Prof. Salah Alnajem

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS Champion) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - United Nations Jun 2022 Social Watcher (www.watcher.social) is a large-scale community service which utilizes media and ICT tools and expertise. The service utilizes Artificial Intelligence, Text Mining, Big Data analytics and visualization, and Natural Language Processing to analyze the public opinion regarding political and social issues in Kuwait and study the impact of those political and social issues on the Kuwaiti society. Through this analysis, our platform monitors content and activities on social media in… Show more Social Watcher (www.watcher.social) is a large-scale community service which utilizes media and ICT tools and expertise. The service utilizes Artificial Intelligence, Text Mining, Big Data analytics and visualization, and Natural Language Processing to analyze the public opinion regarding political and social issues in Kuwait and study the impact of those political and social issues on the Kuwaiti society. Through this analysis, our platform monitors content and activities on social media in Kuwait, identify and analyze public opinion trends, analyze public sentiment, and finally delivers analytics reports, infographics, and interactive dashboards showing the results of our analysis in an open, transparent, objective , and scientifically motivated manner. The analytics reports are published on our mobile friendly web platform, social media, local media and circulated among interested professionals. Show less

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS Champion) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - United Nations Apr 2019 Social Intelligence, the social media analytics project of Dr. Salah Al-Najem, the founder and CEO of Information Age Consulting, has been selected as WISIS Prizes 2019 Champion by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) during WSIS Prizes 2019 event at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2019 organized by the International Telecommunication Union which was held in Geneva from 8 to 12 April 2019. Dr. Salah Al-Najem received the WSIS Prizes 2019 Champion certificate… Show more Social Intelligence, the social media analytics project of Dr. Salah Al-Najem, the founder and CEO of Information Age Consulting, has been selected as WISIS Prizes 2019 Champion by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) during WSIS Prizes 2019 event at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2019 organized by the International Telecommunication Union which was held in Geneva from 8 to 12 April 2019. Dr. Salah Al-Najem received the WSIS Prizes 2019 Champion certificate from ITU Secretary General Mr. Houlin Zhao. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) forum is held yearly by the International Telecommunication Union in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) And the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The project was selected by the WSIS Prizes jury committee this year among the top five projects in the category of "Local E-Content". These five projects received the largest number of votes during the voting period for the projects submitted to the prizes contest. The number of submitted votes reached more than 2 million votes submitted electronically by governmental organizations, private sector entities, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and individuals register with the ITU as WSIS Stakeholders. The five projects have been selected as champions according to the number of votes they received an according to the evaluation of jury committee. Dr. Salah’s project was selected as WSIS Prizes 2019 Champion from 1,062 projects in the field of information and communication technology, which were submitted to WSIS Prizes contest this year from various countries and included projects submitted by ministries, government agencies, private sector entities, non-profit organizations, and international universities. Show less

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize 2017 (E-Learning Category) United Nations through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Jun 2017 Dr. Salah Al-Najem the Founder and CEO of Information Age Consulting won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize 2017 in the E-Learning Category. The award is offered by the United Nations through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Dr. Alnajem received the prize on the 13th of June 2017 from the International Telecommunication Union Secretary General Houlin Zhao in the award ceremony held in Geneva during the WSIS forum organized by the ITU in collaboration with… Show more Dr. Salah Al-Najem the Founder and CEO of Information Age Consulting won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize 2017 in the E-Learning Category. The award is offered by the United Nations through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Dr. Alnajem received the prize on the 13th of June 2017 from the International Telecommunication Union Secretary General Houlin Zhao in the award ceremony held in Geneva during the WSIS forum organized by the ITU in collaboration with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Development Program (UNDP). Dr. Alnajem’s project (E-Learning and Virtual Classroom) is a learning-management system (LMS) integrated with a virtual classroom functionality using advanced e-collaboration and video conferencing technology. The virtual classroom functionality allows students and other users to join live and recorded lectures/ webinars delivered by Dr Salah Alnajem at Kuwait University. The system allows students to participate and interact online in university lectures using video conferencing and e-collaboration technology, through real-time HD audio and video. Show less