Du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has launched the first-ever IoT and AI Pioneers Competition in a move to foster home-grown innovation and entrepreneurship
The event encourages contestants to tap into their creative thinking for the proliferation of ideas which will lead the UAE into the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Driven by U5GIG, which was launched by du in 2016, the IoT and AI Pioneers Competition has been created to address the leaderships’ directive for a diversified economy boosted by innovative knowledge-based sectors
Throughout the competition, participants are encouraged to herald innovative ideas for the evolution of smart city, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) advancements
Saleem AlBlooshi, chief technology officer, EITC, said: “The growing motivations for knowledge and innovation-based initiatives are at the heart of Vision 2021’s ‘United in Knowledge’ pillar
“At du, our mission is to nurture a spirit of innovation that makes this vision a reality
With the launch of U5GIG we have devised a platform to address national priorities, and by launching initiatives such as the IoT and AI Pioneers Competition, we are directly transforming the UAE’s social and economic futures and progressing our intelligent networks
”The IoT and AI Pioneers competition is designed to inspire up-and-coming talents to play key roles in science, technology, innovation and the UAE Future Accelerators programme
Throughout the competition, participants are asked to adopt and implement creative ideas that support innovation-relevant strategic objectives
They will also need to establish and maintain close, productive collaborations with academic institutions, industry and the community, while also directing state of the art technology to lead UAE communications technology innovation
The top winners will receive valuable cash prizes and in addition to this, the winning idea of the overall competition will have the potential to be commercialised at a later date
U5GIG is a pioneering consortium of technical and academic organisations in the UAE, as well as global telecom vendors
Collectively, the consortium aims to pool their expertise to define and develop a global 5G network and IoT equipment and services
U5GIG allows universities and technical organisations across the UAE to work together and participate in the development of the 5G ecosystem
It also exists for academia and industry players to test applications and technologies in a real-world setting
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