King Khalid University Wins Award, Medals in WorldInvent 2023

King Khalid University Wins Award, Medals in WorldInvent 2023
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King Khalid University Wins Award, Medals in WorldInvent 2023

King Khalid University Wins Award, Medals in WorldInvent 2023

King Khalid University has won three gold medals and one silver at the WorldInvent 2023 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Singapore.

It also received a special award from China as the university's projects were the best entrepreneur projects in the competition, SPA reported.

The gold medals were earned by medical student Rayan Mohammed Al-Qahtani for his project "Smart Medical Bed", which contributes to increasing the effectiveness of the emergency department and assists doctors in monitoring the patient's condition continuously and in dealing with the case directly after being allowed by the responsible physician.

The project submitted by Saeed Turki Al-Wadi, student at the Faculty of Computer Science "FETHABOT", won gold for a smart robot that interacts with humans in buildings, assists visitors and disabled people in getting to their designated destination easier, and answers their queries using artificial intelligence and several supporting technologies.

The third gold-winning project was submitted by Muna Hassan Mishta, student at the Faculty of Computer Science; the project, "Fire Hawk Drone", uses drones attached to AI cameras to send reports on the situation of entrapped people before civil defense personnel and paramedics arrive at the location.

Students Maram Awad Al-Qahtani and Shaima Hmoud Al-Asiri from the Faculty of Computer Science received the silver medal for their "Eye Expression Survey Tool" project, which helps read pupils' patterns and conditions, using artificial intelligence, thus helping teachers assess the level of concentration of students in the classroom.



OIC, King Salman Arabic Academy Hold Symposium on 'Culture of Islamic Peoples'

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) logo
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OIC, King Salman Arabic Academy Hold Symposium on 'Culture of Islamic Peoples'

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) logo
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) logo

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) General Secretariat, represented by the Department of Cultural Affairs, will hold a virtual symposium Thursday titled the “Culture of Islamic Peoples and the Arabic Language."

The symposium will be held in cooperation with the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language (KSGAAL).

Holding the symposium comes in implementation of the resolution issued by the 50th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, which took place August 29-30 in Yaoundé, regarding the support, promotion, preservation, consolidation, and dissemination of the Arabic language.

It aims to focus on the realization of studies, research, and linguistic references related to the Arabic language, as well as the cultural identity components of Islamic countries.

It also seeks to support the presence of the Arabic language locally and internationally through cultural events.