Here are the SAS Institute Awards Datathon Winners in 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 25 Oct 2023 – SAS Institute, the leader in AI and analytics has partnered with The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to announce the winners of the Malaysia Data Innovation Talent x DOSM Datathon 2023, themed ‘Smart Data Empower Malaysia’s Future’.
With the objective of cultivating data innovation skills among universities, the data hackathon (datathon) saw 400 participants forming 100 teams from 19 universities competing to analyse and address complex issues specific to Malaysia and aligned with selected Sustainable Development Goals.
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The top 10 teams presented in a live pitching session, with the top three winning projects addressing food security concerns, income inequality and environmental pollutants (refer to annex).
“The bi-annual datathon is in line with our UiTM 2025 Strategic Plan to proactively respond to changes, developments and current needs such as the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) and the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030. This event plays an integral part in cultivating analytics innovation and exposing our students to working on real-world data and solving current societal challenges,” said Prof. Ts. Dr. Haryani Haron Assistant Vice Chancellor, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics (KPPIM), UiTM.
Here are the SAS Institute Awards Datathon Winners in 2023
1st prize winner of the SAS Institute Awards –
o Team Rookie Patchers from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Faculty of Science and Technology)
o Project: Food For Thought: Decoding Malaysia’s Future in Food Security
∙ 2nd prize winner –
o Team the Guys from Asia Pacific University (School of Computing, Faculty of Computing)
o Project: A Comprehensive Analysis between Poverty and Economic Inequality, and The Factors Contributing to Economic Inequality for Informed Policy Development
∙ 3rd prize winner –
o Team LionHearts from University of Nottingham Malaysia (School of Mathematical
o Sciences)
o Project: Breathing in Malaysia: An In-Depth Analysis of Pollutant Origins, Contributors & Impacts in Malaysia
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