Apple announce the 50 Distinguished winners of the Apple Swift Student Challenge including three students Dezmond Blair, Elena Galluzzo, and Jawaher Shaman. Out of 350 winning submissions, 50 were named Distinguished Winners for their app development showcasing innovation, creativity, and social impact.
Distinguished Winners Honored at WWDC
All 50 Distinguished Winners were invited to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held at Apple Park this year. They had the opportunity to interact with creators from all over the world.
What is the Apple Swift Student Challenge?
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The Apple Swift Student challenge is an annual program of Apple designed to empower students developers by giving them a platform to showcase their creativity and coding skills. It is a competition for student developers to build Apps using Apple Swift programming language and SwiftUI framework. Participants submit their apps through interactive playgrounds within the Swift Playgrounds app.
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Susan Prescott’s Remarks on the Winners
Susan Prescott, Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations, expressed her joy in congratulating the students. She welcomed them to Apple Park to interact with other creators and the team. She also emphasized her excitement about the potential of young talent in coding and making a positive impact on the world.
“We’re also incredibly proud to welcome more outstanding student developers than ever before to Apple Park to connect with our teams and each other as they continue to build apps that will no doubt transform our future for the better,” Susan Prescott said.
Three Inspiring Distinguished Winners
The three Distinguished Winners, Elena Galluzzo, Dezmond Blair, and Jawaher Shaman, all drew inspiration from their families and hope their apps will make a positive impact on people’s lives as wells.
- Care Capsule by Elena Galluzzo: Designed using Apple’s machine learning framework, this all-in-one chatbot helps elderly people track their medication, connect with their community, and detect loneliness or depression. Elena drew inspiration from her grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
- MTB XTREME by Dezmond Blair: This app helps mountain bikers view 360-degree trails around them. Dezmond found inspiration from his brother.
- My Child by Jawaher Shaman: Hailing from Saudi Arabia, Jawaher built this app to help people who struggle with speaking. It slows down speech and allows for more efficient communication. The app uses AVFAudio to add sound. Jawaher’s inspiration came from her grandfather and father, who both have speaking difficulties.
Conclusion
The winners of the Apple Swift Student Challenge have the chance to visit Apple Park and attend the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where they can interact with creators from all over the world. These 50 Distinguished Winners also receive a one-year membership in the Apple Developer Program, a voucher for an App Development with Swift certification exam, and a special gift from Apple.
