QNRF PR / Tuesday, October 20, 2020 / Categories: Announcements Research Outcome Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), cordially invites you to its Research Outcome Seminar (ROS) entitled, “Artificial Intelligence in Qatar: Current R&D Activities and Challenges.” Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in helping a population access a better quality of life with affordable, easy to use services in the digital era. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no doubt an important ICT technology that plays an increasing role in shaping our lives, ranging from energy & environment, healthcare, and education, to finance and smart manufacturing. QNRF has supported several research projects over the last fifteen years in the field of smart technologies. This seminar aims to highlight AI and its practical applications in Qatar through the presentation of some promising projects that will illustrate their integrated role in providing advanced digital services and developing strategies to improve the standard of living in Qatar. • The time: 09:00am – 11:00am • The date: Thursday, 5 November 2020 • The place: Webinar Please click here to confirm your attendance. We look forward to seeing you! Agenda: 09:00 to 09:15 Opening & Welcome Dr. Munir Tag, Senior Program Manager ICT, QNRF 09:15 to 09:30 Keynote: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar Dr. Sanjay Chawla, Research Director, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), HBKU 09:30 to 09:45 Personalized Monitoring and Advance Warning System for Cardiac Arrhythmias Project No.: NPRP11S-0108-180228 Dr. Serkan Kiranyaz, Professor, Qatar University 09:45 to 10:00 Extending Blockchain Technology - a Novel Paradigm and its Applications to Cybersecurity and Fintech Project No.: NPRP11S-0109-180242 Dr. Roberto Di Pietro, Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar 10:00 to 10:15 Early Detection of Fake News over Arabic Social Media Project No.: NPRP11S-1204-170060 Dr. Tamer Elsayed, Associate Professor, Qatar University 10:15 to 10:30 Teams of Aquatic/Aerial Robots for Marine Environmental Monitoring (TARMEM) Project No.: NPRP10-0213-170458 Dr. Gianni Di Caro, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar 10:30 to 10:45 Optimized and Secured Demand Response Using Smart Meters and Blockchain for the Qatari Grid Project No.: NPRP11S-1202-170052 Dr. Khaled Shaban, Associate Professor, Qatar University 10:45 to 10:55 Students’ presentations: Automated Mitotic Cell Detection Using Transfer Learning Project No.: UREP24-203-2-062 Mr. Muhammed Zahid Kamil, Texas A&M University at Qatar Smart healthcare System Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies Project No.: GSRA5-1-0326-18026 Ms. Abeer Al-Marridi, PhD Candidate, Qatar University 11:00 Close Previous Article Results for OSRA5 Announced Next Article Vote for the 2020 Best Representative Image of an Outcome (BRIO) Print 938 Rate this article: No rating