Re: Great Moment for CS/EE Research in Pakistan
Remote Patient Monitoring System ranked in top 3 worldwide
The project “Remote Patient Monitoring System” of Next Generation Intelligent Networks Research Center (nexGIN RC), National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES) marks its impact at the global level by getting among the winners of the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA). The project has been selected out of 612 submissions from 102 different countries after extremely competitive evaluation by 20 experts and social entrepreneurs during a three-stage judging process. The World Summit Youth Award for the project will be presented to the young brain of nexGIN RC, Ajay Kumar Tanwani, before the center stage of the world in Monterrey, Mexico.
The WSYA provides the global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-content and innovative ICT applications. The contest helps to raise awareness and resolve the UN Millennium Development Goals of ending poverty, hunger, disease, empowering women, improving mother and child health, and saving the environment. The WSYA showcases the young developers and serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together on the efforts of reaching the Millennium Development Goals. The event brings together Ministers, policymakers, business leaders, and young content innovators in the field of information and communication technologies for development from around the world. Together they join the development community under the umbrella of the Global Alliance, enter the dialogue with focus on emerging issues and challenges in the areas of Education and Innovation, and foster cooperation among governments, private sector and civil society. For youth of Pakistan to be a part of these next generation policies is indeed a matter of pride for the whole country.
The PKR 26.9 million project is in part (PKR 14.66) funded by National ICT R&D Fund (Ministry of IT). The project is being executed by a team of researchers of “nexGIN RC FAST-NU” headed by Dr. Mudassar Farooq (http://rpms.nexginrc.org). The main collaborators of the project are: (1) Human Development Foundation (HDF) (HDF | Raising literate & healthy families, reducing poverty), and (2) Obs & Gyane department of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) headed by Prof Dr. Asma Usmani. Recently MCH department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) headed by Prof. Dr. Ghazala Mehmood has also joined the project team. HDF, a US based NGO, is the deployment organization that currently covers seven rural centers throughout Pakistan. Dr. Abul Aziz Awan from HDF is leading the team of field doctor and lady health workers. The medical expertise for developing the system is being provided by the senior registrar of BBH – Dr. Sadia Khan – and her postgraduate trainee – Dr. Ayesha Basharat. The active collaboration of engineers and researchers with doctors, sociologists, Lady Health Workers and patients is playing a key role in making this project a true success.
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Remote Patient Monitoring System, NEXGIN-RC
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