{"id":4785,"date":"2025-02-25T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2025-02-26T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:51:25","slug":"winning-insights-how-our-team-secured-first-place-in-the-qatar-datathon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/2025\/02\/25\/winning-insights-how-our-team-secured-first-place-in-the-qatar-datathon-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CSE team secured first place in Qatar Datathon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4785\" class=\"elementor elementor-4785\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20158c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20158c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fd915c\" data-id=\"7fd915c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d612c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d612c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"222\">A CSE team, that includes current students and graduates, won the first place in the Qatar Datathon 2025, organized by the National Planning Council (NPC) in collaboration with Microsoft in Qatar. The team included\u00a0<strong data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"732\">Sidi Chaikh<\/strong><span>\u00a0(<\/span><span>Computer Science Student \/ UI\/UX \/ Frontend Developer),\u00a0<\/span><strong data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"804\">Mohaned Massoud<\/strong><span>\u00a0(C<\/span><span>omputer Science Student \/ Frontend Developer),\u00a0<\/span><strong data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"865\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Osama Hardan<\/strong><span>\u00a0(<\/span><span>Computer Science Student \/ Data Scientist \/ AI\/ML Engineer),\u00a0<\/span><strong data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"939\">Ahmed Ashraf<\/strong><span>\u00a0(<\/span><span>AI Software Architect), and\u00a0<\/span><strong data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"983\">Youssef Aly<\/strong><span>\u00a0(<\/span><span>Cybersecurity Researcher).<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"680\">The Datathon was a highly competitive event in which 35 teams participated, working on real-world challenges using data-driven solutions. Participants were provided with datasets and tasked with developing innovative insights to address critical issues related to national planning and development. The event aimed to encourage the use of data science and AI to drive impactful solutions for urban planning, resource optimization, and economic development.<\/p><p data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"1012\"><span>Their winning project, <\/span><em data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1047\"><b>Insighty<\/b><\/em><span>, is a data analytics platform designed to provide policymakers and organizations with intelligent insights from large datasets. It leverages machine learning and advanced visualization techniques to simplify complex data, enabling better decision-making in urban planning, resource allocation, and economic development. The platform aims to bridge the gap between raw data and actionable strategies, making data more accessible and impactful.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"1012\"><span>We are proud of you!<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4786\" style=\"width: 828px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/files\/2025\/02\/male-winning.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"551\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CSE students\/graduates secured first place in Qatar Datathon 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CSE team, that includes current students and graduates, won the first place in the Qatar Datathon 2025, organized by the National Planning Council (NPC) in collaboration with Microsoft in Qatar. The team included\u00a0Sidi Chaikh\u00a0(Computer Science Student \/ UI\/UX \/ Frontend Developer),\u00a0Mohaned Massoud\u00a0(Computer Science Student \/ Frontend Developer),\u00a0Osama Hardan\u00a0(Computer Science Student \/ Data Scientist \/ &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/2025\/02\/25\/winning-insights-how-our-team-secured-first-place-in-the-qatar-datathon-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63878,64576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-achievements","category-year-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4785"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4801,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785\/revisions\/4801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/cse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}