Riyadh– King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language , under the patronage of Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the academy, will hold on Saturday, June 18th, the closing ceremony of the “Arabic Hackathon”, the most prominent challenge internationally in processing the Arabic language automatically, which was launched by the academy to invent technical solutions and digital platforms, and the provision of specialized tools that serve the Arabic language and enhance its status among the world’s living languages .
A total of 151 projects submitted by more than 1,030 participants from 40 countries around the world compete to win the Arabic Hackathon awards totaling more than SR1 million, distributed over (22) prizes, of which 12 prizes will be allocated for the first three tracks including the Arabic Poetry Challenge, Lexicon Challenge, and the Challenge of Language Games for Children, with four prizes for the first four places in each track, while the other 10 prizes will be distributed to the winners of each of the innovative idea projects, the attractiveness of the marketing presentation, user experience, data quality, and the cleanest code, by two prizes for each project.
The Award’s criteria are based on the accuracy of the application in providing results and outputs, the impact and added value of the idea, in addition to the programmatic maturity of the idea, and the ability to develop and modify, as well as the user-friendly experience, and the understanding of the idea in the largest possible areas related to it.
The closing ceremony will be accompanied by an exhibition in which the strategic partners of the Arabic Hackathon will participate, offering the winners an opportunity to showcase their innovative projects and initiatives, and to introduce visitors to the technical aspects and the impact of their projects on the Arabic language.
Source: Saudi Press Agency