On 18 October 2025, four Year 2 students from the BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Data Science programme, School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, achieved Third Place at the Malaysia Data Innovation Talent x DOSM Datathon 2025, a premier national competition co-organised by DOSM and inStats, UiTM Shah Alam.
Team Crashout, comprising Mohamed Fahd Haris Bin Shaiful, Lim Zi Xiang, Cheng Hsiu Fung, and Arianna binti Ainurizam, proudly represented our university as the only private university team to reach both the finals and Top 3.
Their project, “From Rainfall to Rice: Linking Climate, Agriculture, and Poverty,” analysed how the intricate relationship between poverty, climate change and agriculture using government datasets. They proposed MyTani, an AI-powered platform connecting researchers, companies, and farmers with data-driven insights and climate-smart solutions to address key problems related to the agricultural sector.
This remarkable achievement showcases our students’ analytical, technical, and communication excellence, and reflects our university’s growing strength in national-level data science competitions.
Our heartfelt thanks to the funding support from the School and the Faculty’s Student Advancement Scheme (SAS) that made this participation possible, empowering our students to give their best and represent the university with pride!
Posted on 24th October 2025