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The University Wins Local, Regional and International Awards and

Positions

PSUT Achieves First Places in Orange’s PSUT Students Among the Winning

“5G Hackathon” Competition Team in 1 Place in Huawei Regional ICT
st
Competition 2022
Jan 8, 2023
Aug 9, 2023
PSUT students among the from PSUT and Yazan Al-Shneik
Jordanian team have won first place from Yarmouk University under the
in the sixth edition of Huawei ICT supervision of Dr. Ammar Odeh.
Competition 2022, which took
place in Muscat, Oman with the The competition this year
participation of 19300 students focused on new technologies in the
from 472 universities representing 11 fields of artificial intelligence, cloud
countries from Asia and the Middle computing, data storage, big data,
East. cyber security, and networks.
PSUT secured the first and pride in the students, emphasizing
second positions in Orange’s Fifth their dedication and inventive The winning team included Aws
Generation Hackathon competition, solutions. The achievement Al-Rayan and Hamza Al-Zubaidi
part of the «Innovation Space» highlights the university’s role
project. The Orange team, including in nurturing skills aligned with
student Mosa Abu Mazer, won first technological advancements.
place, and the AIES team, with The «Innovation Space» project,
students Ahmed Tariq Hammad, co-funded by the EU, aims to
Celine Amjad Qarajeh, Omar Hafez foster digital empowerment and
Hourani, and Omar Hassan Mustafa, innovation culture. The hackathon
secured second place. The SpeedX focuses on utilizing fifth-generation
team, under the supervision of Dr. technology in specific sectors,
Ammar Odeh, also qualified among preparing Jordanian youth for digital
the top six teams. Prof. Wejdan Abu changes.
Elhaija, President of PSUT, expressed

PSUT Ranked First in the World at the University Level in the

Women in Data Science Competition “WiDS Datathon”

Two teams from PSUT’s King Al-Sharif, Mohammad Doleh, Layan global performance, highlighting
Hussein School of Computing Hammad, Issa AlBawwab, Darren the university’s commitment
Sciences secured the first and Jasser, Qusai Abdo, Manar Abu to innovation and excellence.
second positions in Stanford Tair, and Omar Atawneh, under Dr. Prof. Ashraf Ahmed, the Dean,
University’s «WiDS Datathon 2023,» Bushra Hijjawi’s supervision, ranked emphasized the competition’s role
a global competition with 1,800 fifth and seventh overall. Prof. in addressing real-world challenges
participants from 100 countries. Wejdan Abu Elhaija, PSUT President, and fostering global community
The teams, led by students Dana commended the students’ service.

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