Microsoft Imagine Cup won by Mumbai teens for developing a non-invasive screening for skin cancer using AI
Two Mumbai-based teens, Aasimm Khan and Sidharth Jain, have won the Imagine Cup Junior AI award, an initiative of Microsoft, for developing a non-invasive screening for skin cancer by using artificial intelligence.
Khan and Jain who are both 17 years old represented OMOTEC (On My Own Technology), a city-based educational and innovation centre, under the banner Team GForce to showcase their research in developing a non-invasive pressure mapping method to screen skin cancer and enable early detection. Team GForce won the award in the ‘AI for Humanitarian Action’ category for detecting genital skin cancer.
Imagine Cup Junior AI is a competition for students aged 13 to 18; it aims to engage them in understanding AI concepts and how it can be used to change the world around them. It’s the first time that Microsoft has introduced the Imagine Cup for age category below 18 years.
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