Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence

QCRI’s Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) advances AI research across three areas: AI Foundations & Systems, AI for Precision Health, and AI for Social Good. The group develops innovative AI methods and intelligent systems that drive scientific discovery, improve healthcare, and address real-world societal challenges.

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About QCAI

QCRI’s Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) advances research across the full AI spectrum — from data understanding and model development to reasoning, prediction, and decision-making. We strengthen the foundations of AI through innovations in algorithms, multimodal learning, and intelligent systems, while driving breakthroughs in precision medicine and promoting the use of AI for social good. Our researchers publish in leading international venues and build prototype systems that empower discovery, improve healthcare, and support communities worldwide.

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Selected publications

AI-Human Interaction2026

It's Not How They Talk, It's Who They Are: Learning Style, Not Interaction Modality, Predicts AI Newbies’ Engagement with Educational Chatbots

Trang Xuan, Joni Salminen, Jack Tillotson, Waleed Akhtar, Thanh Van Bui, Kholoud Khalil Aldous, Johanne Medina, Soon-gyo Jung, Bernard J. JansenJournal of Educational Technology Systems (2026)
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AI-Human Interaction2026

What it means to learn with GenAI: Theorising student teachers’ perspectives on learning with GenAI through Q methodology research

Youmen Chaaban, Soon-Gyo Jung, Bernard J JansenEuropean Journal of Teacher Education (2026)
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AI Foundational Optimizations2026

Rapid disaster damage assessment using deep adversarial sliced Wasserstein domain adaptation

Fatma AlNaimi, Abdulaziz Al-Homaid, Ferda Ofli, Abdelkader BaggagNeural Computing and Applications (2026)
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AI Foundational Optimizations2026

Particles Don’t Care About Z: Towards Scaling Entropy Estimation of Unnormalized Densities

Safa Messaoud, Skander Charni, Elaa Bouazza, Ali Pourghasemi, Halima BensmailICML (2026)

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