BMW Group offered the Faculty of Engineering and the Research Center TICKET Lab at the Antonine University (UA) a typical car, for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa! Students and researchers will now get the chance to think differently yet develop their engineering expertise and skills via applying different experiences in this car.

The National Council for Scientific Research-Lebanon (CNRS-L) and UA launched the first research projects co-financed by both parties within the framework of the cooperation agreement signed between the two institutions in 2017, during a ceremony held at the main campus of UA in Hadath-Baabda:

Innovation-Driven Economy

Under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency .Mr. Cesar Abi Khalil, Minister of Energy and Water, TICKET Research Laboratory and the Faculty of Engineering at the Antonine University signed a memorandum of understanding with BMW Group on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the campus of Hadat-Baabda.

The signing ceremony took place in the presence of

This MoU is a fulfillment of a relationship between the two institutions, which started three years ago. The signature of the MoU falls under a panel discussion entitled “Innovation-Driven Economy” moderated by Dr. Georges Chalhoub, and joining him Dr. Dirk Dreher, His Excellency Mr. Demianos Kattar and Mr. Pierre Kanaan, Executive Director of the Legal Department at Central Bank of Lebanon.

On this occasion, UA screened a documentary at the beginning of the inaugural session about the collaboration between TICKET Research Laboratory and BMW Group. During the panel discussion Dr. Chady Abou Jaoudé, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Dr. Bechara Al Bouna, Director of TICKET Research Lab., both evoked the relationship between the two institutions.

In collaboration with Splunk and BMW Group, the Faculty of Engineering and TICKET Lab organized a 24-hour Hackathon where 19 teams from 7 universities in Lebanon (UA, AUB, LAU, USJ, LU-Roumieh, NDU, and USEK) participated and competed in.

Six teams were pre-selected and offered the opportunity to pursue an internship at BMW Group:

The six teams presented their projects and applications in front of a jury consisting of:

During the Hackathon’s main session – SBS’18 and following the jury’s discussion, the three winning teams were announced:

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Research Collaboration

UA Internal Research Grant

Grant CNRS-L

Best Project Award!

Jimmy TEKLI, a research assistant at TICKET Lab. Achieved the Best Project Award for his work entitled “Safe Grouping of Data Streams” at the Exhibition of ODDS’16.

Open Day for Data Science 2016

The Faculty of Engineering at UA, in collaboration with TICKET Research Lab., has successfully organized the Open Day for Data Science (ODDS’16) on October 14, 2016.

More than 250 participants have attended sessions with keynote speakers from University de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour and from BMW Group sharing their experiences and practical case studies in Data Science. Several tutorial sessions and an exhibition have accompanied the oral presentations throughout the day.