Blockchain-Based Platform Created by Saudi Students Places Third in National Women’s Coding Competition – Blockchain Bitcoin News
A blockchain-based bidding platform designed by female university students has been named the third best entry in a Saudi Arabian coding competition for women. The competition is said to be part of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University’s wider aim to support and empower women in Saudi Arabia’s technology sector.
Empowering women in Saudi Arabia’s technology sector
A blockchain-based bidding platform created by female students at the Saudi Arabian learning institution Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University was recently recognized as one of the top three projects in this year’s coding competition. Known as Bidchain, the bidding platform came third in the competition.
According to a report by Laraontheblock, the coding competition, also known as “She Codes 2022”, was conducted under the auspices of the Saudi Ministry of Education together with Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. The competition is said to be part of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University’s wider aim to support and empower women in Saudi Arabia’s technology sector.
In addition to working with the government on the coding competition, Enas bint Suleiman Al-Issa, the president of the university, revealed during the award ceremony that her institution also organizes local and international partnerships, as well as holding exhibitions and specialized forums for women.
Using blockchain to solve problems in tender processes
Meanwhile, in one of the videos of the event shared by Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, one of the students behind the blockchain project said she was pleased with the recognition. The unnamed student, who spoke in Arabic, added that the bidding platform, which was created to solve problems in bidding processes, is “just the beginning”.
While the blockchain-enabled Bidchain platform is this year’s competition’s bronze-winning project, two projects using artificial intelligence (AI) came first and second. The winning entry, Sonbul, is an edutainment application that teaches children “the principles of saving and investing.” An application designed for early detection of metastatic breast cancer in lymph nodes using AI came second.
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