GU-Q students win QR25,000 in QBIC hackathon

GU-Q students win QR25,000 in QBIC hackathon

Doha

Two students of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) have won QR25,000 each at the 2022 QBIC Hackathon and incentives and support from the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) to establish their companies with their innovative start-ups that use artificial intelligence to enhance medical training and gamification to target an untapped market of sport fans in Qatar.

International economics major, Shokhrukhbek Nurmatov, with teammates Mohammed Sqalli, who has a PhD in Computer Science from HBKU, and Mukhammadjon Gafurov from CMU-Q, won in the competition’s Digital Transformations category for Eyetech, a platform that provides medical personnel training in interpreting critical medical diagnostic tests such as ECG, EEG, and MRIs.

“Despite the critical role these diagnostic tests play in healthcare, a significant number of life threatening findings are missed by medical personnel due to inadequate training,” explained Nurmatov. “So we’ve created a platform that uses AI and eye tracking technology to boost ECG interpretation competencies, and as a result, improves healthcare outcomes.”

With a team representing diverse disciplines from across Qatar Foundation multiversity system, he explained, their startup benefited from their combined expertise in economics, business development, marketing, biotechnology, clinical research, and software engineering. “QBIC Hackathon 2022 was an amazing opportunity for us