Media Advisory: Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research and Project Symposium

Event: A wide range of innovative research projects will be showcased by students at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Meeting of the Minds undergraduate research symposium.

Meeting of the Minds is part of Carnegie Mellon’s Undergraduate Research Initiative, which supports and encourages undergraduates to participate in innovative research. Some projects develop from coursework, while others typify Carnegie Mellon's emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration to solve real-world problems.

This year’s projects range from Biofilm Formation of Pathogenic Fungi Isolated at Hamad Hospital to Arabic Accented Facial Expressions for a 3D Agent.

At Meeting of the Minds, undergraduate students, as well as graduate students, use posters, videos and other visual aids to present their work in a manner that can be easily understood by both experts and non-experts in the field.

Twenty-seven posters will be displayed in categories of Business Administration, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, and Information Systems. A review committee consisting of industry experts and faculty members from other universities will judge the presentations and posters. Awards and certificates will be presented to the winners.

When: Tuesday April 30, 2013

Time: 4pm – 6pm

Where: East/West Walkway, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Media: For the Meeting of the Minds digest, which contains all twenty-seven posters as well as abstracts on each research project, please contact Lauren Ashford, [email protected].

Note to Editors:

Journalists and photographers are invited to attend.

A light reception will be served during the event.