Category: Information Systems

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…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosts high school workshops to give sneak peek into careers in business, science and tech

35% of incoming students participate in at least one outreach program DOHA, QATAR – Ahead of the March 1 admission deadline, Carnegie Mellon Qatar held a series of workshops to…

CMU-Q Trading Hackathon tests teamwork across disciplines

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…

CMU-Q is a key driver of Qatar’s digital economy: Her Excellency Dr. Hessa Al Jaber

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…

CMU-Q hosts its largest hackathon to date

The largest hackathon in CMU-Q history took place on January 22 and 23, with 74 participants forming 20 teams. Sponsored by Ooredoo, the CarnegieApps Hackathon is an annual programming competition…

Workshop strives to reduce the digital gap in the Arab world

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, led a workshop titled “Content Strategies for Arabic Ecommerce Websites,” which included the findings of an NPRP research study of over 3000 Arabic…

CMU-Q team wins 3rd place at Yale Hackathon

A team from CMU-Q took third place at YHack 2015, the annual Yale University Hackathon, on November 8, 2015. Team members Maher Khan, Musab Ahmed Popatia and Qasim Nadeem developed…