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AI Hackathon Highlights & New Python Basics Training—Don’t Miss Out!

Datasur Newsletter October 29, 2024

AI Hackathon Recap: Celebrating Innovation and Team Spirit!

After intense days of coding, collaborating, and creating, the AI Hackathon has come to an exciting close! The event brought together tech enthusiasts, students, professionals, and innovators eager to tackle real-world challenges through artificial intelligence. Participants, judges, and sponsors alike enjoyed an atmosphere filled with innovation, teamwork, and sleepless dedication, all focused on one common goal: hacking the future.

Highlights of the Event

The hackathon featured a range of workshops led by industry experts, offering participants insights into cutting-edge AI tools and techniques. Teams were tasked with developing solutions in areas like mental health, education, eCommerce and more. Over the course of the event, participants not only showcased their technical abilities but also demonstrated remarkable problem-solving skills and creativity.

Special thanks to our dedicated panel of judges who, after evaluating each project, awarded three winning teams for their outstanding work:

  • 1st Place: AuraEase – a web application focused on supporting mental health through accessible AI-driven resources.
  • 2nd Place: TrafficSU – an educational platform designed to teach users the fundamentals of traffic rules and signs in Suriname.
  • 3rd Place: EduWeb – a web application aimed at enhancing educational content accessibility for students.

Heartfelt Thanks to Our Sponsors and Supporters

The success of the AI Hackathon would not have been possible without the incredible support of our sponsors Telesur, AethiQs, PBS Now and workshop speakers Virendra Singh from Telesur, Jurgen Schmeltz and Sergio Bruce from Datasur, Mark Verschuren from AethiQs, Theo Boomsma from IoT Lab and Brian Imambaks from Technovate. Their contributions enabled us to offer valuable prizes, expert guidance, and a collaborative space for every participant.

Looking Ahead

With such a strong turnout and impressive solutions, we are excited to see how these projects evolve. The hackathon reinforced the value of collaboration and creative thinking in shaping a tech-driven future for Suriname. To all participants: keep innovating, keep pushing boundaries, and stay tuned for our upcoming events!

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Register for the Python Basic Training!

Following the success of our in-person Python Basics Bootcamp in April, we’re thrilled to announce our upcoming Online Python Basics Training! This course is designed to enhance your Python proficiency, equipping you to take on more complex projects and perform effective data analysis.

Program Details:

  • What: Python Basics Training
  • Format: A two-hour online sessions with practical assignments for hands-on learning.
  • Certification: Receive a certificate of participation upon completing all sessions.

Who: For beginners or those looking to refresh their foundational skills.
When: November 29, 2024
Where: Online

Investment: USD 149.99 (certificate included)

This is a great opportunity to expand your programming capabilities and directly apply them to real-world challenges. Secure your spot now by registering through the link—don’t miss out!

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Whitney de Rijp, MBA in Innovation and Technology.
Whitney de Rijp is a young driven Surinamese woman. She has been working at Datasur for over 6 years. Together with her top team, they ensure that customer data is stored securely all over the world which helps them focus on their core business.

Integrity, authenticity and just being herself is the mode for success as a Commercial Affairs Manager. Furthermore, she finds it very important to maximize effectiveness and of course lead by example. For both the internal and the external organization she is very transparent, which also fosters loyalty and engagement with the company goals.

Jurgen Schmeltz has as a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology and several IT certifications. His IT career started in Johannesburg, South Africa at IBM where he gained international experience for 5 years. When he came back to Suriname, he worked for two IT companies and also gained experience in VOIP, Backup Solutions and Microsoft Products.

At the moment Jurgen is a Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Specialist with many years of experience in the field of Microsoft Virtualization, Workplace Automation, Backup, Replication and Data Center Infrastructure. He currently holds the position of Operations Manager and is responsible for managing the Datacenter Operations such as Cloud and Network infrastructure.

Furthermore, he is also responsible for managing daily Facility Operations of the Datasur Datacenters and Project Lead for Cloud and Datacenter expansion projects. In his free time he’s a parttime lecturer at the two technical Universities in Suriname.

On behalf of Datasur Jurgen Schmeltz is also chairman of SUR-IX. The Suriname Internet Exchange Point which will be operational before the end of 2022

Sheetal Ganput works as the General Affairs Manager at Datasur. In this role she is part of the management team and reports to the CEO of Datasur.

She is a very self-driven, detail-oriented & hardworking young professional. She has helped to reorganize the company in the field of Office, HRM and Supply Chain Management.

Sheetal has her B.Sc. in Business Management and also completed her M.Sc. completed in Business Management with a specialization in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. She is very progressive and is currently doing her Ph.D. study in Leadership & Management

Our CEO, Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan is a prolific strong inspiring inclusive young professional leader from Suriname, working in different fields to contribute for the betterment of humanity and the world. He is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the ICT industry for several years, with a widespread of skills in operations, quality, risk, project, business, strategy, product portfolio management (just to name a few). At Datasur Anvit oversees the total company performance on strategical level, with a strong focus on business growth, innovation, customer experience and financial profitability.

Furthermore, Anvit contributes to development of the Surinamese youth by lecturing and tutoring at four university study organizations in Suriname on undergraduate and postgraduate levels within study fields such as ICT, Electrical engineering, Organization management, Process management, Business intelligence, MBA, etc.

He has a strong professional background with a cum laude doctorate (Ph.D. in Management- Information and Technology) from the Akamai University in USA, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with merit in Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University in London, UK and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Telecommunications from Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, Suriname. He currently is finishing up his MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership at the London School of International Business, London, UK.

Anvit has several prolific leadership and business certifications, ongoing humanity service, extensive spiritual drive and a personal theme which is as follows: “Continuous progressive successful excellence”. He is part of volunteer organization HSS for 20+ years, through which character molding, collaboration and way of living for the youth is created and augmented.

In January 2022 he has been elected for two years as Chairman of the ICT Association in Suriname, in order to help strategize the sustainable digital economic development of Suriname. Furthermore he also has been elected as Chairman for the Suriname Business Youth Association in June 2021 for a period of two years, whereby development and support of young entrepreneurs and professionals is one of the main goals. Anvit is also part of the presidential working groups on areas of e-Government and wage council.