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DESCRIPTION:The Hack4Coverage: A Citizen Science Hackathon using GNET-Track
  was successfully conducted by the Centre of Research PAKET\, UKM\, in col
 laboration with Wireless@UKM Research Group\, Sunway University\, and supp
 orted by the IEEE Malaysia Communications Society and Vehicular Technology
  Society Joint Chapter (MyComVT) under the ENGAGE Scheme 2025. The initiat
 ive aimed to empower students\, researchers\, and community members to par
 ticipate in citizen-driven data collection and analysis to map wireless ne
 twork coverage across Malaysia.\nThe programme was conducted in three phas
 es: an online training workshop on 8 October 2025\, followed by a data col
 lection and analysis period\, and concluding with the Final Hackathon Show
 case on 5 November 2025 at Akademi Siber Teknopolis\, UKM. The workshop at
 tracted strong interest with 117 pre-registrations and 90 online attendees
 \, while the hackathon phase included 32 competing teams (75 students)\, c
 ulminating in 10 finalist teams (25 students) presenting their results to 
 a panel of judges from academia and industry.\nParticipants used the GNET-
 Track mobile application to record real-world mobile coverage measurements
 \, producing over 16\,000 data points for mapping and research purposes. T
 he programme also incorporated pre- and post-event surveys to gauge partic
 ipants’ learning outcomes\, confidence\, and awareness. Early feedback s
 uggests that the initiative has enriched understanding of citizen science\
 , wireless communication\, and open data methods beyond classroom learning
 .\n\nCo-sponsored by: Department of Electrical\, Electronic and Systems\, 
 Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment\, Universiti Kebangsaan Malay
 sia\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Asma’ Abu Samah\, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Fadzilah A
 bdullah.\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/529522
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/529522
ORGANIZER:yusoff@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:32
SUMMARY:Online Training Workshop for Hack4Coverage: A Citizen Science Hacka
 thon using GNET-Track
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/529522
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Hack4Coverage: A Citizen Science Hacka
 thon using GNET-Track was successfully conducted by the Centre of Research
  PAKET\, UKM\, in collaboration with Wireless@UKM Research Group\, Sunway 
 University\, and supported by the IEEE Malaysia Communications Society and
  Vehicular Technology Society Joint Chapter (MyComVT) under the ENGAGE Sch
 eme 2025. The initiative aimed to empower students\, researchers\, and com
 munity members to participate in citizen-driven data collection and analys
 is to map wireless network coverage across Malaysia.<br>The programme was 
 conducted in three phases: an online training workshop on 8 October 2025\,
  followed by a data collection and analysis period\, and concluding with t
 he Final Hackathon Showcase on 5 November 2025 at Akademi Siber Teknopolis
 \, UKM. The workshop attracted strong interest with 117 pre-registrations 
 and 90 online attendees\, while the hackathon phase included 32 competing 
 teams (75 students)\, culminating in 10 finalist teams (25 students) prese
 nting their results to a panel of judges from academia and industry.<br>Pa
 rticipants used the GNET-Track mobile application to record real-world mob
 ile coverage measurements\, producing over 16\,000 data points for mapping
  and research purposes. The programme also incorporated pre- and post-even
 t surveys to gauge participants&rsquo\; learning outcomes\, confidence\, a
 nd awareness. Early feedback suggests that the initiative has enriched und
 erstanding of citizen science\, wireless communication\, and open data met
 hods beyond classroom learning.</p>
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