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EMC launches graduate project contest for MEA

DUBAI, February 15, 2016

EMC Middle East, a global leader in IT, has announced the initiation of the annual EMC Graduate Project Competition for Middle East and Africa (MEA).

Titled “Envision the Future” and sponsored by the EMC’s Egyptian Centre of Excellence (COE), the competition is being judged by a panel of 10 esteemed industry leaders and academicians from across the globe.

The competition which was open to senior undergraduate students from universities in Turkey, Middle East and Africa enrolled in the EMC Academic Alliance program is aimed at sparking innovation and creativity in IT education.

The EMC Graduate Project Competition was divided into five stages, kicking off with project abstract submission in October and has witnessed over 65 projects from 272 participating students from across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and Kenya. Forty per cent of these entries were submitted by young women from across these countries.

Now in the semi-final stage, 30 projects have been shortlisted based on project abstract submissions that were created using only Open Source tools in areas related to cloud and social networking apps, multi-clouds and hybrid cloud, software defined data center and networks, technology for big data apps and domain specific big data applications.

Shortlisted candidates will now move into the next phase of the competition with guidance from professors to put together competitive projects which will be evaluated based on relevance, originality, significance and expected impact. Winners of the EMC Graduate Project Competition will be announced on September 1, and will stand a chance to win financial prizes.

The competition is sponsored by the EMC’s Egyptian Centre of Excellence (COE), which continues to focus investments in Universities’ program, community activities, innovation and joint-research in a bid to build and leverage a regional talent pool. Through this exercise the Egypt COE also will identify and recruit aspiring professionals as part of its growth plan to make more significant regional impact.

Mohammed Amin, senior vice president, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East (TEEAM) at EMC Corporation said: “We are excited to announce this unique platform that not only seeks to encourage creativity and innovation but allows students to leverage all that they have learnt under the EMC Academic Alliance umbrella.”

“As the region continues to witness the accelerated adoption of third platform technologies, we believe it is our responsibility as a leader in innovation to share the skills, knowledge and best practices that the next generation of IT leaders would require. We are confident that the inaugural EMC Graduate Project Competition will be the first of many, offering students and universities a platform to highlight their best and most outstanding minds in Information and Communications Technology.” – TradeArabia News Service




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