Prof. Mohamed Hussein, President of Tanta University, announced that a fourth-level student team from the Biomedical Engineering Program at the Faculty of Engineering won first place and received a cash prize for the «SKINUBIS» project in the «Tech Verse Hackathon» competition affiliated with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which was held at the Creativa Innovation Hubs headquarters at Mansoura University, under the auspices of TIEC and ITIDA, with the participation of more than 50 teams across the country, of which 28 teams qualified for the final stage.

    Prof. Mohamed Hussein expressed his pride in this achievement, noting that it represents a reflection of the university's efforts in implementing the directives of the political leadership and the vision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, stressing that it reflects the excellence of university students and their ability to transform academic knowledge into technological innovations that serve society, pointing to the university's keenness to support student projects, entrepreneurship and the use of artificial intelligence in confronting health and societal challenges, through an integrated institutional structure that includes centers specialized in entrepreneurship and gifted care.

    For his part, Prof. Al-Sayed Al-Ajouz, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, stressed that the victory represents the fruit of the university's efforts to discover student talents and foster creativity and innovation, praising the team's insistence on developing its project from the second level to the fourth level, which reflects the importance of linking academic study with practical application and enhancing the culture of teamwork and competition.

    Prof. Ahmed Nasr, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, explained that the SKINUBIS project is a smart skin care application that relies on artificial intelligence technologies to analyze and classify some skin diseases, and help in the initial detection of indicators of the possibility of skin cancer, while displaying the degree of confidence and directing the user to the medical evaluation, in addition to determining skin type, providing customized care plans, a library of dermatology diseases, tracking skin condition and water intake, and allowing consultation with a dermatologist. He stressed that the application is an auxiliary tool that does not replace specialized medical diagnosis, adding that the project began within the course «Health Care Project» at the second level of the Biomedical Engineering Program, thanking Dr. Amira Ashour, Head of the Electrical Communications Department and Technical Supervisor of the Team.

    The winning team includes three fourth-level students: Malak Ibrahim Fathallah Al-Marsawi, Sarah Muhammad Abbas Badawi, and Muhammad Mahmoud Shalabi Al-Khouly, in a new achievement that enhances Tanta University's position in the fields of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.