Category: Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon summer program offers glimpse into careers of the future

More than 60 secondary students experience innovative fields and career paths at 10th annual Summer College Preview Program DOHA, QATAR – More than sixty secondary school students from across Qatar explored…

Recent CMU-Q grads start academic planning and advising app

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar graduate Sabih Bin Wasi and his cohorts launched an interactive app that helps students plan their course load.  By Corinne Lestch, Edscoop.com, June 8, 2017…

CMU-Q receives four NPRP grants

Qatar National Research Fund supports projects on computer science education, breast cancer diagnosis, water quality, and marine environmental monitoring DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) has been…

CMU-Q student named a Women Techmakers Scholar for 2017

Aisha Mohamed, a rising senior in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), has been selected for Google’s 2017 Women Techmakers Scholars Program. Mohamed is one of only…

QNRF shares outcomes of education projects

CMU-Q News editor’s note: Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor of computer science at CMU-Q, participated in QNRF’s Research Outcome Seminar in March 2017. Razak is the lead principal investigator of…

Algorithmic Trading Competition 2017 celebrates closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) Algorithmic Trading Competition was held at the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), with prizes going to the top three student…

CMU-Q students explore sustainability in Sydney

During spring break, a group of CMU-Q students from biological sciences, business administration, computer science and information systems travelled to Sydney, Australia to learn about practical, innovative approaches to sustainability.…

CMU’s Guy Blelloch discusses the rising importance of parallel algorithms

Guy Blelloch, the associate dean for undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science, outlined the rising importance of parallel algorithms in today’s computing at a Dean’s Lecture yesterday.…

Shahriar Haque: Being at CMU-Q taught me to work in a high-pressured environment

Tartan Talks lunchtime lecture series features Shahriar Haque, computer science graduate from the Class of 2010 Shahriar Haque returned to the CMU-Q campus to speak to students about his experiences…

Lebanese School, Tariq bin Ziad Secondary are top teams at Botball 2017

Students program two autonomous robots in agriculture-themed challenge The popular Botball programming competition for high school students took place March 3 at CMU-Q, resulting in a win for the Lebanese…