UG team wins Webby Award with application to combat deforestation

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From left are Malik Williams, Jung Leung, Professor Paloma Mohamed, Shomari Williams and Andrew Garnett. (Photo courtesy of PACE. Photographer Tara Smith, MA)
From left are Malik Williams, Jung Leung, Professor Paloma Mohamed, Shomari Williams and Andrew Garnett. (Photo courtesy of PACE. Photographer Tara Smith, MA)

A team from Guyana – comprised of UG students and staff – has won the international Webby Award from a field of 150 contestants with a proposal to combat deforestation through the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with drones.

The winning team members are Shomari Williams, his brother Malik Williams, Andrew Garnett and Jung Leung. They came away with the top prize of US$50,000.

According to a release yesterday from the University of Guyana,  the Guyanese team presented a novel proposal that integrates AI, the use of drones and the internet to combat deforestation.