(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) hosted its first AI Hackathon, a collaborative, interdisciplinary event that brought together medical students from WCM-Q with computer science students from Cornell University and Cornell Tech to co-develop AI-driven solutions for real, pressing clinical challenges.
The two-day event, titled“MedAI Hack Collaborative: Unlocking Precision Health with AI,” co-sponsored by Dr Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q, and Dr Curtis Cole, global chief information officer of Cornell University, marked a milestone in WCM-Q's mission to champion innovation at the intersection of medicine, data science, and technology.
Six interdisciplinary teams took part, merging the clinical knowledge of WCM-Q students with the technical expertise of Cornell University and Cornell Tech computer science students, fostering creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving at the forefront of medical AI.
The teams were also guided by experts in clinical medicine, biomedical research, radiology, AI innovation, data science, and health informatics, while a team of mentors comprising Cornell faculty, WCM-Q faculty, and WCM-Q clinical alumni, provided continuous technical and clinical guidance to help students refine solutions and ensure real-world relevance.
The judges selected the“Federated Nomads” team as winners which addressed the federated learning for clinical risk prediction challenge, in recognition of their creativity, technical rigour, and the potential to transform healthcare delivery.
The winning team comprised WCM-Q medical students, Mahmoud Yousef, Kareem Ali, and Aqib Abdul Rahman; WCM-Q pre-medical student Mohammed Abdulla; Cornell University computer science student Vignesh Rangarajan, M Eng '26, and Yann Hicke, a doctoral student in the field of computer science.

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