APICTA Awards 2022 Won by Telkom University. Another international achievement was won at the 2022 APICTA Awards (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) in Pakistan. The APICTA Awards which has been held since 2001, was attended by more than 200 teams from all countries in Asia Pacific. This year, Telkom University sent two teams for APICTA Awards, Team Amons powered by I Putu Bagus Erix Wijaya (S1 Informatics), Mar’i Fauzan Rambe (S1 Informatics), Michael Fernandito Sanfia (S1 Information Technology), Adelio Ferhan Soebroto (S1 Information Systems); and the Digital Stethoscope Team powered by Muhammad Rafli Ramadhan (S1 Informatics), Nariswari Yoga Nandita (S1 Informatics), Nur Afina Rahmani (S1 Informatics), Wandi Yusuf Kurniawan (S1 Informatics). Both of these teams joined the Student Tertiary category in APICTA Awards.

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Satria Mandala, Ph.D., the team supervisor for APICTA Awards explained that Amons is a system to monitor arrhythmias anywhere and anytime, by utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Amons in APICTA Awards also uses artificial intelligence to detect and predict several types of arrhythmias such as Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC), Premature Atrial Contraction (PAC), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) which are often found in Stroke patients, and Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation (VT/VF) arrhythmia types which is deadly.

As for the Digital Stethoscope team for APICTA Awards, Satria explained that it has more capabilities than an ordinary stethoscope. Digital Stethoscope in APICTA Awards is equipped with the ability to predict Valvular Heart Diseases (VHD) or heart leaks. The Digital Stethoscope System has an android application and a web-based application on a computer or laptop. Recording and prediction of heart sound data for VHD can be done on Android or on a laptop computer. For this, just like Amons, the digital stethoscope is also equipped with machine learning-based VHD predictions.

Satria hopes that this achievement in APICTA Awards can continue to be improved in the future and and can be useful for the world. “Excellent achievement in APICTA Awards, hopefully in the future it can be improved so that it people can actually use it world wide and win APICTA Awards again,” he said.

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APICTA Awards is an international awards program that aims to raise ICT awareness in society and help to bridge the digital divide. APICTA Awards is designed to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity, enhance economic and trade relations, facilitate technology transfer, and offer suitable business opportunities through exposure to venture capitalists and investors.(IO)***