QCRI Online Discussions Offer Perspectives on COVID-19 Treatment, News Manipulation
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), delivered the fifth and sixth instalments of its webinar series centred on COVID-19. The webinar series is organised…
QCRI Founding Director Receives SIGMOD Contribution Award
Dr Ahmed K Elmagarmid, Executive Director of Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, was recently honoured with the SIGMOD Contribution Award, for his dedicated service to…
Computer Vision Expert from MIT to Deliver Lecture at QCRI Talk
An expert in computer vision who programmes computers to perceive the world in the same way that humans do, is to deliver a keynote speech during a visit to Qatar…
QCRI and BigML to Hold First Machine Learning School in Doha
The Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) together with BigML, a leading machine learning company that pioneered the creation of Machine Learning as a Service, are jointly setting up the first…
QCRI Summer Computing Camps for Kids to Open Next Week
To hone their computing skills, children eight to 13 years old will be offered free lessons at summer computing camps run by Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), under Hamad Bin…
QCRI to Launch Centre for Artificial Intelligence Next Fall
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is poised to launch the QCRI Centre for Artificial Intelligence (Q-CAI), an initiative that plans to ramp up…
QCRI and Turkish Company Get US$1.65 Million Grant for Cyber Security Platform
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) under Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), along with Turkish company Universal IT Security (UITSEC), have been awarded a US$1.65 million grant to build a new…
QCRI Scientists Develop Algorithm to Detect Brain Cancer Markers
Scientists from Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), under the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), developed a new algorithm that can identify driver genes of several types of gliomas, the most…