The Women Leaders in Higher Education supported by the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging office at CMU-Q will be hosting a lunch hour talk on September 27, 2023 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. Iman Adeinat, Associate Teaching Professor, Operations Management, will share findings of research that followed... View Article
Join us for the John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lecture in Arts and Sciences featuring Agnieszka Wykowska, Principal Investigator, Italian Institute of Technology. To confirm your attendance, please RSVP. Lecture title: Social cognition in human-robot interaction Abstract: In daily lives, we need to be able to efficiently navigate through our social environment. Our brain has... View Article
In collaboration with the National Committee for Information Security in Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar invites you to a lecture discussing “Cybercrime: Challenges and methods of prevention". Guest speaker: Neil Walsh, Head of Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism Department, United Nations To confirm your attendance, please click here! About the speaker: ... View Article
Raj Reddy is a University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics and Moza Bint Nasser Chair at Carnegie Mellon University. His talk, "AI: Background, History and Future Opportunities" will provide background and history of artificial intelligence in an attempt to clarify the sources of misinformation about AI in the media recently. The Dean’s Lecture Series is the principal forum... View Article
An information session will take place during Student Orientation for parents to learn more about Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and what their child can expect during the upcoming academic year.
A band of students from our majors and two campuses will put their education to the test while they try to navigate the world of strategic planning. Carnegie Mellon University alums participate as judges. The tradition of this competition, transported from the Pittsburgh campus to the Doha campus eleven years ago, resonates with students on both... View Article
Building a Meaningfully Distinctive Brand Gary Singer, partner at A.T. Kearney will discuss how to build a strong brand that will help drive in market success and growth. Gary Singer... View Article
Parents of the incoming freshmen class are invited to learn more about CMU-Q and what their child can expect during the upcoming academic year. They learn about the informative orientation program designed for new students to assist in the transition to university.
In collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Qatar, the Dean's Lecture Series will feature Terry Jones, founder of Travelocity.com and founding chairman of Kayak.com, who will discuss "Disruption Off - What technologies are going to disrupt your market and how you can be the disruptor". To confirm your attendance, please RSVP here. Biography: Best known for... View Article
The Gloriana St. Clair Distinguished Lecture in 21st Century Librarianship will feature Diane Mizrachi, the social sciences and undergraduate instruction librarian at the University of California, Los Angeles. To confirm your attendance, please RSVP. Her talk, "Preferring Print in a Digital World: Studies of Students' Academic Reading Behaviors" will discuss local and international studies which demonstrate... View Article
Guy Blelloch, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at School of Computer Science will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar on "Parallel Algorithms Come of Age". To confirm your attendance, please RSVP. About the talk: With the advent of multicore processors there are almost no computers or devices, beyond perhaps... View Article
Ramesh Krishnamurti is a Professor of Computational Design in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and the Director of its Graduate Program. In 2007-08, he was the Associate Dean of Research in the College of Fine Arts to explore the possibilities for an interdisciplinary PhD program in The Arts, and also directed the... View Article
About the Talk: "Integrating Machine Learning and Social Science Methods: Toward a Data Intensive Social and Decision Science" The social and decision sciences have had a long history of focusing on human decision making in a number of societal contexts. In particular, ideas drawn from the fields of economics, statistics, and operations research have been... View Article
Dr. Michael Frenkel, Associate Dean for International Relations and Diversity, Chair of Macroeconomics and International Economics at the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, will be giving a talk on "Brexit: What Effects Can We Expect". To confirm your attendance, please RSVP. Lunch reception to follow. Directions to campus Biography: Professor Michael Frenkel is... View Article
Biography: David Creswell is an Associate Professor in Psychology and the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University. His work focuses on understanding what makes people resilient under stress. He conducts theory-guided studies of stress management strategies (e.g., self-affirmation) and interventions (e.g., mindfulness training) to understand resilience pathways in the brain, peripheral physiology, and health. David’s... View Article
Biography: Erik Thiessen is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon, principal investigator of the Infant Language and Learning Lab, and Director of Undergraduate Education in Psychology at CMU. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. His research focuses on learning in infancy and childhood, with a particular focus on statistical learning,... View Article
Cyber Security and Financial Stability Bio: His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani started his career at Qatar Central Bank in 1981 and served as deputy governor from 1990 to 2001. After five years as chairman at the State Audit Bureau, he returned to Qatar Central Bank as governor in 2006. He serves... View Article
