FICT members win top prizes at Alibaba Cloud's MY Digital Talent in U Competition 2022

Three UTAR students and an academic from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT) achieved notable success at Alibaba Cloud’s MY Digital Talent in U Competition 2022. This competition represents the culmination of achievements attained by academics and students in 2022, through the passing of their professional certification exams, held throughout the year.

Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) student Yong Hong Long secured first place and received a prize of RM4,000 and a certificate. Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) student Tan Jing Jie claimed second place and took home RM2,000 and a certificate. The third place was clinched by Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) student Khor Jia Hui, who walked away with RM1,000 and a certificate. The three students excelled in the individual category of the competition.

Furthermore, Ts Dr Cheng Wai Khuen, an academic at UTAR, was honoured with the Best Academic Staff Award. He walked away with RM2,000 and a certificate.

In addition to these individual achievements, the UTAR team won first place in group prizes and received 12 months of Alibaba Cloud resources worth up to RM180,000.

The main goals of the MY Digital Talent in U Competition were to inspire talented students in Malaysia to have innovative digital experiences and explore the future of digital intelligence, nurture future digital talents for the country, enhance Cloud Computing industry knowledge, and increase industry-sought-after Cloud certifications among students to meet the increasingly challenging and ever-changing industrial requirements in the IT industry.

UTAR team receiving the award

Dr Cheng (middle) receiving the award