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Entrepreneurial mini-boom at CMU-Q

Ingenuity, mentorship and elbow grease feed the growing alum startup community Sometimes the ideas begin through a small frustration of student life: Sabih bin Wasi thought of Stellic as he…

CMU-Q celebrates Qatar National Day

The Qatari Student Association welcomed the entire Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) community to celebrate the culture and heritage of Qatar. Students and members of the CMU-Q leadership, faculty…

CMU-Q Class of 2012 celebrates 5 year reunion

The Class of 2012 celebrated their five-reunion with classmates, faculty and members of the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar leadership. Mohammed Fahad Kamal, a member of the Class of 2012…

Bronze Achievement for Carnegie Mellon Qatar at MIT competition

A CMU-Q student team was awarded Bronze Achievement at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (IGEM) competition hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. This is the first…

CMU-Q celebrates 50 years of CMU

The CMU-Q community gathered to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Carnegie Mellon University, including students, alumni, and faculty and staff members. Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q and a member of…

CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange emphasizes commitment to economic sustainability

At CMU-Q lecture, Rashid Al-Mansoori highlights importance of small and medium-size businesses to economic growth   DOHA, QATAR – Rashid Ali Al-Mansoori, CEO of the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), emphasized…

Qatar tech employers reach out to CMU-Q for young talent

DOHA, QATAR – Nearly 30 organizations in Qatar’s technology sector gathered at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) to meet and network with students in the computer science and information…

QFC head: Blockade has given Qatar new opportunities to grow and diversify

Speaking at Carnegie Mellon Qatar, Al Jaida outlines Qatar Financial Centre’s role in economic development DOHA, QATAR – Yousuf Mohamed Al Jaida discussed the Qatar Financial Centre’s role in bolstering…

CMU’s Mary Shaw: Software engineering must go beyond ‘frontier mentality’

To prevent failures like the Equifax breach, Carnegie Mellon’s Mary Shaw suggested that the software engineering field must move beyond the ‘frontier mentality’ and employ levels of assurance that will…

Businesses need to adopt technology trend: Dr Farnam

In The Peninsula, November 6, 2017 By Satish Kanady Hackers are pilfering a staggering volume of data and money from companies across the world. One of the major targets of the…