University of Nizwa holds IT competition in Oman

Muscat: In order to develop the competitive edge of students a unique and exciting competition on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2016) was hosted by the University of Nizwa’s College of Economics, Management and Information Systems at the university campus recently.
The students of Final Year Projects from the Department of Information Systems, Computer Science and Computer Engineering participated in two events organised by the Department of Information Systems on the theme of “Moving towards innovations in technology to build knowledge society.”
Eight teams were shortlisted and presented their projects and 15 teams shortlisted presented their posters during the competitions at the event.
The event was inaugurated by Dr. Ahmed Al Kindi, dean of the College of Economics, Management and Information Systems, who said, “The main mission of the department is to contribute to the society in the field of Information Systems and by educating students to become competent, resourceful and ethical Information System specialists with creative and research capabilities in the field.”
The eight projects presented by the students were judged by a panel of prominent academics and the three best Final Year Projects have been chosen and received awards, certificates and prizes.
The examiners evaluated these projects, based on originality, creativity, methodology, technology, and relevance to the theme of the competition. In conjunction with the technical competition, a poster competition on the Final Year Project was also conducted and the best three posters were chosen for the awards.
The project named, “Intelligent Car parking System using Arduino” was selected for the first prize in Best Final Year project competition. The Project “Car Accidental Warning System” was chosen for the first prize in the Poster competition category.
The Chairperson of CIST 2016, Dr. Arockiasamy explained, “This event is organised to develop the competitive edge of students working in this field, as that is what will make the difference as the students move from the academic environment, into the workplace. They will be required not only to be more knowledgeable, but wiser, and sharper, to be better than those competing in the same sector.”