In a recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford University, three faculty members from our department were featured in the list of the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists during 2020, in addition to the list of the top 2% of the most-cited scientists during their full academic journey. Dr. Cagatay Catal, Prof. Sumaya Al-Maadeed, and Dr. Elias Yaacubhave made it to the first list. Furthermore, Dr. Cagatay and Dr. Elias were featured in the second one.
The number of scientists from Qatar University increased by nearly 20% in the first list and by nearly 30% in the second list compared to last year. The lists included more than 100,000 researchers around the world according to Scopus database till August 1, 2021.
The inclusion of Qatar University faculty members in the list, for the second year respectively, is a clear acknowledgment of Qatar University’s success endeavor in preparing highly skilled cadres, producing high-quality research, and leading in research and education.
Qatar University Top Scholars- Selected Single Calendar Year 2020 Citation Impact Results.
Qatar University Top Scholars- Selected Career-Long Citation Impact Results
يشرفنا أن تنضم إلينا في حدث توعوي حول الأمن السيبراني بجامعة قطر الذي يستمر من 7/2/2022 حتى 7/3/2022.يأتي هذا الحدث نتيجة تعاون كلا قسم علوم وهندسة الحاسب ومركز الكندي للحوسبة بكلية الهندسة
احضر هذه الجلسات التفاعلية مع متحدثين بارزين في مجال الأمن السيبراني. استمع إليهم وهم يناقشون أكبر التحديات التي تواجه الأمن السيبراني. تفاعل مع قادة صناعة تكنولوجيا المعلومات حول أحدث الاستراتيجيات والتقنيات والأدوات لضمان تأمين بياناتك واستخدام لشبكة المعلومات
سيعرض هذا الحدث العديد من الشركات والسلطات القطرية الواعدة. محتوى البرنامج موجه للأفراد العامة من المجتمع القطري و نحو قادة في صناعات مثل كيو سيرت ووزارة الداخلية والجزيرة وتناقش فيها أسس استخدام وتأمين البيانات في الشبكة ومواقع التواصل. ستتاح الفرصة للخبراء وأفراد الجمهور لتبادل المعرفة حول قضايا الأمن السيبراني الأكثر أهمية في هذا الحدث الحصري
س: ما أهمية أخذ التهديدات الإلكترونية على محمل الجد؟
ج: توفر الرقمنة والاتصال مزايا عديدة اليوم ، ولكن بتكلفة. تؤثر الهجمات الإلكترونية الآن على حياتنا اليومية وليس البيانات فقط. للسيطرة على هذه المخاطر وتجنبها ، تحتاج المنظمة إلى آليات أمنية شاملة وموقف مدرك لتأمين تلك الاستخدامات
The department of Computer Science and Engineering and the KINDI center for computing are cohosting Qatar University’s Cyber Security Awareness Event from February 7th to February 3rd, 2022.
Attend these interactive sessions with leading cybersecurity talkers. Hear them discuss the biggest challenges facing cyber security. Interact with leaders from the IT industry about the latest strategies, technologies, and tools to guarantee your personal or company’s cyber security.
This event will showcase several promising Qatari firms and authorities. The program content is geared towards the general public and QU students. Experts and members of the public will have the opportunity to share knowledge on the most critical cyber security issues at this exclusive event.
Q: Why does it matter taking cyber threats seriously?
A: Digitalization and connectivity offer numerous benefits today, but at a cost. Cyberattacks now impact our everyday lives and not just data. To control and avert this risk, individuals need comprehensive security mechanisms and a security-conscious attitude throughout.
For QU students:
Time
Topic/Title
Speaker
Language
Attendance/Venue
7th FEB 2022
12:30PM –
2:00PM
PersonalSecurity (Why you should have a strong password? Social engineering attacks and Identity theft?)
Dr Noora Fetais
ARABIC
Physical: C07-175
Female ONLY
Online: WebEx
Male & Female
9th FEB 2022
12:30PM –
2:00PM
ComputerSecurity (What is malware? Types of Malware? Security against malware.)
Dr Noora Fetais
ARABIC
Physical: B05-231
Male ONLY
Online: WebEx
Male & Female
14th FEB 2022
12:30PM –
2:00PM
InternetSecurity (Internet, Email, Browser Vulnerabilities, Malvertising, Drive-by Downloads, Internet Security Best Practices)
Dr Armstrong Nhlabatsi
ENGLISH
Physical – C07-175
Female ONLY
Online: WebEx, YouTube
Male & Female
16th FEB 2022
12:30PM –
2:00PM
MobileSecurity (Attacks on WiFi and Bluetooth; Attacks on Mobile Devices; Home WiFi security defenses; Precaution when using Public WiFi )
Dr Armstrong Nhlabatsi
ENGLISH
Physical – B05-231
Male ONLY
Online: WebEx, YouTube
Male & Female
Attendance of the sessions is hybrid (both online and physical). Those attending physically will be issued with certificates of attendance. The sessions will broadcasted live on WebEx and YouTube but the physical audience will not be shown. Password for WebEx is security. Please register your interest :here
For Public participants:
Date
Time
Topic/Title
YouTube link
Venue
28th Feb 2022
4:00pm-5:00 pm
Risks related to Cybercrime
H10 Auditorium
7th March 2022
4:00PM – 5:30PM
News/stories verification: How can I verify the authenticity of news/stories circulation on Social Media?
