We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Selwyn Darryl Kessler, Loo Wei Xiong, and Wong Ee Thiing from the Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FCI) and Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FIST) for winning the Grand prize together with three teams from the other countries under the category of Cloud Track.

The result was released in a live broadcast on 25th June 2022, which was participated by Prof. Ir. Dr. Hairul Azhar Abdul Rashid, Vice President of Research, Industrial Collaboration and Engagement (VP RICE) together with Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Junaidi Abdullah, the Dean of FCI and Dr. Ng Kok Why, the team mentor. Prof. Hairul delivered a short speech during the session.

The team competed on the world stage virtually via Shenzhen, China on 18th June 2022. A total of 132 teams from 43 countries and regions participated on the world stage. Under the Cloud Track, the participants took 8 hours non-stop to answer a few difficult lab questions involving four areas: Cloud, Storage, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence during the competition. The competition served as an avenue for students to compete and exchange ideas, boost their ICT knowledge, and foster their capabilities in innovating through new technologies and platforms. Click here to view the list of the winners.

Congratulations!