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This year's prize of £250 has been awarded to Omar Khan.  He is a student on the BSc Computing and Web Development programme at Buckinghamshire New University.

The prize and a certificate were awarded Omar's Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday 6th September. 


Omar developed a prototype mobile App that was aimed at improving memory in adults over 50. To achieve this, he will  made use of a range of techniques learned on his course including, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, mobile technologies and software development methodology.  Omar received an exceptionally high mark for his Project and did exceptionally well across his whole course.


Omar undertook the planning, development and analysis of the effectiveness of a memory aid app aiming to provide cerebral stimulation with the intent to improve memory in adults over the age of 50.  The app, backed by extensive research, has been carefully planned and then developed in Android Studio using Java by following an Extreme Programming agile iterative developmental approach.  The app, which allows the creation of individual user accounts and connects to an external database enabling the storage of user details and game scores will use such data to explore whether using the app creates a positive or negative correlation  between the amount of time spends using the app and memory.  The app, both during and after development, was extensively tested to identify any potential defects.