UMS Students Brainlyt App Wins Silver at GYIIF 2026

Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS) has once again achieved an accomplishment on the international stage. This achievement was earned by the Brainlyt Team, which successfully won a silver medal at the Global Youth Invention and Innovation Fair (GYIIF) 2026 in the Engineering and Technology category.

GYIIF is an international research and innovation competition for students. The competition is organized by the Indonesia Young Scientist Association. This year’s event was held at Institut Pertanian Bogor University on 15–18 January 2026.

The team leader, Hafidh Erli Nurdin Pratama, explained that his team initiated an innovation called “Brainlyt.” Brainlyt is an application integrated with a smartwatch and designed to assist in the early detection of the risk of recurrent stroke in post-stroke patients. The application adopts the concept of medical anamnesis into an automated detection model.

“Its function is to monitor patients’ vital signs and provide real-time notifications to families and hospitals regarding the patient’s condition and the first-aid steps that should be taken,” said Hafidh on Wednesday (21/1/2026).

Hafidh stated that the idea for Brainlyt emerged from concerns about the public’s limited understanding of first aid during a stroke attack. This condition often causes medical treatment to be delayed until fatal outcomes occur.

“In fact, stroke has a crucial golden period for treatment. Therefore, we created this concept of early detection and emergency assistance notification,” added the fifth-semester student of the Physiotherapy program.

LEFT: The prototype smartwatch and Brainlyt application showcased at the Global Youth Invention and Innovation Fair 2026. RIGHT: The Brainlyt team posing for a photo after winning the silver medal at the Global Youth Invention and Innovation Fair (GYIIF) 2026 at IPB University, 20 January 2026.

Hafidh then invited five other UMS students to join the project, namely Arya Veda Setyanindito from the Informatics Engineering Education program, Muhammad Cesarico Herlambang from the Physiotherapy program, Dhiyaul Haq Athaullah from the Informatics Engineering program, Nabil Okta Ramadhan from the Digital Business program, and Urip Pamungkas Jati Dharma from the Physiotherapy program, to develop Brainlyt. The team worked under the supervision of UMS Physiotherapy lecturer Arif Pristianto, S.ST.Ftr., M.Fis.

The innovation, titled “Brainlyt: a smart brain AI system for early detection and emergency routing in stroke care,” has been under development since October 2025. Prior to advancing to GYIIF, Brainlyt had participated in several other competitions, including Aldeation organized by the National Research and Innovation Agency, and Prototype for Humanity organized by the Dubai Future Foundation.

According to Hafidh, the development of Brainlyt faced a number of challenges. The small-scale testing phase required real respondents, namely post-stroke patients, with the aim of ensuring the accuracy of the device in detecting patients’ health conditions.

“We want the tool we develop to be not merely a finished product, but one that goes through a strong and relevant academic process and whose accuracy is trusted in the academic community,” explained the student from Brebes, Central Java.

Hafidh explained that the Brainlyt application is currently in the process of being submitted to the Google Play Store platform. Going forward, Hafidh and his team plan to develop additional features for Brainlyt, take part in other international competitions, and complete the publication of scientific articles based on research and development in accordance with academic stages.

When asked about industrial-scale development or downstreaming, Hafidh stated, “At present, we are in the process of refining a business plan for product commercialization.”

The supervising lecturer, Arif Pristianto, S.ST.Ftr., M.Fis., expressed his support and appreciation for the Brainlyt team’s commitment to producing an application that is beneficial for post-stroke patients. The Brainlyt innovation, he noted, demonstrates student creativity and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

“Hopefully, (Brainlyt) will not stop at this event (GYIIF), but the innovation can continue to be developed and submitted to subsequent competitions, and be downstreamed so that it can ultimately be used by the wider community,” Arif said optimistically.

Writer: Gede Arga Adrian

Editor: Fika Annisa’ Sholihah

Translator: Farizal Luqman Majid