Iraqi Student Wins Third Place Worldwide for Inventing Cancer Detection Device

Nineveh-INA  

Student Baraa Fahmi Ahmed Al-Qazzaz, one of the distinguished school students in Nineveh Governorate, won third place worldwide for his invention of an early cancer detection device in record time.
 
Student Baraa told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "I started to be interested and learn about artificial intelligence when I was nine years old, as this field is important and has entered all aspects of life. I have won many local and international awards, the most important of which is the bronze medal (third place) in the World Robot Olympiad held in Izmir, Turkey. I also won second place in Iraq in the National Artificial Intelligence (Robot) Competition."
 
He added, "My invention was an advanced hybrid model for early detection of breast cancer, using machine learning and deep learning algorithms, where the accuracy rate reached 99,5% and the classification time, in a record time of 5 seconds."
The student, Baraa, appealed to “the government, the Council of Ministers, and the Ministry of Health to adopt and support the project, as it is fast and reliable, and can bring about a major change.” He called on “the Ministry of Planning to register a patent with them.” He also thanked “his trainer, Ahmed Abdul-Azim Al-Azzawi, his teacher, Saja Al-Dhalimi, and also his family for their continuous support.”