Qatar award to inspire region’s innovators Qatar award to inspire region’s innovators Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, January 22, 2015 0 21350 The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), Silatech and Qatar National Research Fund have launched a new initiative to engage the region’s innovators and to provide them with a forum to explore solutions that could directly benefit the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. “Challenge 22” is an innovation award “which will help unite, inspire and challenge the region’s brightest minds and build a lasting legacy in the Middle East by nurturing and developing promising ideas”, officials said at a function at the Four Seasons Hotel yesterday. Read more
Challenge 22 Innovation Award Haya H Al Muhannadi / 1/21/2015 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM 0 13494 On Wednesday 21 January 2015, the Challenge 22 Innovation Award (Challenge 22) will be launched to the public in a press conference open to local and regional media. It will be held at the Four Seasons hotel from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Read more
Workshop on Anti-Soiling Solutions for Solar PV Modules in Qatar and the MENA Region Haya H Al Muhannadi / 1/21/2015 8:00 AM - 1/22/2015 4:00 PM 0 14359 Anti-Soiling Solutions for Solar PV Modules in Qatar and the MENA Region worksop Organized by the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Texas A&M University at Qatar and Kahramaa, the workshop’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Lawrence Kazmerski, an internationally recognized expert on PV soiling 2 days, Wednesday and Thursday 21-22 January 2015 Day 1: 8:00 AM - 15:30 PM Dinner : 19:00 PM Day 2: 8:30 AM - 16:00 PM Anti-Dust announcement.pdf Read more
QF-UK forum attracts high turnout from universities QF-UK forum attracts high turnout from universities Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, January 20, 2015 0 17443 The importance of achieving commercially viable and sustainable results from R&D that will directly benefit Qatari citizens was emphasised at a Qatar Foundation-United Kingdom forum held at King’s College London on Monday. The ‘Road Ahead’ forum implemented a memorandum of understanding on research and education signed in September 2013 by QF and its UK partners, the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, the British Council and Universities UK International Unit. Read more
Alice Middle East introduced in three schools Alice Middle East introduced in three schools Haya H Al Muhannadi / Monday, January 19, 2015 0 20248 A team of faculty and students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) has recently introduced ‘Alice Middle East,’ a 3-D interactive educational animation software which teach students how to apply logical thinking and problem solving techniques. In learning to program, many students struggle with developing algorithms and figuring out how to apply problem solving techniques. ‘Alice’ enables students to learn these skills through 3D animations and storytelling. Read more
Qatar Foundation institutions will participate in the QF/UK Road Ahead Forum to be held on Monday 19 January at King’s College London. Qatar Foundation institutions will participate in the QF/UK Road Ahead Forum to be held on Monday 19 January at King’s College London. Haya H Al Muhannadi / Monday, January 19, 2015 0 19756 Institutions of the Qatar Foundation will visit the UK shortly to participate in the Qatar Foundation/United Kingdom Road Ahead Forum to be held on Monday 19 January at King’s College London. The Forum implements a Memorandum of Understanding on Research and Education signed by the Qatar Foundation and its United Kingdom partners (The Department for Business Innovation & Skills, The British Council and Universities UK International Unit) in September 2013, and is one of a number of activities designed to develop closer links between the Qatar Foundation and the UK. Read more
Call for more Qatari health professionals Call for more Qatari health professionals Haya H Al Muhannadi / Sunday, January 18, 2015 0 18606 Qatar needs to produce more Qatari health professionals to create an efficient health workforce, Dr Victor Dzau, an official of a US-based medical institute, has said. “My understanding is that out of 8,000 nurses, only 300 are Qataris,” he noted. He was speaking at the Innovations in Global Medical and Health Education (IGMHE) forum in Doha yesterday. Read more
CMUQ appoints two more associate deans CMUQ appoints two more associate deans Haya H Al Muhannadi / Sunday, January 18, 2015 0 19928 Kemal Oflazer and Selma Limam-Mansar have been appointed associate dean of research and associate dean of education, respectively, at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ). A faculty member in computer science at CMUQ, Oflazer obtained his doctorate in computer science from CMU. Specialising in the area of natural language processing (NLP), he is an active member of the research community and has widely published his work in journals and at conferences. Read more
QF team in UK to forge closer links Haya H Al Muhannadi / Sunday, January 18, 2015 0 18086 Officials from Qatar Foundation institutions are in the UK to participate in the “QF/UK Road Ahead Forum” to be held today at King’s College London. The forum implements a memorandum of understanding on research and education signed in September 2013 by QF and its UK partners: the Department for Business Innovation & Skills, the British Council, and Universities UK International Unit. Read more
Early Career Research Award Haya H Al Muhannadi / 1/7/2015 0 17516 On Wednesday, January 7th, QNRF will hold a presentation on the proposed ECRA (Early Career Research Award) initiative. location, Tornado Tower 5th floor Read more