The Cyber Square Tech Expo 2024 charged the University of Dubai this week, as the GCC’s biggest student-organized tech exhibition. More than 800 visitors – with recruiters from Emirates NBD, DarkMatter and Microsoft Gulf among them – saw tomorrow’s leaders showcase 137 pioneering projects.
Standout Innovations
NeuralGuard: Emirati-designed AI hijab that senses pollutants (Team Falcon, UAEU)
BlockVerify: Blockchain-based solution to prevent diploma forgery (RIT Dubai)
SandBot: Desert agriculture drone powered by solar energy (AUS Robotics Club)
Why This Matters:
Record female participation (43% of speakers)
12 prototypes already in receipt of incubation offers
DEWA launched Dh500,000 scholarship fund for best AI projects
Industry Buzz:
“These students are fixing real regional problems,” said Noor Al Mansoori from Dubai AI Office, referencing an Arabic LLM that is better than ChatGPT in Gulf dialects.
