His Excellency the UQU President, Prof. Dr. Abdullah Bafail, in his office today, Thursday, honored the students of the College of Computers and Information Systems who won first place at the Open Data ‘Datathon’ competition. The competition was organized by the e-government program, ‘Yesser’, in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The Dean of the College of Computer and Information Systems, Dr. Majid Al-Qathami, expressed his thanks and appreciation to His Excellency the President of the University for the great support dedicated to the computer and information systems community in the university. In addition, he stressed that this achievement is a culmination of the lauded efforts exerted by the college at the academic and practical levels. Further, he added that the remarkable attendance of outstanding members of the college in such competitions proves that the college students possess high-level skills and competence.

The idea of the Open Data competition was to support innovation and community engagement, foster collaboration between the community and the public and private sectors, encourage community engagement through the use of open data to develop practical solutions for problems in the community, and develop innovative solutions and ideas that contribute to addressing existing problems in society.

Honored Students:

1. Muhammad Al-Zahrani.
2. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi.
3. Emad Batwa.
4. Al-Baraa Badawi
5. Abdul-Rahman Talaat.
6. Salih Al-Zahrani.