Category: Research

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…

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’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…

CMU-Q students develop eco-wise approach for oil and gas

Student researchers use synthetic biology to reduce need for harmful biocides A team of students at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) is developing a novel method to lessen the…

QBRI honors research interns

In Gulf Times, October 7, 2017 Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) recently celebrated the conclusion of its Summer Research Programme by hosting an appreciation day…

Michael Trick appointed dean of CMU-Q

Michael Trick, the Harry B. and James H. Higgins Professor of Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, has been appointed dean of Carnegie Mellon in Qatar,…

Recent CMU-Q grads start academic planning and advising app

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar graduate Sabih Bin Wasi and his cohorts launched an interactive app that helps students plan their course load.  By Corinne Lestch, Edscoop.com, June 8, 2017…

CMU-Q receives four NPRP grants

Qatar National Research Fund supports projects on computer science education, breast cancer diagnosis, water quality, and marine environmental monitoring DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) has been…

QNRF shares outcomes of education projects

CMU-Q News editor’s note: Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor of computer science at CMU-Q, participated in QNRF’s Research Outcome Seminar in March 2017. Razak is the lead principal investigator of…

CMU-Q programs show high school students a world of possibility

Outreach initiatives highlight new academic and career paths DOHA, QATAR: About 40 business-minded high school students gather on a Saturday in the bright and airy majlis area at Carnegie Mellon…