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CSE PhD Candidate Receives Best Doctoral Consortium Paper Award at International Conference
Marwa Essam, a Computer Science PhD candidate in our CSE department, supervised by Dr. Tamer Elsayed, has received the “Best Doctoral Consortium Paper Award”, based on her paper that summarizes her PhD proposal, at the 43rd European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2021) that was just held last week. ECIR is one of the top conferences in the IR field, and is ranked at the “A” level in the CORE conference ranking.
(more…)Dr. Shaban and Dr. Abualsaud awarded in cycle 13 of NPRP-S
Two faculty members from out CSE department, Dr. Khaled Shaban and Dr. Khalid Abualsaud have been awarded two research grants as Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has announced the awardees for the 13th cycle of its flagship National Priorities Research Program-Standard track (NPRP-S). NPRP is the main funding program of QNRF that can help Qatar to address the grand challenges outlined in the Qatar National Research Strategy. QNRF awarded 75 projects from 10 institutions across Qatar in this cycle. The awarded projects focus on proposing innovative solutions to challenges faced in 4 priority areas, which are energy and environment, biomedical and health, computer science and ICT, and social sciences, arts, and humanities.
(more…)CSE Members Gave Research Talks at QNRF AI Seminar
Dr. Tamer Elsayed, Dr. Khaled Shaban, and Ms. Abeer Al-Marridi (a CE PhD Candidate) have given three research talks at the Research Outcome Seminar titled “Artificial Intelligence in Qatar: Current R&D Activities and Challenges” organized by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). This seminar aimed to highlight AI and its practical applications in Qatar through the presentation of some promising projects that illustrated their integrated role in providing advanced digital services and developing strategies to improve the standard of living in Qatar.
US Patent Granted to Dr. Khan for Adaptive Security Research
Dr. Khaled Khan and Dr. Armstrong Nhlabatsi from the College of Engineering at Qatar University (QU) have recently obtained a US Patent (No. 10,713,355) for their invention of adaptive security. This research project was funded by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
QU and MIA Organize Workshop on Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era
Prof. Abdelaziz Bouras, the lead PI (LPI) of the CEPROQHA NPRP project, co-organized with the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) a stakeholders workshop on cultural heritage in the Digital Era. The project is a collaboration between Qatar University and Brunel University London, and is funded by QNRF. The workshop was held on 7th of October and was inaugurated by Dr. Julia Gonella, the Director of Museum of Islamic Art, and Dr. Munir Tag, Senior Program Manager – ICT at QNRF.
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QU and UoAberdeen Organize AI Symposium
The CSE department at QU has organized an online mini AI symposium in collaboration with the computer science (CS) department at the university of Aberdeen (UoA), UK in September 2020. The event focused on showcasing the research work related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both departments. More than 35 faculty members from both sides attended the event. Dr. Abdulla Al-Ali, the head of the department, and Prof. Nir Oren, the head of CS department at UoA have opened the event with welcoming remarks.