Category: Press Releases

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…

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,…

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…

More than 250 students participate in CMU-Q’s inaugural Pi Day competition

Doha, QATAR: Qatar high schoolers with an aptitude for math celebrated Pi Day early this year with a competition at CMU-Q. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (3/14). Pi…

More than 250 high school students compete in 1st round of Pi-Day at CMU-Q

The first round of the Pi-Day Mathematics Competition for high school students took place February 20. More than 250 students representing over 50 independent and international high schools came to…

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 Winter Institute introduces 18 students to computer science

The second annual Winter Institute: Discovering Computer Science wrapped up last week, with 18 Qatari students attending the week-long workshop. The Winter Institute is an outreach program to introduce Qatari…

CMU-Q collaborates on second annual HBKU Career Fair

The second annual Hamad Bin Khalifa University Career Fair took place on February 1 and 2, with over 100 employers from finance, media, oil and gas, technology, education and research.…

Computer science is transforming the world, says CMU’s Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at CMU, gave an inspiring look at the direction technology is heading at a CMU-Q lecture on Wednesday. In his top…

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…