The Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Systems Engineering, and the Faculty of Information Technology, Department of Computer Science, represented the Arab American University and participated in the 11th Undergraduate Research and Innovation Competition (11th URIC) in the United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi University.
The first team from the Computer Systems Engineering Department consisted of students Rashid Abu Khader and Ibrahim Shawahneh under the supervision of Dr. Mahmoud Obaid with their graduation project titled: Platform for Connecting Investors with Startups and Senior Project Students: Enhancing Collaboration through Chatbots and Recommendation System. The second team consisted from the Department of Computer Science represented by students Aseel Al-Khatib under the supervision of Dr. Amjad Al-Ratrout with her graduation project titled: Building Intelligent Depression and Psychological Decision Support Systems Using Machine Learning.
700 teams from all over the world have participated in the competition, and the two teams reached the final stage in the competition for the top ten places.