CYBERJAYA, September 25, 2018

AT&T/MCMC 2018 Malaysia Developers’ Day Winners Celebrate

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Team WA-SE-AI won the US$10,000 grand prize at AT&T/MCMC 2018 Malaysia Developers’ Day. The team won for the artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled waste recycling app it created during the 24-hour contest.

The winning app is a solution that can enable trash bins to automatically identify materials for recycling.

Organizers Jake Jennings, head of global trade policy of AT&T* (second from left) and Nur Sulyna Abdullah, chief officer of corporate strategy for the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) (first from left) presented the award to Team WA-SE-AI on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.  

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Fourteen apps came out of the event. The following teams also took home prizes:

  • 2nd Place – Team Critter-Watch for an AI-enabled app that generates heat maps of endangered species movements.
  • 3rd Place – Team Seek Sense for a traffic detection app that aims to reduce traffic accidents.

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About the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

The Malaysian regulator since its formation in 1998, the MCMC strives to develop, regulate, and ensure a balanced and robust environment for the communications and multimedia, in accordance to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, as well as the Postal Services Act 1991 and Digital Signature Act 1997. The MCMC implements the national policy objectives which cover the converged mediums of telecommunication, broadcasting, online activities, postal and digital signature.  

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