“Fake News” at QCRI: Follow the Source

By Dr. Preslav Nakov, Senior Scientist, Arabic Language Technologies, QCRI The “Fake News” Phenomenon Recent years have seen the rise of social media, which have enabled people to share information with a large number of online users, without quality control. On the bright side, this has given the opportunity for everybody to be a content creator and […]

AI in Transportation

Date: November 22, 2018 Location: Auditorium, Minaretein Building, HBKU College of Islamic Studies, Education City Objective: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transportation Introduction: The TASMU-QCAI Artificial Intelligence in Transportation workshop is being hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Communication’s Smart Qatar TASMU program and Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) of Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) – a research institute […]

Impetus for QCAI

By Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid, Executive Director, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) “I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’ ” and thus begins Alan Turing’s seminal 1950 paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence.” The phrase “Artificial Intelligence” was coined six years later by John McCarthy, then a young assistant professor in mathematics at Dartmouth College. It would be […]

QCRI’s Visitors Program

The aim of QCRI’s Visitors Program is to foster research collaboration between QCRI staff and academic scholars and industry specialists from around the world. Visitors are expected to spend a week or two weeks at QCRI premises and interact with scientists, engineers, postdocs and research associates and give at least one seminar during their visit. […]

Artificial Intelligence and Food Security

Date: Oct 4th, 2018 Location: HBKU Research Complex Multipurpose Room Objective: How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help Qatar attain food security Introduction: The United Nations defines the four pillars of food security as availability, access, utilization and stability. In the context of Qatar, it is availability and stability that are of particular concern.  It is […]