Qatar University’s Computing Club (QUCC) held its first and the biggest university-wide programming competition, QUCCC’22, with the aim to prepare QU programmers to represent the State of Qatar in international programming contests. QUCCC’22 was sponsored by the Qatari Ministry of Defense, Huawei, and Snoonu. The competitive spirit between the students lasted until the very last second. The end of the competition brought light to three teams with potential to represent Qatar in international programming competitions. The “Apes Stick Together” team got the 1st place, while the 2nd and 3rd places were earned by “Hackerz” and “Badr” teams respectfully.
The competition was held on the 3rd January 2022, and lasted for three days attracting over 100 QU competitive programmers, QU CSE Department, and sponsor’s representatives. The contest was organized to emphasize the importance of developing and enhancing the technical skills of university students. The core QUCC organizing team included Ahmed Ashraf Abdou (President), Mahnoor Akhund (VP), Hani Jafer (Internal Relations Specialist), and Salha Al-Khayyat (Media Director).
Dr. Khaled Naji, Dean of the College of Engineering, said; “It was a pleasure to collaborate with QUCC to organize such programming competition, an educational program to stimulate the imagination of students, develop their skills, and encourage them to explore the broad possibilities of engineering and programming outside the scope of the classrooms to present different qualitative work in this field and in support of Qatar Vision 2030.”
Dr. Abdulla Al-Ali, Head of the CSE Department, stressed on the importance of this competition, which targets QU students to develop their skills and knowledge related to computing, in addition to graduating a generation of specialists in computer science and engineering, and providing the Qatari community with specialists in software developers, website designers, network engineers, and systems protection consultants.” He explained that the competition represents an opportunity to reveal students’ talents, creativity, and skills.
Mr. Abdullah Al Mulla, Director of Student Activities Department, pointed out that the students of QUCC took the initiative to organize such large-scale competition. “Through these initiatives and programs, students are able to highlight and refine their important technical abilities in the field of computing and their specialization, in addition to refining their personal and leadership skills, which will reflect positively on their academic aspect and student life.”, he said.
Henry Yee, Vice President of Huawei in the North Gulf, said: “We are proud to cooperate with one of the largest public universities in Qatar, which reflects our commitment to empowering ICT talent in Qatar, and supporting the country’s ambitious visions and plans in the digital transformation journey. We will continue our efforts in Huawei through open cooperation with our partners and joint work to build ecosystems for local ICT talent through our many initiatives, which include the ICT competition in the Middle East, Seeds for the Future and Huawei Academies that offer accredited certificates, and others in order to prepare tomorrow’s leaders”.
QUCC’22 1st place Team Apes Stick Together consisting of Mohammad Fauzan, Mohanad Akram, and Hanzalah HassanQUCCC’22 2nd place Team Hackerz consisting of Hamza Saleh, Abdhigyan Kishor, and Marawan KhankhanQUCCC’22 3rd place Team Badr consisting of Omar Elshenhabi, Omar Ahmed, and Osama Harden
Prof. Abdelaziz Bouras delivering the project presentation during the 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. IbrahimKhalil 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/.
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
Artificial Intelligence for Biometric Technologies and Systems
Three researchers from our CSE department have received awards in QU Annual Research Forum and Exhibition 2021. The event brings together students, researchers and academics from the University’s colleges, research centers and institutions, in addition to partners and stakeholders, to assess, review and discuss QU’s research outputs and activities.
Jayakanth Kunhoth, PhD Student and Graduate Research Assistant at our department, received the Qatar University Innovation Award (Students Category) for the device: “SmartHat: An assistive system for people with visual impairments”. The project is supervised by Prof. Somaya Al Maadeed in collaboration with the other team members Nandhini Subhramanian (Research Assistant), and Mohammed Zied Chari (Consultant).
Jayakanth Kunhoth receiving QU Innovation Award 2021 (Students Category)
The device is developed as part of a collaborative research project titled “Smart assistive tools for people with visual impairments”. Visually impaired users can easily wear it on their head and utilize the device to get assistance for navigation, object recognition, obstacle detection, and text recognition especially in indoor areas. The developed system can provide real-time guidance and notification to the user.
Moreover, Nandhini Subramanian (Research Assistant), Jayakanth Kunhoth (PhD Student and Graduate Research Assistant), Prof. Somaya Al Maadeed (Supervisor and Lead PI of the project), and Prof. Ahmed Bouridane (Professor at University of Sharjah, UAE) won the Best Research Poster Award (Faculty and PostDoc Category) for the poster titled “Stego-eHealth: An eHealth System for Secured Transfer of Medical Images Using Image Steganography”.
Nandhini Subramanian awarded the Best Research Poster Award 2021 (Faculty and PostDoc Category)
The work aims to secure the medical data of the patients using image steganography when transferring through untrusted channels. At the sending end, the medical images are embedded in a normal natural scene image and at the receiving end the embedded medical image is extracted for easy access. This work was part of QNRF NPRP11S-0113- 180276 project led by Prof. Somaya.
