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The Q-SmartLab Trading Hackathon took place last week, with team Polaris finishing on top. The winning team included Alfred Godwin Ravindrakumar, Anthony Lo and Yijun Dong. The competition took place over three trials which corresponded to three live trading days…
Twenty-seven students from independent and private schools across Doha participated in the Biotechnology Explorers Program (BEP) last weekend, an outreach program that introduces students to biological sciences. The program is part of a larger effort by CMU-Q’s Biological Sciences program…
On February 13, CMU-Q held the Tajer workshop, a daylong event for high school students to learn how financial markets work. Nearly 40 students representing 19 schools in Doha—both independent and private—participated in a mock floor-trading exercise and learned about…
The second annual Winter Institute: Discovering Computer Science wrapped up last week, with 18 Qatari students attending the week-long workshop. The Winter Institute is an outreach program to introduce Qatari high school students to studying and working in the field…
The second annual Hamad Bin Khalifa University Career Fair took place on February 1 and 2, with over 100 employers from finance, media, oil and gas, technology, education and research. CMU-Q collaborated with other Education City universities to organize the…
Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at CMU, gave an inspiring look at the direction technology is heading at a CMU-Q lecture on Wednesday. In his top recommendations for critical technology investments, Moore named artificial intelligence, augmented…
The third Dress for Success Fashion Show took place January 28, a collaboration between the student-run CMU-Q CMBA club and Northwestern University in Qatar’s career services. The event showcased outfits for different professional settings. The fashion show is a favorite…
Her Excellency Dr. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, former minister of Information Communications Technology Qatar (ictQatar), delivered a talk titled “Digital Disruption – Shaping the Future of Qatar” at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). Her Excellency focused on the advent…
Fourteen students traveled to Jebel Shams, a mountainous area outside of Muscat, as the capstone activity to the semester-long GPS program. Students worked as a team to set up camp and complete a series of mental and physical challenges over…
Five students from the CMU-Q debating society showcased their debating skills at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) over the winter break. Yousuf Akhlaq, Tehseen Niaz, Shahan Ali Memon, Moussa Zekak and Farha Khan travelled to Thessaloniki, Greece, to compete…
