Etisalat and Intel, together with
Ericsson have congratulated students from the American University of
Sharjah for demonstrating innovative 5G use cases as part of the
recently concluded university competition.
The Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) giants joined forces in February this year to launch
the university competition, targeting engineering students from renowned
UAE universities, under the theme of ‘Driving the Future of 5G
Innovation’.
Over 20 teams from the American
University of Sharjah, Khalifa University and New York University Abu
Dhabi competed to best demonstrate 5G use cases. Five of the 21 teams
were shortlisted and invited to present their innovative ideas in front
of a prestigious jury of industry executives: Khalifa Al Shamsi,
Etisalat Group Chief Strategy & Corporate Governance Officer, Petter
Järtby, Head of Etisalat Global Customer Unit at Ericsson, and Taha
Khalifa, Sales Director, EMEA Territory at Intel evaluated the
shortlisted projects.
Abdullah Ahmed, Jayroop Ramesh, and Saad
Aldeen from the American University of Sharjah won first place after
presenting their ground-breaking idea of Decentralized Peer to Peer
Mobile Devices Cloud computing using 5G technology.
Runner up position went to students
Baleegh Ahmad and Doovaraha Maheswarasarma from NYU Abu Dhabi who
proposed a solution based on 5G, augmented reality and robotics to
optimize and automate operations in the cargo industry.
Finally, Bashar Al Jabery, Marawan El
Bardicy and Mustafa Al Jassim from the American University of Sharjah
came in third place with their “Wear Hear” use case around using smart
glasses, 5G and Edge computing to help individuals with hearing
disabilities better communicate and integrate in the society.
The winning teams will all receive
valuable prizes including internship opportunity in Etisalat or Ericsson
as well as a one of its kind enrollment opportunity to a tailor made
three-month coaching program from Ericsson Garage, which will be kicked
off by a full week trip to Ericsson Stockholm.
Senior Vice President, Mobile Network,
Etisalat, Saeed Alzarouni, who commented on the students’ entries at the
awards ceremony, said: “We believe innovation is the future of human
investment which is why our vision as a company is in line with the
national agenda that emphasizes its importance across sectors where
innovation, research, science and technology will form the pillars of a
highly productive and competitive economy.”
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