Saudi winner of 1 mln riyals hajj crowd management prize plugs gap in use of big data and AI
In 2015, a deadly stampede killed at least 717 hajj pilgrims and injured hundreds more. The incident happened as pilgrims were performing the symbolic stoning of the devil at the jamarat in Mina, just outside Makkah. In that year, 1.95 million Muslims were in Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj.
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