20 software and engineering projects in the Information Projects Exhibition at Damascus University

Damascus-Sana

Twenty software and engineering projects were hosted by the Second Information Projects Exhibition organized by the Faculty of Informatics at Damascus University in cooperation with the Syrian Scientific Society for Informatics, the Commission for Excellence and Creativity and a number of private and economic institutions and software companies in the conference hall of Damascus University.

The exhibition represents the final stage of a competitive race that was held previously between about 50 projects for students of the faculties of information engineering in Syria, distributed between the disciplines of software engineering, computer networks and artificial intelligence in the fourth and fifth years in public and private universities in addition to the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology.

Director of the exhibition, Dr. Saeed Abu Turab, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Informatics Engineering for Scientific Affairs at Damascus University, explained to SANA that the aim of the race is to provide communication between the business sector and the projects completed by the students of the college Supports the ICT sector.

The projects were evaluated by a jury represented by the academic and business sectors. After the evaluation, 30 projects moved to the second stage and 20 reached the final stage.

At the end of the exhibition, the best two applied projects of the 20 won two awards: one million Syrian pounds for the first and 700 thousand pounds for the second with a period of incubation to help the owners of the winning projects to launch their startups. On the one hand the attendees vote for a prize of one hundred thousand Syrian pounds.

From the jury, Eng. Mohamed Kawas stressed on supporting young people and creating competition among them to be present in the labor market effectively.He pointed out that the most important criteria that are adopted in the evaluation of the submitted projects is the extent to which they can be implemented on the ground and launched as companies at the required speed and their ability to attract customers.

Majd Al-Ajlani, a fifth year software engineering student, talked about his participation and his colleagues in the exhibition through an electronic application called “Meshawari” aims to facilitate the movement of people within the city and detect congestion in the roads and choose the most appropriate route through notices received via an electronic application on the mobile includes a live map of the city and a wide network Of public transport lines and parking.

Maram Bakkar, a fifth year student in Software Engineering from the Faculty of Informatics Engineering at Damascus University, explained that she worked with her colleagues to design an electronic application to help autistic children strengthen their abilities to communicate with others through an image exchange system that helps improve the level of pronunciation in children and includes an educational game that helps them strengthen their language skills. And visual.

Abdul Kareem Hussain, a fourth year student, made a specialization in artificial intelligence that his project and his colleagues include an electronic application called “Brandy Fay” that helps companies to know the opinions of citizens about their products and services on social media.

From the University of Aleppo Faculty of Informatics between the student Faisal Al-Nasser and his colleague Reem Anas Halabia that their first participation in a project called "Track My Bus," which is an Android application to track buses and the management of public roads.

A number of students visiting the exhibition stressed its importance in terms of identifying the latest programming ideas and how to apply them on the ground in addition to identifying the experienced in this field, whether from public or private universities or even state institutions and benefit from their expertise, according to student Raghad al-Halabi.

Student Raed Spinati pointed out that the exhibition presented theoretical ideas and practical applications that help overcome many problems and difficulties and contribute to finding solutions to them.

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