Tag: computer science

CMU-Q game development competition fosters learning, community

Game-building challenge inspires mentorship, collaboration between students and professionals  DOHA, QATAR–Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, held Qatar’s first virtual game development competition, Game Qode,…

Carnegie Mellon hosts first International Collegiate Programming Contest in Qatar

Two CMU-Q student teams will move on to African-Arab regional round Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, hosted the first International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)…

CMU-Q’s Houda Bouamor on underrepresentation of women in AI

“Empowering young women in STEM is my life’s mission.” Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Houda Bouamor participated in a panel discussion on the challenges of gender diversity in the field…

Teams coached by Texas A&M at Qatar and CMU-Q in international competition to solve real-world challenges

In The Peninsula, December 9, 2020 STEM experts from Qatar Foundation partner universities Texas A&M University at Qatar and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar are coaching two teams of students…

Alumna awarded CMU-Q’s first grant for post-doctoral research

QNRF Post-Doctoral Research Award project will explore using edge resources to enable deep learning for mobile health applications Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, received…

CMU-Q’s Ryan Riley wins CyberStars Qatar

Ryan Riley placed first in CyberStars Qatar, a competition that challenged participants to solve a complicated set of cybersecurity problems. The contest was hosted by the Ministry of Transport and…

Computer science grad recognized for research in online disinformation

CMU-Q alumna Shaden Shaar and her co-authors received Honorary Mention, Best Demo Paper, at the virtual conference for the Association for Computational Linguistics. The team built the Propaganda Persuasion Techniques…

Class of 2019, one year later: Zeina Darwiche is a hybrid professional, combining computer science and consulting

One year ago, the Class of 2019 graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university. We are catching up with just a few of these young…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar launches online showcase of student research

Meeting of the Minds research symposium goes virtual, opens up new audiences DOHA, QATAR—Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, a partner university of Qatar Foundation, transformed its annual research symposium, Meeting…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar launches virtual computer science discovery workshop

Mindcraft Virtual for high school students introduces computing, inspires career paths DOHA, QATAR – June 29, 2020: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has launched…