FET Students Crowned Champion at UMHackathon 2025!
FET students emerged as the champions of UMHackathon 2025, securing the First Prize worth RM7,500.
UMHackathon 2025 is a prestigious national hackathon organised by the Persatuan Komputer Universiti Malaya (PEKOM) and the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya. This year’s theme is Data Science and Machine Learning, and the goal is to solve real-world challenges across multiple sectors through industry collaboration. Our winning students tackled the challenge of Economic Empowerment through AI, where they developed an innovative solution: an AI Chatbot Assistant (MEX Assistant) to support Grab merchants in enhancing their business operations and decision-making. The competition attracted 523 participants from 113 universities across Malaysia, and our students distinguished themselves by taking first place.
This is truly a proud moment for our Faculty as it reflects the growing strength of our students in the AI and Data Science fields. Congratulations to Angel Tan Xian Theng (BSDA Year 3), Kaviraj Vijayanthiran (BSE Year 3), Lim Shen Yik (BSDA Year 2) and Siew Jun Zhen (BSE Year 3)
