Sample text 123
A proposal for research into Arabic language cyber security received an NPRP grant in Cycle 9 of Qatar National Research Fund’s flagship program. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Anis Charfi, associate teaching professor of information systems, will be the lead…
Alfred Aho delivered a Dean’s Lecture on March 21, outlining how computational thinking is an indispensable skill for virtually anyone living in the information age. Aho’s talk was a joint lecture with the Qatar Computer Research Institute. Aho, who is…
More than 60 students from universities across Qatar competed in Quick Startup 2016, a weekend-long race to create a viable business plan. The winning team members were Aisha Al-Derhim, College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q) and Fatima Alansari and…
In one of the most hotly-contested case competitions in recent memory, the CMU-Q team Alpha Consulting bested a very competitive field of CMU and CMU-Q students. They worked for two days to prepare a strong analysis and compelling presentation that…
Doha, QATAR: Qatar high schoolers with an aptitude for math celebrated Pi Day early this year with a competition at CMU-Q. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (3/14). Pi is the symbol π, which represents the ratio of the…
John Lehoczky discussed the challenges of real-time computer systems in a John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lecture in Social Sciences on March 8. Lehoczky, the Thomas Lord University Professor of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University, explained how real-time systems require a…
Dan Martin, dean of the School of Fine Arts, described Carnegie Mellon’s unique approach to arts education at a Dean’s Lecture on March 7. Martin outlined how the School of Fine Arts focuses on professional practice as well as scholarship,…
On March 10, Quick StartUp will kick off with talks from some of Qatar’s most experienced entrepreneurs and incubators of new ventures. Quick Startup allows students to walk in with an idea, and three days later walk out with a…
CMU-Q students embarked on learning trips around the world over spring break, including destinations in North America and Europe. The largest contingent traveled to Silicon Valley with Maher Hakim, associate teaching professor of entrepreneurship, for an exploration of high tech…
The idea for Meddy came from a snippet of conversation Haris Aghadi overheard at a family gathering: could you recommend a good doctor? He had heard similar conversations for years—Aghadi, a Pakistani national, was born and raised in Qatar—but this…
