• Al Falasi: The UAE will thrive to become a preferred hub for global innovation
• The six winning teams, focusing on key areas of UAE Vision 2021, have been announced and will showcase their solutions at the Swedish Pavilion in Expo2020��
• The six winning teams proposed solutions tackling key topics in the vision including healthcare, sustainable environment, and education
• The grand prize winner will get the chance to visit Ericsson’s headquarters in Sweden to present the team’s solution and interact with the entrepreneurial community

Under the patronage of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Economy, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) organized the “Together Apart” Hackathon and the time has come to unveil the six winning teams who contributed with unique solutions that are in line with UAE Vision 2021 tackling key topics in the vision including healthcare, sustainable environment, and education.

The “Together Apart” Hackathon aim is to accelerate the journey towards a more connected future and solving global challenges by working with innovators, disruptors, and creative people of the UAE to build technology-based solutions aligned with the UAE Vision 2021. Participants from across the UAE were invited to contribute their innovative solutions, showcasing the power of connectivity and 5G, while taking inspiration from the six broad themes of UAE Vision 2021 – World Class Healthcare, First Rate Education System, Competitive Knowledge and Digital Economy, Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure, Safe Public and Road Safety, and Cohesive Society and Preserved Identity.

The finalists presented their solutions in front of the judging committee which selected six winners. Members of the judging committee consisted of senior representatives from the public and private sector including BecanWellness Solutions, Du, Dubai Future Foundation, Ericsson, Etisalat, Nasdaq and SOMA MATER.

The winning solutions are:

RenAIssance.

Members: Himanshu Upadhyay, Siddiq Anwar, Mohammad Yaqub, Mecit Can Emre Simsekler

Quoting the team about their solution: “RenAIssance re-imagines a world where high-quality medical care can be consistently provided to improve healthcare outcomes across the globe. RenAIssance endeavors to provide risk-based decision-making tools to healthcare providers looking after patients suffering from kidney disease by leveraging its cutting-edge AI platform. It integrates disruptive technologies and innovations in medical Internet of Things (IoT) devices and 5G technology with its cloud-based, medical Intellectual Property (IP)-rich AI platform to deliver its services.”

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Collaboration to Focus on Key Areas for Fourth Industrial Revolution, Covering Smart Transportation and Smart Healthcare; and to be A Vehicle to Fund Projects

Khalifa University of Science and Technology and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) today jointly launched the Khalifa University-KAIST Joint Research Center in Abu Dhabi to focus on key topics of the fourth industrial revolution.

The launch event at the Khalifa University Main Campus was attended by officials from both the institutions including Dr. Sung-Chul Shin, President of KAIST, Dr Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice-President, Khalifa University, Dr. Steve Griffiths, Senior Vice-President, Research and Development, Khalifa University, and Dr. Man-Sung Yim, Dean, KU-KAIST Institute. In addition, government leaders from both countries were present on the occasion.

The Khalifa University-KAIST Joint Research Center will focus on ‘Smart Transportation’ that will cover autonomous vehicles, infrastructure for autonomous vehicle operation, wireless charging for electric vehicles, and infrastructure for electric autonomous vehicles. The Center will also focus on ‘Smart Healthcare’, covering healthcare robotics as well as sensor and wearable devices for personal healthcare.

Dr Arif Sultan Al Hammadi said: “We are proud to work with KAIST, the top university in South Korea and among the top universities in Asia. The Khalifa University-KAIST Joint Research Center reflects an exciting evolution of Khalifa University’s long-established partnership with KAIST. Transportation and healthcare are two important areas that offer enormous scope for innovation with rapidly evolving trends. We believe the new research center will further consolidate our status as a globally active research-intensive academic institution, developing international collaborations that benefit the community in general.”

Dr. Sung-Chul Shin, President of KAIST, said: “We are delighted to enter into this collaboration with Khalifa University, which is one of the leading universities in the UAE and the Arab world. This partnership justifies our long-standing association to collaborate with each other in importance areas including the emerging technologies that help the fourth industrial revolution while facilitating the human capital development. We believe the outcome of the research projects will establish the status of both institutions as champions of the fourth industrial revolution, bringing benefits to our communities and in the world.”

The Joint Research Center will be co-Directed by Dr. Daniel Choi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Khalifa University, and Dr. Jong Hyun Kim, Professor, Department of Nuclear Quantum Engineering, and the Co-director for KAIST-KU Joint Research Center at KAIST.

In academic rankings, for the third year in a row Khalifa University is ranked first in the UAE, while remaining 32nd among Asian universities, and comes among the top 200 for Engineering & Technology subjects in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings.

News Writer
08 April 2019

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