Category: Information Systems

CMU-Q wins Microsoft Imagine Cup for second year in a row

Team Buzzcast from CMU-Q won Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016 in the World Citizenship category. The competition challenged teams aged 16 to 26 years to develop innovative projects and present solutions…

Vodafone, CMU-Q debate business ethics at CSR Majlis

Vodafone Qatar, in collaboration with its knowledge partner Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), brought together peers and experts in corporate social responsibility and sustainability to debate the critical role…

CMU’s Krishnan looks to information systems for real-world solutions

Ramayya Krishnan, dean of Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, spoke to CMU-Q about how the widespread deployment of sensors and information technology is transforming business and society. Krishnan is…

CMU-Q addresses ‘Grand Challenge’ through National Priorities Research Program grant

Research will develop solutions to identifying Arabic-speaking perpetrators of cyber crime DOHA, QATAR – A research proposal that will delve into using natural language processing in Arabic in identifying cyber…

Gary Fedder discusses power of customization

Gary Fedder, vice provost for research at Carnegie Mellon University, delved into the area of advanced manufacturing at a Dean’s Lecture on April 12. Fedder focused on additive manufacturing, which…

Inaugural Paul Christiano lecture explores smart cities

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,…

Arabic language cyber security among CMU-Q projects at ARC

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,…

Students travel and learn over spring break

CMU-Q students embarked on learning trips around the world over spring break, including destinations in North America and Europe. The largest contingent traveled to Silicon Valley with Maher Hakim, associate…

Doctor Disruption in Doha

The idea for Meddy came from a snippet of conversation Haris Aghadi overheard at a family gathering: could you recommend a good doctor? He had heard similar conversations for years—Aghadi,…

CMU-Q student researchers win for work in humanizing information technology

The sixth Undergraduate Conference in Information Systems (UCIS), held on February 27, focused on “Humanizing Information Technology (IT),” and submissions considered the evolving role of IT in all facets of…