NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) will host the region's first-ever Quantum Computing International Hackathon from March 30 to April 1 at the NYUAD Conference Center, with an emphasis on innovation, entrepreneurship, and advanced industries.

The three-day programming marathon will bring together renowned international computer science professors, successful startup founders, technology professionals, and venture capitalists at NYUAD to lead teams of talented computer science students from around the world - with the majority of students from the Arab world - to solve complex algorithms. The teams will create new apps in disciplines as diverse as health, education, film, music, business, and research for the benefit of social good in the Arab World and throughout the world.