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CMU-Q wins national debate competition

Two CMU-Q students are the national champions of Qatar after prevailing at the Qatar Universities Debating League national tournament on April 1 and 2. Carnegie Mellon's Yousuf Akhlaq and Moussa…

Finn Kydland discusses economic science and the aggregate economy

Finn Kydland, Nobel Laureate (2004) and Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, outlined developments over the past 40 years that have placed the field of macroeconomics on…

130 students recognized on Carnegie Mellon Qatar Dean’s List

Students recognized for academic excellence DOHA, QATAR –Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester on March 29. The Dean’s List acknowledges academically outstanding…

Mostafa Ammar looks at the evolution of networks

At a Dean’s Lecture on April 3, Mostafa Ammar looked back at how networking and its research have evolved. Ammar is a Regents' Professor at the School of Computer Science,…

CMU-Q wins Al Ruwad Case Competition for second year in a row

A team from CMU-Q was declared the champion of the Al Ruwad Regional Case Competition this weekend at the College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q). Eleven teams from Qatar…

CMU-Q team places second in the Gulf Programming Contest

A CMU-Q team comprised of computer science students Daun Chung, Mahmoud Al-Ismail and Yusuf Musleh took second place at the sixth annual Gulf Programming Contest in Kuwait City. Hosted by…

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,…

Computer science pioneer Alfred Aho discusses computational thinking

Alfred Aho delivered a Dean’s Lecture on March 21, outlining how computational thinking is an indispensable skill for virtually anyone living in the information age. Aho’s talk was a joint…

Inspire Me takes on talk show format

The student-led Dreamer’s Club held the second annual Inspire Me event, an evening of talks from inspirational leaders from CMU-Q and beyond. The evening was structured like a talk show,…

Qatar college students compete in Quick Startup 2016

More than 60 students from universities across Qatar competed in Quick Startup 2016, a weekend-long race to create a viable business plan. The winning team members were Aisha Al-Derhim, College…