Category: Research

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…

CMU-Q celebrates excellence at Senior Honors 2017

CMU-Q’s Senior Honors event celebrates the achievements in academics, research and leadership of the Class of 2017. Selma Limam Mansar, associate dean for education, congratulated the students for their many…

Students prefer print to electronic: Diane Mizrachi speaks at CMU-Q

In a study of more than 10,000 students in 21 countries, Diane Mizrachi has found that students overwhelmingly prefer print to electronic reading material. Mizrachi is the social sciences and…

Student cancer research takes top awards at CMU-Q symposium

QNRF and Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics present special awards at ‘Meeting of the Minds’  DOHA, QATAR – A research project that sought to identify novel biomarkers for better…

Winners of Pi Day math contest: DPS-Modern Indian

Carnegie Mellon Qatar holds second annual contest, draws 400 high school students from across Qatar A team from the DPS-Modern Indian School took the top prize at the second annual…

Pioneer of computational design on “the art of the possible”

Ramesh Krishnamurti, professor of computational design at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture, delivered a Dean’s Lecture on the history of computational design. Krishnamurti was one of the first to use…