Mohammad Albarham Mohammad Albarham

Competitions

Kaggle leaderboards, ICPC problem sets and firefighting robot arenas — 5 competitive engineering challenges, with full write-ups and photos.

Contests
5
Podium finishes
3
Distinctions
8
Years
2018–2021
  • 2nd Place

Asyad Global Logistics Challenge - Kaggle Competition

Nov 2021 Dubai, UAE

Asyad Group (Kaggle Days Meetup Dubai)

Placed 2nd in a live Kaggle Days competition estimating future ship prices for Asyad Group.

  • Python
  • AI
  • Kaggle-Competitions
  • Data Science
6 highlights
  • Finished 2nd on the final leaderboard as team "ninja" with a score of 0.06930, between the winning team at 0.06221 and third place at 0.07393.
  • Awarded a USD $1,500 gift certificate at the prize ceremony on 3 November 2021.
  • Built a regression model estimating future ship prices from historical maritime and shipping data, the challenge set by Asyad Group.
  • Competed live and on-site over the two-day event rather than as a remote, long-running Kaggle competition.
  • Held at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo 2020 Dubai, on 2–3 November 2021.
  • Part of Kaggle Days Meetup Dubai, powered by Asyad Group together with Kaggle, LogicAI, and Hypermotion Dubai.
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  • 3rd Place

Crown Prince Award for Best Government Service Application

Sep 2021 Amman, Jordan

Crown Prince Foundation & Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship

Won 3rd place and a 20,000 JOD (about $28,200) team prize, competing against 122 projects from 25 Jordanian universities.

  • Mobile Development
  • Healthcare
6 highlights
  • Placed 3rd in the 2nd edition of the Crown Prince Award for Best Government Service Application with the Dawaie app.
  • The team was awarded a 20,000 JOD (about $28,200) prize.
  • Competed against about 122 projects submitted by 25 universities across Jordan.
  • Led the four-student team from the University of Jordan as team leader: Mohammad Albarham, Mohammad Khaleel Al-Khawaldeh, Zaid Sameer Al-Khateeb, and Zuhair Raed Mahmoud.
  • Recognised by the University of Jordan's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre with a certificate of appreciation and a university shield on 1 September 2021.
  • Represented the team on Jordanian television to present the application after the award.
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  • Extreme Programmers
  • First to Solve Problem A

ICPC — JU Competitive Programming Contest (JUCPC)

Jun 2019 Amman, Jordan

ICPC — International Competitive Programming Contest & the University of Jordan

Competed in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the JU Competitive Programming Contest, earning the Extreme Programmers award and a First to Solve Problem A award in 2019.

  • C++
  • Algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • Problem Solving
6 highlights
  • Awarded the Extreme Programmers Certificate of Achievement at the 2019 JU Competitive Programming Contest on 22 June 2019.
  • Awarded a First to Solve Problem A Certificate of Achievement at the same contest, for being first in the field to get problem A accepted.
  • Both certificates were signed by William B. Poucher, ICPC Executive Director, and Ossama M. Ismail, ACPC Championship Director.
  • Also competed in JUCPC 2018 on 6 April 2018, receiving a Certificate of Participation signed by the Dean of the King Abdullah II School for Information Technology and the President of the Jordan Programmers Association.
  • Solved algorithmic problems in C++ under ICPC rules: three contestants to a team, one shared computer, five hours, penalty time for wrong submissions.
  • Organised by the University of Jordan with the Jordanian Programmers Association, the Students' Union, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, and the ICPC Foundation.
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  • 4th Place
  • Best Design Award
  • Clean Sheet Award

IEEE RAS Portal: FireFighting I

Jun 2019 Amman, Jordan

IEEE RAS - University of Jordan Student Branch

Placed 4th and took the Best Design and Clean Sheet awards with a self-built firefighting robot, as team Electrone X.

  • Robotics
  • Embedded Systems
  • Mechanical Design
  • 3D Printing
6 highlights
  • Finished 4th overall in the IEEE RAS Portal: FireFighting competition, held on 29 June 2019 at the University of Jordan.
  • Won the Best Design Award for the mechanical design of the robot, and the Clean Sheet Award for completing the runs without faults.
  • Competed as team Electrone X with my colleague Abdullah Abu Dabaseh, each of us building and running a robot of our own design.
  • Built the robots from scratch on a custom four-wheel chassis, with microcontroller-driven motors and a servo, a motor-driven fan to put out the flame, and laser-cut acrylic and 3D-printed parts.
  • Certificates signed by Prof. Lutfi Al-Sharif, IEEE RAS Jordan Chapter Chairman, and Omar Turkmani, IEEE JU RAS Chairman.
  • Placed 3rd with the same colleague in the previous Portal: Firefighting competition, held in October 2018.
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  • 3rd Place

Portal: Firefighting Competition

Oct 2018 Amman, Jordan

IEEE RAS - University of Jordan Student Branch

Placed 3rd with my colleague Abdullah Abu Dabaseh in the IEEE RAS Portal firefighting robot competition at the University of Jordan.

  • Robotics
  • Embedded Systems
  • Mechanical Design
4 highlights
  • Placed 3rd with my colleague Abdullah Abu Dabaseh, competing on 6 October 2018 at the University of Jordan.
  • Teams sent self-built robots through a plywood maze arena to reach a flame and extinguish it, with judges following each run around the arena.
  • Organised by the IEEE RAS chapter of the University of Jordan Student Branch, with the event carrying IEEE Day branding.
  • Returned the following year for IEEE RAS Portal: FireFighting I in June 2019, where we finished 4th and won the Best Design and Clean Sheet awards.
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