Qatar Computing Research Institute
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Welcome to Qatar Computing Research Institute
A member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) conducts world-class, multidisciplinary computing research that is relevant to the needs of Qatar, the wider Arab region, and the world.
Patently Excellent Supporting innovation which promotes Qatar’s core priorities is key to creating a knowledge-based multicultural society that will benefit the entire Arab region.
QCRI enters strategic research collaboration with MIT QCRI and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced a strategic collaboration agreement as part of a new seven-year joint research program initiative.
Social Computing
The evolution of the Web from a technology platform to a social milieu has resulted in an unprecedented reliance of users on the Web to assist them in a variety of tasks.
Data Analytics
As data become the main asset in modern applications, data analytics is a core computing challenge that enables this valuable asset in guiding decision-making, enabling new applications, and increasing productivity of current major economic and scientific sectors.
Arabic Language Technologies
QCRI is dedicated to promoting the Arabic language in the information age by conducting world-class research in all aspects of Arabic language technologies.
QCRI and Boeing join hands
QCRI embarks on a new project with The Boeing Company on aerospace systems research
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Dr. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid
Executive Director
+Computing has brought disruptive innovation to our daily lives - transforming the way we interact with each other, enabling new discoveries, accelerating development of global society. At QCRI we have created a vibrant research environment that facilitates this progression and that positions Qatar as a leader in advancing research and technology.
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Dr. Carlos Castillo
Senior Scientist
+QCRI is an energetic research lab providing a great opportunity for starting a new line of research. Also, Doha is a city full of adventurers.
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Fahad Ahmed Al Obaidli
Research Assistant
+Research is how to be up-to-date with cutting edge technology and QCRI offers the environment for that. It is certainly heartening to witness the exponential growth in science and innovation in the region and I am proud to be part of a leading institutes in this renaissance.
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Dr. Gautam Das
Principal Scientist
+I have been impressed by the vision and growth potential of a world-class research institute in this part of the world.
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Dr. Abdellatif Saoudi
Managing Director
+We are building a new model for research in the region through QCRI – one that not only stimulates a vibrant research environment but more notably one that has relevance and impact locally with global appeal.
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Dr. Stephan Vogel
Principal Scientist
+Being part of a research institute in start-up mode, helping to build a strong team doing world class research, and at the same time experiencing a different environment in terms of culture and language, geography and climate.
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Dr. Patrick Meier
Director of Social Innovation
+I joined QCRI to develop next generation humanitarian technology solutions with some of the world's leading experts in advanced computing.
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Dr. Ihab Ilyas-Kaldas
Principal Scientist
+QCRI is one of the few serious research places in the Middle East and on track to be one for the key research centers worldwide. The opportunity of being part of this growing effort is the major attraction.
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Dr. Halima Bensmail
Senior Scientist
+Leadership is the most important factor that attracted me to QCRI. Need for creativity is the second factor. Innovation is a very important factor at QCRI. At QCRI we are being challenged continuously, we have been asked to think big. We are supposed to do research with applications that are of great impact, nationally and internationally.
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Dr. Mohammed Hefeeda
Principal Scientist
+I am proud to participate in creating a world-class research lab in the Middle East.
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Dr. Nan Tang
Scientist
+I joined QCRI because the institute is heading in the direction where I want to be.
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Dr. Preslav Nakov
Scientist
+I was excited by the challenge QCRI offered: help build a new world-class institute. I am glad to see it growing as a stimulating international research environment.
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Dr. Sofiane Abbar
Senior Software Engineer
+I was amazed by the QCRI vision and its ambition to be one of the best research labs in the world. That's why I wanted to be a part of this project.
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Dr. Wei Gao
Scientist
+QCRI is a brand-new research institute committing to world-class research in my area of expertise, which offers me unprecedented opportunities to embrace exciting challenges.
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Jill Barillot
Head of Operations
+What I enjoy the most about QCRI is the cultural diversity – 21 different countries are represented in our small, vibrant team!
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Dr. Ingmar Weber
Senior Scientist
+I’m very excited to be in Doha and to be part of QCRI and to have a chance to contribute to its exciting and ambitious mission.
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Dr. Ashraf Aboulnaga
Principal Scientist
+QCRI is an ambitious and energetic place that is on track to become a top research center worldwide. I want to be part of making that happen.
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Featured Article
+Dr. Patrick Meier, Director of Social Innovation, talks about QCRI's work to solve major humanitarian challenges in Forbes. -
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Social Computing
ISCRAM 2013 Best Paper Award goes to QCRI team.+
In the News
QCRI scientists recognized with best paper at ISCRAM 2013
22/05/2013
Extracting Information Nuggets from Disaster Related Messages in Social Media authored by QCRI's Muhammad Imran, Carlos Castillo, Patrick Meier, former QCRI post-doc Shady Elbassuoni and Fernando Diaz of Microsoft Research was recognized as the best paper at this year's ISCRAM conference.
Crisis Maps: Harnessing the Power of Big Data to Deliver Humanitarian Assistance
19/05/2013
Dr. Patrick Meier talks about QCRI's work to solve major humanitarian challenges in Forbes.
Research proposal receives QNRF NPRP award
15/05/2013
Dr. Halima Bensmail, QCRI Scientific Computing, is a key investigator on a research proposal awarded by QNRF's sixth NPRP cycle for the proposal titled: Quantitative mapping of HIV incidence among stable couples and evaluation of impact of interventions targeting sero-discordant couples.
Upcoming Events
2013
29/05/2013,
Rhodes Island, Greece
Dr. Halima Bensmail, Senior Scientist of QCRI's Scientific Computing team, is an Invited speaker at the PETRAE, giving a talk on “Time course and Neural Representation of Memorability: faces and places: an alpha-sparse model for classifying memorability regions”
For more info on PETRAE please visit www.petrae.org
09/06/2013 - 14/06/2013,
Atlanta, Georgia USA
The North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL) Annual Conference takes place in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) from June 9 - 14, 2013.
22/06/2013 - 27/06/2013,
New York, New York, USA
Our Data Analytics team will be at 2013 SIGMOD / PODS in New York. The team will present two papers.
Press Releases
QCRI invites applicants for summer internships
08/05/2013
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) will be kicking off its 2013 summer internship program soon, and invites computer science and computer engineering students to apply. The intensive two-month internship program provides students with the opportunity to work closely with top researchers, and receive practical work experience based on their studies. Applications will be accepted until May 12, 2013.
Presenting a Vision for the Future of Humanitarian Technology
31/03/2013
Dr Patrick Meier, Director of Social Innovation at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and the world’s foremost expert on humanitarian technology, explores the rise of digital humanitarian response and how new technologies are reshaping the humanitarian space in an upcoming talk.
QCRI and Boeing to collaborate on Data Analytics Research
24/03/2013
Joint project will seek to identify patterns in large data streams
Research collaboration broadens Boeing engagement in Qatar, strengthens relationship with Qatar Foundation
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