Join the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)
The Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is expanding its world-class research and engineering teams. Founded in 2010, QCRI has established itself as a global leader in Artificial Intelligence, Arabic Natural Language Processing, Cybersecurity, Health Informatics, and Data Science. Today, the institute is at the forefront of Qatar’s sovereign […]
Rapid disaster damage assessment using deep adversarial sliced Wasserstein domain adaptation
Fatma AlNaimi , Abdulaziz Al-Homaid , Ferda Ofli , Abdelkader Baggag
Neural Computing and Applications (2026)
Particles Don’t Care About Z: Towards Scaling Entropy Estimation of Unnormalized Densities
Safa Messaoud, Skander Charni, Elaa Bouazza, Ali Pourghasemi, Halima Bensmail
ICML (2026)
Agentic Engagement with Educational AI Chatbots Among Pre-service Teachers: A Mixed-Method Study in Qatar
Youmen Chaaban , Soon-Gyo Jung , Bernard J Jansen
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (2026)
Summer Internship Program 2026
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) officially kicked off its Summer Internship Program on May 10, 2026, welcoming 110 undergraduate and graduate interns for an intensive research and software development experience.Throughout the program, interns will gain hands-on training across QCRI’s key research areas, including Arabic Language Technologies, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Social Computing, and Software Engineering.The program […]
From Priming Modalities to Educational AI Chatbot Engagement: A Study of 67 Learners
Trang Xuan , Joni Salminen , Ilkka Kaate , Farhan Ahmed , Danial Amin , Rajat Patil , Soon-Gyo Jung , Jinan Y. Azem , Bernard J. Jansen
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2026)
Dr. Muhammad Imran Receives HBKU Research Excellence Award 2026
Dr. Muhammad Imran has received the HBKU Research Excellence Award 2026 in recognition of his outstanding and internationally recognized research that upholds the highest standards of excellence, creativity, and innovation. Dr. Imran leads the Crisis Computing Team at Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, where his research focuses on developing and deploying AI-driven technologies to address […]
Understanding User Engagement with Cross-Platform Social Media Content Created by Humans Versus AI: An Evaluation of ChatGPT in Content Marketing
Kholoud Aldous , Joni Salminen , Ali Farooq , Soon-gyo Jung , Bernard Jansen
ACM Transactions on the Web (2026)
Fanar 2.0: Arabic Generative AI Stack
FANAR TEAM, Ummar Abbas, Mohammad Shahmeer Ahmad, Minhaj Ahmad, Abdulaziz Al-Homaid, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Enes Altinisik, Ehsaneddin Asgari, Sanjay Chawla, Shammur Chowdhury, Fahim Dalvi, Kareem Darwish, Nadir Durrani, Mohamed Elfeky, Ahmed Elmagarmid, Mohamed Eltabakh, Asim Ersoy, Masoomali Fatehkia, Mohammed Qusay Hashim, Majd Hawasly, Mohamed Hefeeda, Mus’ab Husaini, Keivin Isufaj, Soon-Gyo Jung, Houssam Lachemat, Ji Kim Lucas, Abubakr Mohamed, Tasnim Mohiuddin, Basel Mousi, Hamdy Mubarak, Ahmad Musleh, Mourad Ouzzani, Amin Sadeghi, Husrev Taha Sencar, Mohammed Shinoy, Omar Sinan, Yifan Zhang
arXiv:2603.16397 (2026)
AI representing personas representing user groups: Applying the agency theory to examine interaction challenges of conversational personas as decision-making tools
Joni Salminen, Soon-Gyo Jung, Ilkka Kaate, Trang Thi Thu Xuan, Jinan Y. Azem, Kholoud Khalil Aldous, Danial Amin, Bernard J. Jansen
Decision Support Systems (2025)