CSE Dept | Awards

May-2022: Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award at the 2021/22 AUS Awards for Excellence in Graduate Studies.

Student(s): Ali R. Sajun

May-2022: The Graduate Student Academic and Leadership Excellence Award at the 2021/22 AUS Awards for Excellence in Graduate Studies.

Student(s): Nada Abdalgawad

May-2022: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2022 Competition.

Student(s): Adham Abdelnaby, Ahmed Elmeligy, Nadeen Tarek, Nouran Sheta

Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan

Project Title: Deep Learning for Edge Anomaly Detection in Multidimensional IOT Data.

May-2022: 2nd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2022 Competition.

Student(s): Ashith Farhan, Farooq Mirza, Joel D' Souza, Sabbir Alam

Advisor(s): Ra'afat Abu-Rukba

Project Title: Multi-Sensor System to Predict Early Signs of Spine Disease.

May-2022: 3rd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2022 Competition.

Student(s): Yasmin Abouhelwo, Ali Mohsen, Maya Wehbe, Motasem Al Jayousi

Advisor(s): Dr. Michel Pasquier and Dr. Salam Dhou

Project Title: A Smart Indoor Robot Guide for Visually Impaired People.

May-2022: Recipient of Sheikh Khalifa Scholarship from the College of Engineering (CEN)

Student(s): Eyad Abdelazim Hussein

Apr-2022: 2nd place at the Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2022.
Student(s): Ashith Farhan
Project Title: QS Pirates, a virus detection model.

Apr-2022: Best Presentation Award at the Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2022.
Student(s): Ali Reza Sajun and Donthi Sankalpa
Project Title: NurseQ, web-based application for optimal scheduling for nurses.

Apr-2022: Best Social Good Applied to the Region Award at the Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2022.
Student(s): Ansah Juned Siddiqui
Project Title: qSa’id, Quantum-ML-Assisted diagnostic & treatment access platform for autism.

Nov-2021: 1st place at the Emirates Mars Mission’s Planet X Challenge hosted by Mohamed Bin Rashid Space Center and Fun Robotics.

Student(s): Dana Mohamed, Youssef Awad and Wisam Orabi

Nov-2021: 2nd place at the Emirates Mars Mission’s Planet X Challenge hosted by Mohamed Bin Rashid Space Center and Fun Robotics.

Student(s): Samarth Rai, Rohan Mitra, Dara Varam, Mohammad Kharoub (ELE)

Nov-2021: 2nd place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition Under the Computing and Robotic category.

Student(s): Rawan Suwwan, Yara Rashed, Seba Alkafri, and Mariam Reda

Advisor(s): Dr. Tamer Shanableh

Project Title: Classifying Plant Diseases Using Deep Learning.

Nov-2021: 3rd place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition Under the Computing and Robotic category.

Student(s): Maya Hiba, Ayesha Abdulla Al Marri, and Natasha Madhu

Advisor(s): Dr. Tamer Shanableh

Project Title: Insights.

Nov-2021: 3rd place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition Under the Communication and Electronics category.

Student(s): Wisam Orabi, Dana Mohamed, Meera Rashid, and Youssef Awad

Advisor(s): Dr. Hicham Hallal and Dr. Raafat Abu-Rukba

Project Title: A Data Leakage Detection and Prevention System.

Oct-2021: 2nd place in UAE at the IEEEXtreme 24hours Global Programming Contest.

Student(s): Hamad Al Hammadi, Eyad Mohammed Ali, Rohan Mitra

Advisor(s): Dr. Salam Dhao and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

Jul-2021: Best Paper Presentation Award at the 21st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2021), Online.
Student(s): Afaf Ahmed

Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Ms. Hend Elghazaly

Project Title: Unsupervised Clustering of Skills for an Online Learning Platform.

Jul-2021: Best Paper Presentation Award at the Fifth International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities held in Tokyo, Japan.
Student(s): Ahmed Riaz, Danayal Khan, Shavaiz Khan & Moustafa Amer

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, Dr. Dr. Ra'afat Abu-Rukba, Mr. Ahmad Al Nabulsi

Project Title: IoT-Based Shared Community Transportation System Using e-Bikes.

Jul-2021: The Product of the Year award at the Injaz Company Program 2020–2021.
Student(s): Muhammad Junaid, Syed Faizan, Syed Kumail, Arpit Jain (FIN) & Mohammed Al Najjar (INE)

Project Title: Hydroot.

