RTA Honours Student Winners of Generative AI Hackathon at GITEX Global 2024

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) honoured the student winners of the Generative AI Hackathon for transportation System launched in collaboration with Alibaba Cloud during the GITEX 2024 exhibition. The hackathon aims to attract innovative ideas from university students and startups, leveraging generative AI technologies to address challenges in the public transportation sector and offer creative solutions to enhance the transport network and and boost ridership.

The hackathon aligns with RTA’s vision of becoming "The world leader in seamless and sustainable mobility," by improving accessibility, promoting multi-modal transport integration, and advancing smart mobility solutions. It supports RTA’s first strategic goal, "Seamless and Innovative Mobility," enhances operational efficiency under the second goal, "Sustainability," and strengthens research, development, and innovation capabilities in line with the fifth goal, "Future-Proof Organization."

Implementation
The event spanned three days (8–10 October) at RTA’s 4th Industrial Revolution Transportation Lab. Participants received remote training through workshops led by generative AI experts from Alibaba Cloud and presented projects aimed at enhancing public transport. These projects were evaluated by a panel of experts from RTA and Alibaba Cloud, based on specific criteria. The winners were selected, ranked, and will be honored with awards during GITEX.

RTA remains committed to adopting cutting-edge smart solutions to meet future challenges, in line with Dubai's vision of becoming a global smart city, driven by technological innovation and sustainability.