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… that is up-to-date with road changes Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), has recorded the significant milestone of 100 million routing … map-routing engine, QARTA, which is deployed at local transportation and food delivery companies Mowasalat and GoRafeeq. QCRI built the localized and highly traffic-aware OSM-based solution with proprietary software to be up-to-date with road … in Doha’s fast-changing city landscape.  QARTA started as a research project on intelligent traffic-aware systems by QCRI’s Social Computing Research Group in early 2018. The team held their first meeting with national taxi company …

… is a Principal Software Engineer at the Qatar Computing Research Institute of Hamad Bin Khalifa University.  He joined QCRI in 2014 and has participated in building state-of-the-art tools for processing the standard, classical, and dialectal varieties of Arabic (farasa.qcri.org), QATS Speech Transcription and Translation (qats.qcri.org and st.qcri.org), IYAS Question Answering, and Fake News Detection (tanbih.org) projects in addition to leading …

… Students Coding with Python Competition 25 Apr 2021 Home Youngsters show off skills gained after successfully completing QCRI Python course Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Creative Space, part of the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) under Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), has announced the winners of its Python Programming Competition, which … put their coding skills to the test. The students learned the coding language during a 30-hour online program offered by QCRI over the course of the current academic year. The participants comprised two groups of students from international …

… data analytics, and social computing Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), recently concluded its annual Summer Internship Program for … summer program, 35 student interns worked with 26 mentors on 22 projects covering real computing challenges across QCRI’s five research departments: Arabic Language Technologies, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Social Computing, and … activities. The program concluded with students presenting their research projects to a panel of judges comprising QCRI mentors, from June 30 to July 3. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar student, Zaryab Shahzaib, secured first prize …

… analysis Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Doha, December 13, 2021 – The Qatar Computing Research Institute ( QCRI ), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), and the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding … the pandemic separated us from our colleagues for almost two years,” said Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid , Executive Director of QCRI. He continued: “The collaboration between QCRI and the UN DPPA has helped us develop solutions for challenging problems in the field of peace. For example, with …

… HBKU QCRI’s Shaheen Achieves Milestone With Over 1 Billion Words Translated 31 Aug 2020 Home Machine translation system … using the power of deep learning Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), celebrated a milestone recently when its machine translation system, … facilitates knowledge sharing and learning by providing wider access to information.  Dr. Hassan Sajjad, Scientist, QCRI, said: “One of the priority areas of QCRI is Arabic language technologies with the intention of promoting the …

… in the United States, under the theme of Envisioning the Future: Cities of MENA. Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) represented HBKU – this year’s Gold Sponsor – at the annual … relevance to the region.  Throughout the three-day event, held from April 19-21, representatives from CSE and QCRI engaged in a series of panel discussions, workshops, and question-and-answer sessions.  Sofiane Abbar, a senior software engineer and researcher, participated in the 'Data-Driven Decisions' panel discussion, highlighting QCRI’s unwavering commitment to using AI in advancing public transportation systems. Mashael Alsabah, a scientist, spoke …

… right responders and decision makers is always a time-critical priority. Experts at Qatar Computing Research Institute ( QCRI ), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), were able to help address this challenge using advances in … actionable information.  Humanitarian technology Dr. Ferda Ofli , Senior Scientist in the Social Computing group at QCRI, explains: “During an emergency, there is usually an abundance of information shared on social media platforms. But … recovery and beyond - but only if processed efficiently and in a timely way. This was the challenge that motivated QCRI to develop the “Artificial Intelligence for Digital Response (AIDR)” system, in partnership with the United Nations …

… Fighting Disinformation at the Source: Tanbih News Aggregator 06 Oct 2019 Home Utilizing AI and deep neural networks, a QCRI-built platform hopes to detect fake news even before it is written Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Nearly … serious threat -- the rapid proliferation of fake news online. Though the motives are many times the same, the impacts, QCRI experts explain, are many. “It is first important to understand that the term ‘fake news’ is, in essence, an oxymoron,” says Preslav Nakov, Principal Scientist at QCRI. “We automatically associate news with the truth, so the definition -- although seemingly self-explanatory -- is …

… for third year in a row 30 Jan 2016 Home Entity: Qatar Computing Research Institute Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and Boeing [NYSE:BA] are once again partnering to host the third annual Machine Learning and Data Analytics … fields of machine learning and data analytics. The deadline for submitting full or position papers is February 7, 2016. QCRI is one of Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s three national research institutes, and in keeping with the university’s … again honored to partner with Boeing on this important annual event,” said Dr Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Executive Director, QCRI. “We have enjoyed an extraordinarily positive response to the symposium the past two years and look forward to …