Announcements, events, and updates from the Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence.
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 […]
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…
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…
The 9th edition of the Machine Learning and Data Analytics Symposium (MLDAS) took place on February 8–9 at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, co-organized by Qatar Computing Research Institute and Boeing ✈️ This year’s theme was Safe and Sustainable AI, and brought together nine keynote speakers including Eric Feron (KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science […]
We are pleased to announce the publication of Deep learning, transformers, and graph neural networks: a linear algebra perspective in Numerical Algorithms. Authors: Abdelkader Baggag and Yousef Saad (SIAM von Neumann Award winner). Abstract (brief): As AI permeates nearly every field of science and engineering, this article invites the numerical linear algebra (NLA) community to engage directly…
A research paper, originating from doctoral work at CSE and an ongoing project at QCRI, developed through collaboration between the two institutions, has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2025 in Nashville, USA. Authored by Eng. Sara A. Al-Emadi, PhD candidate, CSE, and Research Associate, QCRI, […]
QCAI is delighted to announce that our project “aiMCard: Transformative Healthcare AI Multi-Modal Tool for Integrated Cardiometabolic Risk Prediction in Qatar” has been awarded funding under the 8th cycle of the Path Towards Precision Medicine (PPM), supported by the Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council and the Qatar Precision Health Institute to Dr. Halima Bensmail. This…
When ChatGPT suffered an unexpected global outage in mid-2025, it was widely covered by news media outlets and social media erupted seemingly with panic. Memes showcasing the impact of the outage quickly filled social media channels. People from all walks of life, students, startup founders, marketing teams, media outlets, and researchers, scrambled to find alternatives. […]
A 15 hour crash course on deep learning for NLP with practical exercises in Keras. The lecture series is conducted at the department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Here is the course material including slides, python notebooks, etc.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a major role to play in preparing for and responding to future pandemics, a team of top Qatar-based researchers said.“The data generated in the past two years can prove invaluable in terms of tackling the next pandemic,” stated Dr Sanjay Chawla, research director of Qatar Centre for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) at […]
By Lokendra Chauhan| Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence Introduction Expert consensus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that it is a transformational technology and will alter the very nature of jobs as we know. While the world has been moving towards digitization and an increase in AI-adoption, the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic shift towards an online […]
By Global Judicial Integrity Network, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime The role of Artificial Intelligence technology in contemporary jurisprudence is attracting worldwide attention. The Global Judicial Integrity Network at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has begun researching this issue and will discuss it at its high-level meeting in Doha, Qatar […]
By Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory @NYU (GovLab). The “AI for Social Good” conference that recently took place at the Qatar Computing Research Institute examined the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for good. It was widely agreed that the potential is real, and that AI could help […]
By Dr. Ingmar Weber, Research Director, Social Computing, Qatar Computing Research Institute, and Jennifer Colville, Innovation Team Lead, Arab States, United Nations Development Programme Are you an optimist or a pessimist when it comes to Artificial Intelligence? Do you think AI will bring apocalyptic scenarios where the disruptive forces of technology take over the […]
By Lokendra Chauhan| Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) has drafted and released the “National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar”. The objective of this document is to inform and advise Qatar’s leadership on AI’s potential and a path ahead for Qatar. Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a phenomenon is getting much […]
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 […]
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…
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. Experts from diverse background who have the…
