The Dean of the University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Salalah, Dr Mohammed Rashid Al-Mamari presented certificates of recognition on December 14th, 2021 to the students of Information Technology Department who were selected as top finalists in the UK-Oman Hackathon Challenge.

The Innovative Oman Hackathon Challenge was jointly organized by London, United Kingdom and the Government of Oman in coordination with different IT companies, Academic and Ministerial organizations Plexal, Cylon, imperial college-London, Cyber Owl, EY UKI Cyber, UK-Oman Digital Hub, Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technology and Al Jabr.

Ms. Salma Ali Mahad Akaak, Ms. Fatima Naif Al Aamri, and Mr. Abdul Azeez Mohammed Al-Mashani presented their project entitled “Ransomware- How Might We Detect and Predict this Attack to Protect Government Institutions and Employees” in front of expert panels who commended and selected the idea to be presented in the final round of the competition. The team’s faculty mentors, Dr R Venkateswaran and Dr Bernard Ugalde were also presented certificates of recognition for guiding and supervising the team.