Jun-2021: Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award at the 2020/21 AUS Awards for Excellence in Graduate Studies.
Student(s): Sakib Shahriar

Jun-2021: Best Paper Award at the National UAE Graduate Student Research Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Student(s): Ayah Al Harthi, Anuja Thomas (MA TESOL, English), Noor Kaddoura (MA TESOL, English)

Advisor(s): Dr. Philip McCarthy (English), Dr. Khawlah Ahmed (English) and Dr. Nicholas Duran (Arizona State University)

Project Title: Putting an End to Paragraphs.

May-2021: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2021 Competition.
Student(s): Shahd Abdelmeguid, Iffa Afsa Changaai Mangalote, Ghazzal Jastaniah, Seyed Foad Zandavi

Advisor(s): Dr. Hicham Hallal & Dr. Osameh Al-Kofahi

Project Title: VR Gamification of Digital Systems Lab.

May-2021: 2nd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2021 Competition.
Student(s): Ayesha Al Marri, Maitha Alnaqbi, Maya Hiba, Natasha Madhu

Advisor(s): Dr. Tamer Shanableh

Project Title: Detection of Student Engagement in Online Learning.

May-2021: 3rd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2021 Competition.
Student(s): Azadan Bhagwagar, Priyanka Chand, Taslim Mahbub

Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan

Project Title: Acoustic Wildlife Monitoring of Bats.

Jan-2021: Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things & Intelligence System (IoTaIS), Bali, Indonesia.
Student(s): Tasneem Batool, Mostafa Abuelnoor & Omar El Boutari

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

Project Title: Reducing Hospital No-Shows using Machine Learning.

Sep-2020: Regional award for the Africa and the Middle East region in the Computer Science category by The Global Undergraduate Awards 2020
Student(s): Lana Hasan Alhaj Hussain, Brylle Ryan Gomez, Ali Reza Mohammed Husein Sajun & Dara Yarob Sakhnini

Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Dr. Salam Dhou

Project Title: Camera Trap Image Classification Using Deep Learning on Edge Devices.

Jul-2020: Best Short Paper Award at the 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies and Technology-enhanced Learning (ICALT), Tartu, Estonia.
Student(s): Eilaf Algebail, Mohamed El Refaay, Abdulkarim Ali & Omar El Sabaa.

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

Project Title: Little Genius: An Experiment in Internet of Tangible Learning Things (IoTLT).

May-2020: Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award at the 2019/20 AUS Awards for Excellence in Graduate Studies.
Student(s): Mohammed El Nawawy

May-2020: 1st place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2020 Competition
Student(s): Moustafa Tarek Amer, Danayal Amir Khan, Shavaiz Ahmad Khan & Ahmed Riaz

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali

Project Title: Smart Campus Mobility System.

May-2020: 2nd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2020 Competition
Student(s): Lana Hasan Alhaj Hussain, Brylle Ryan Gomez, Ali Reza Mohammed Husein Sajun & Dara Yarob Sakhnini

Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Dr. Salam Dhou

Project Title: Camera Trap Image Classification Using Deep Learning on Edge Devices.

May-2020: 3rd place among the Computer Science and Engineering category at the CEN Senior Design Projects 2020 Competition
Student(s): Abdulla Mohammad Alshamsi, Loay Taha Kamel, Eisa Abdalla Sajwani & Hussain Saifee Surti

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

Project Title: Elderly Behavioral Monitoring System.

Apr-2020: Audience Award at Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2020.
Student(s): Ali Sajun, Brylle Gomez and Lana Hussain
Project Title: "Nitaq", which means range. A platform that reaches out to learners in low-connectivity areas and offers them a gamified learning experience.

April-2020: Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
Student(s): Mariam Jamal Arshi, Sara Mohammed Almaazmi, Reem Abdalla AlAmeeri, and Fatima Hussain Darwish

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Dr. Salam Dhou

Project Title: Smart Cane for Visually Impaired Children using IoT and AI.

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

Sep-2019: Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
Student(s): Arwa Ibrahim Alblooshi, Raaid Sami Salha, Rami Hassan Abuassi & Amir Raad Douglah

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

Project Title: Open-Source Infrastructure for Smart Homes.

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.

Feb-2019: Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
Student(s): Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed, Mariam Khalid Alhammadi, Hanin Farid AlRais and Amna Abdelrazaq Al Ali

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

Project Title: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and BLE Beacons to Characterize Behavioral Patterns.

Feb-2019: Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
Student(s): Maryam Alsaedi, Bashayer Al-Marzooqi and Anwar Elshaik

Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon

Project Title: Autonomous Vehicle Detection and Monitoring System.

Jan-2019: 1st Place in the the IEEE Consumer Electronics Conference (ICCE 2019) Best Poster Video Award Competition.
Student(s): Omar Hamdan, Hassan Shanableh, Inas Zaki

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

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

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.

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