Yobe gov offers winners of research, innovation competition cash prizes
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Maina said the winners emerged after participating in a contest tagged ‘Yobe State Research and Innovation Challenge 2024’ which was categorized into Brilliant Innovations and Top Research Paper Award.
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winners, who emerged after a thorough review by experts, including Engr. Abubakar Gambo, a software architect/ programmer and co-founder of Cerebro Information Systems Ltd., along with Dr Ali Bukar Maina, a machine learning expert and principal vision scientist based in the United
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The special adviser equally stated that the other category of the award winners were selected after receiving numerous submissions of highcaliber research papers and underwent extensive review to assess its eligibility with panel of judges from the University of Sussex, UK and Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Nigeria.
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Maina said the winners would received the cash prize RI 1 IRU WKH ¿UVW position and N300, 000 as well as N200, 000 for the second and third for the two category respectively during the 2024 summer school workshop of the centre billed to hold in August.