Mahdumeta Ganesh, Shaheen Khoja and Meher Zaidi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Sleep Apnea Monitor (SAM).

Apr-2012: 2nd place at 7th National Mobile Contest organized by Khalifa University and Khalifa Fund.

Student(s): Shamma Al Qassim, Mahdumeta Ganesh, Shaheen Khoja and Meher Zaidi

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Sleep Apnea Monitor (SAM).

Mar-2012: 1st place at the Gulf Programming Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Omar Al Muhairi, Kareem Habib, and Munir Bahderi

Coaches(s): Dr. Ghassan Qadah and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

Nov-2011: The Extreme Programming Award at the 14th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Arab Collegiate Programming Contest held at the Lebanese American University in Beirut.

Student(s): Omar Khalifa Al Muhairi, Ahmed Tarek El Sayed and Abdul Rahim Haddad

Coaches(s): Dr. Ghassan Qadah, Dr. Gerassimos Barlas and Dr. Khaled El-Fakih

Apr-2011: 1st place at the Gulf Programming Contest held at University of Shariah.

Student(s): Nour Nour, Omar Al Reyami, and Omar Al Muhairi

Coaches(s): Dr. Ghassan Qadah

May-2009: 3rd place at the Mobile Application Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Ali Al-Shami, Ibrahim Al-Midfa, and Rami Moutassem

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Locate-ME - Efficient Wi-Fi Based Tracking System.

Dec-2009: 1st place in the student poster competition at the Fifth International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, organized by UAE University.

Student(s): Sarah Amiri, Noor Al Jawhari, and Elaheh Askari

Advisor(s): Dr. A.R. Al-Ali, Dr. Assim Sagahyroon and Dr. Fadi Aloul

Project Title: Wireless RFID Controlled Parking Lot.

May-2009: 3rd place at the Made in UAE Competition held at the American University in Dubai.

Student(s): Sarah Amiri, Noor Al Jawhari, and Elaheh Askari

Advisor(s): Dr. A.R. Al-Ali, Dr. Assim Sagahyroon and Dr. Fadi Aloul

Project Title: Wireless RFID Controlled Parking Lot.

May-2008: 1st place at the Mobile Application Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Syed Zahidi, Mariam Ahmed, and Noor Al-Nazli

Advisor(s): Dr. A.R. Al-Ali, Dr. Assim Sagahyroon and Dr. Fadi Aloul

Project Title: Two Factor Authentication Using Mobile Phones.

Nov-2007: 3rd place at the "Made In the Arab world competition.

Student(s): Nada R. Aji, Amin A. Al-Zarouni, and Nassar H. Fakhro

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. A.R. Al-Ali

Project Title: Tracking Lost Kids using RFID.

Nov-2007: 1st place at the Best Student Poster Competition in the 4th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, organized by UAE University.

Student(s): Nada R. Aji, Amin A. Al-Zarouni, and Nassar H. Fakhro

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. A.R. Al-Ali

Project Title: Tracking Lost Kids using RFID.

May-2007: 2nd place at the Mobile Application Contest held at Khalifa University.

Student(s): Nancy Salem, Omar Al-Omar, and Sahar Shehada

Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: M-Stock: Efficient Stock Monitoring for Mobile Users.