Taylors and Sunway Win ASEAN DSE 2022 Finals in Malaysia

The ASEAN Foundation and SAP has announced that three teams comprising students from Taylor’s University, Sunway University, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, and HELP University have emerged as the winners in the ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEAN DSE) 2022 National Finals (Malaysia) that took place yesterday virtually.

The three winning groups were judged based on their ability to design a best all-rounded concept that tackles ASEAN socio-economic issues, driven by data insights. The judging criteria looked at the creativity, feasibility, innovation, and the teams’ ability to demonstrate solution implementation. 

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As the first winners, Team 002 from Taylor’s University and Sunway University would be representing Malaysia for the Regional Finals of ASEAN DSE 2022 which will take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 October 2022. Below are the details of the winners: 

[First winners] Team 002, comprising Cham Swee Han and Tan Yong Ze from Taylor’s University and Sunway University took first place at the National Finals. Their project focused on bridging responsible consumption and production through small holder farming in ASEAN.

[Runners-up] Team KYY, comprising Khong Ying Ying and Kong Yin Yin from HELP University emerged as the runners-up. Their project was designed to encourage responsible consumption and production through better waste management. 

[Second runners-up] Meanwhile, Team Woolf, comprising Shaun Xin Hong Liew and Zhi Yi Ho from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaya, became the second runners-up for their project on redefining ASEAN disaster management and humanitarian assistance.   

In its sixth year, ASEAN DSE continues to empower youth from across the region through virtual enablement sessions and competitions held at the national and regional levels.

This year’s competition saw 778 students from ten ASEAN countries across the region competing to represent their country in the National Finals. Participants were tasked with developing data analytics storyboards/proposals to address socio-economic issues, promoting ASEAN community awareness and the UN-SDGs within the region.

In addition, the programme also collaborated with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and programme alumni in ten ASEAN countries to deliver in-person enablement sessions to youth with limited access to technology and youth with disabilities. The continued support and collaboration with NGOs and programme alumni made it possible for the programme to deliver SAP Analytics Cloud training to 3,619 underserved youths in 2022.

Malaysia’s National Finals was also live-streamed on Facebook, attracting more than 200 viewers.  

“The ASEAN DSE programme seeks to empower our ASEAN youths with essential digital skills, develop collaboration skills, ability to communicate ideas and to think critically. All of which are vital to becoming effective leaders for tomorrow’s world. I am highly impressed by the quality of ideas presented by the participants and hope that this competition will jumpstart their data science journey. Through our partnership with the ASEAN Foundation, we aim to continue enabling youths to thrive in this ever-changing world and inspire them to forge a brighter, more equitable future for all in ASEAN,” said Cynthia Quah, Head of Cloud, SAP South East Asia. 

“Through ASEAN DSE, we continue to strengthen our mission to provide an immersive platform for ASEAN youth to learn future-ready skills and contribute to the growth of digital economy in the region post-pandemic. I am very impressed with the innovative ideas that the participants presented today, which demonstrates what our youth can do when provided with the right platform to create impactful solutions. I would also like to convey our deepest appreciation to SAP for the continued support in empowering youth across ASEAN. I sincerely hope that the collaboration between ASEAN Foundation and SAP can inspire more public-private partnerships in the future to support the development of our future generation,” added Dr. Yang Mee Eng, ASEAN Foundation’s Executive Director.

“ASEAN Data Science Explorers Competition has definitely challenged us in various aspects of critical thinking, problem analysis as well as recommending feasible solutions. It also taught us how to challenge our own ideas by thinking in different perspectives to make our solutions as holistic as possible. If you are looking for self-development in a challenging environment, ASEAN DSE is definitely the competition we would encourage you to join,” said Team 002.

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