Faculty Area: Information Systems

Resources and applications for detecting and classifying polarized and hate speech in Arabic social media

Societies are increasingly divided and polarized [97]. This polarization is driven by two connected issues: the lack of communication between groups, and the use of hate speech. With social media…

Qatar linguistic map

The linguistic situation in Qatar is described in many scattered documents with no sources illustrating the situation as a whole. In many instances it is described as part of the…

Arabic author profiling for cyber-security

Cyber-security has evolved to a key priority for Qatar and all nations over the world. Malicious actors from anywhere misuse the cyberspace to perpetrate various crimes such as phishing, Cyber-blackmailing,…

Model-driven engineering of service-oriented process-based software systems

Service-oriented Computing (SOC) gained tremendous interest by the academic and industrial communities in the last decade. Nowadays, several business software systems are developed based on that paradigm. As opposed to…

Raising language effectiveness in Arabic ecommerce websites

Researchers claim that Arabs have an affinity for high context but low content. However, there is a dearth of studies aimed at understanding the linguistic adaptation required for e-commerce. “Think…

Challenging best typographic practice and using language learning technology to improve second language learners’ reading fluency

(1) Challenging Best Typographic Practice and Using Language Learning Technology to Improve Second Language Learners’ Reading Fluency; (2) Sequencing the Imagined and the Concrete: Using Image, Text, Motion, and Sound…

Using a mobile application to enhance young Qatari health behaviour

We propose an undergraduate research experience for three CMU-Q students joining ongoing mobile technology development and human factors research for a weight loss intervention. Latest obesity statistics for Qatar indicate…

Effective information security management: A multiple case study

Modeling control of infectious disease

Best practices in business process management and global sourcing of IT

The objective of this proposal is to support my research in Business Process Management and to explore research in Global Sourcing of IT in the Middle East. The main research…