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Ain Shams University wins second place in Orange Egypt AI Hackathon

Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Diaa Zein El-Abidin, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Ghada Farouk, Vice President for Community Affairs and Environmental Development, and Prof. Dr. Amani Kamel, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nevin Assem, CEO of the Innovation Sector, Ain Shams University achieved a new achievement with the Innovation Team (ASU-iHub Team) at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Ain Shams University (ASU-iHub)

winning second place in Orange Egypt AI-Hackathon and a prize of fifty thousand pounds, with the participation of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (ASU-iHub) in cooperation with the Career Center at the university.

This is the first achievement of the multidisciplinary innovation team (ASU-iHub Team) which was launched at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (ASU-iHub) at Ain Shams University in early 2025, headed by Dr. Mohamed Magdy, Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (ASU-iHub).

A distinguished team of students from the Faculty of Computers and Information at Ain Shams University participated in this hackathon, under the supervision of: Prof. Dr. Nagwa Badr - Dean of the Faculty of Computers and Information, Dr. Radwa Al-Husseini, Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Computers and Information.

The team included students:

Mohamed Sami Mohamed, Yamni Mohamed Bassam, Reem Tarek Ismail, Fouad Amr Mohamed, Makarios Moussa Suleiman, Youssef Hani Ahmed, Omar Hussein Al-Sayed, Nour Ahmed Sadek, Ammar Ahmed Mohamed, Nour Sameh Mohamed Al-Sayed.

The team aims to develop creative solutions using modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analysis, computer vision and others through research and development (R&D) with the aim of transforming ideas into implementable projects that contribute to solving real problems in the industry.

It is worth noting that the Orange Egypt AI-Hackathon competition is an intensive two-day technical challenge (February 8-9, 2025) at the Orange Digital Center, where participants from Ain Shams University, Cairo University, the American University in Cairo, and the German University in Cairo competed to develop innovative solutions using artificial intelligence in the field of communications and technology.

The competition included intensive training on the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, developing realistic On-Site solutions to address challenges in the communications sector, and the projects were presented to a specialized jury that included experts from Orange and the field of technology.

We are proud of this achievement, and look forward to more upcoming successes and fruitful cooperation.