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The future of city infrastructure was the topic of a lecture by James H. Garrett Jr, the dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Garrett outlined Metro21, a smart cities initiative that brings together widely different disciplines…
Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosted a networking event to bring students and prospective employers together. The Network to Get Work event involved 40 select companies from a variety of industries, all of whom have internship and job opportunities for students and…
Finn Kydland, Nobel Laureate (2004) and Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, outlined developments over the past 40 years that have placed the field of macroeconomics on sounder scientific footing. Kydland’s remarks were part of the Dean’s…
At a Dean’s Lecture on April 3, Mostafa Ammar looked back at how networking and its research have evolved. Ammar is a Regents' Professor at the School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology. Ammar noted that in 1985, the…
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…
The student-led Dreamer’s Club held the second annual Inspire Me event, an evening of talks from inspirational leaders from CMU-Q and beyond. The evening was structured like a talk show, hosted by CMU-Q student Alawiya Al-Husseiny. In a relaxed, conversational…
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…
His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani honored Ilker Baybars, dean and CEO of CMU-Q, at a dinner at the iconic Sheikh Faisal Museum on March 10. Special guests included His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim, Economic Advisor to the…
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…
