CENG/CSE and CBE organized the Disruptive Technology Applications Stakeholders Workshop
In collaboration with Qatar Rail, the NPRP SupplyLedger project’s team, led by Prof. Abdelaziz Bouras from CSE, organized an Industrial Stakeholders Workshop at Qatar Rail headquarters. The workshop focused on the impact of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, and other disruptive technologies impacting the industry and business sectors.
Welcoming speech was delivered by Dr. Khalid Kamal Naji, Dean of CENG at QU in the presence of H.E. Dr. Abdulla Bin Abdulaziz Turki Al Subaie, Minister of Municipality MD & CEO of Qatar Rail who inaugurated the event.
The workshop witnessed the presence of executives from large-scale organizations such as Dr. Mohammed Yousef Al-Mulla, Managing Director and CEO of Qatar Petrochemical Company “QAPCO”, and Eng. Ahmed AL Ansari, Senior Advisor for engineering management of Public Works Authority “Ashghal”. A keynote speech was delivered by Prof. Abdelaziz Bouras highlighting the current Industry 4.0 challenges and requirements from the research perspective, to better integrate those disruptive technologies.
Panel Discussion session gathering experts from industry (Mr. Basil Ayass, Education & Healthcare Lead at Google Cloud, Dr. Guillaume Alinier, Director of Research at Hamad Medical Corporation, and Mr. Mansour Al-Mahmoud, Head of Business Products at Qatar Energy) as well as from academia (Dr. Lotfi Belkhir, Chair of eco-entrepreneurship at McMaster University in Ontario/Canada) took place right after in a hybrid mode, and was followed by a large online audience. The panel addressed important questions and issues, such as “How is digital transformation taking place in your sector?”, “The specific technologies that are disrupting your sector”, “What are the challenges your sector is probably facing?”, “Is there any development or initiative in Qatar related to regulation with regards to disruptive technologies?”, “Which new competencies/skills/abilities are needed?”, and “how to fulfil them in the local context?”. Feedback was also given from the participants on the use of some of the current disruptive technologies (AI, Blockchains, 5G).
Project Investigators from the SupplyLedger project, Dr. Ibrahim Khalil from RMIT (Melbourne) and Prof. Belaid Aouni from QU College of Business, contributed to the discussions and highlighted the advancement of the project from the Blockchain implementation perspective.
The event was concluded by answering some selected questions queried by the audience. For more details, please visit https://www.supplyledger.qa/events/.
CSE Faculty Receives “Best Reviewer Award” at CIKM 2021
Dr. Tamer Elsayed has received a “Best Reviewer Award” at the 30th International Conference on Information on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) 2021. The award was announced during the conference that was held online last week. The award was given to 30 reviewers out of more than 1,600 reviewers, according to the General Chairs of the conference.
Congratulations Dr. Tamer for the recognition!
KINDI-CSE talks
The KINDI Center for Computing Research and the CSE department are organizing a series of Talks on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity where renowned keynote speakers are invited to discuss the latest trends and challenges, along with their latest research work and achievements in these areas.
| Title | Speaker | Link | Password | Announcement link | Date |
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Artificial Intelligence for Biometric Technologies and Systems |
Prof. Vincenzo Piuri |
2Mp3xCJS |
November 4, 2021 |
CSE Participates in Engineering Week 2021
CSE Department participated in the Engineering Week 2021, organized by College of Engineering from Oct. 31st to Nov. 3rd. The department hosted students from government schools (grades 8 and 9) in the Virtual Reality lab, where we some STEM related activities, involving concepts from computing, were presented.
Students were introduced to the programs offered in CSE, and then participated in a 30-minute programming activity. Their task was to program an EV3 robot to avoid obstacles. The activity was organized by Eng. Alaa Hussein and Eng. Amelle Bedair.
