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MIT/QCRI system uses machine learning to build road maps
22/04/2018
Map apps may have changed our world, but they still haven’t mapped all of it yet. Specifically, mapping roads can be difficult and tedious: even after taking aerial images, companies still have to ...
Improving disaster response efforts through data
08/02/2018
Extreme weather events put the most vulnerable communities at high risk. How can data analytics strengthen early warning systems and and support relief efforts for communities in need? The size and ...
Your sloppy bitcoin drug deals will haunt you for years
28/01/2018
Perhaps you bought some illegal narcotics on the Silk Road half a decade ago, back when that digital black market for every contraband imaginable was still online and bustling. You might already ...
08/01/2018
Si quiere buscar un ejemplo de ciudadano del mundo, de los que al cabo del año vive y trabaja desde numerosos países, y a través de internet, esté donde esté, desarrolla en remoto actividades para ...
Gene fusion shifts cell activity into high gear, causing some cancer
04/01/2018
The fusion of two adjacent genes can cause cancer by kicking mitochondria into overdrive and increasing the amount of fuel available for rampant cell growth, researchers at Columbia University ...
QCRI team wins SUMMA BBC #NewsHack 'Best Audience Experience' prize
13/12/2017
Congratulations to Ahmed Ali, Yifan Zhang and Fahim Dalvi for winning the prize of the “Best Audience Experience” category at the news hack hosted by SUMMA and BBC in London on 21-22 November with ...
Reading a neural network’s mind
12/12/2017
Neural networks, which learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing huge sets of training data, have been responsible for the most impressive recent advances in artificial intelligence, ...
CSAIL hosts annual meeting highlighting innovative collaboration with QCRI
10/10/2017
This year CSAIL celebrates five years of collaboration with the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), an esteemed research institute that’s part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha. This ...
Study: On Twitter, you're better off fact-checking your crazy uncle than a complete stranger
12/09/2017
A new study has found what many of us have always thought to be true: We are more likely to accept correction from people we know than strangers. The study , conducted by researchers at Cornell, ...
Artificial intelligence suggests recipes based on food photos
25/07/2017
There are few things social media users love more than flooding their feeds with photos of food. Yet we seldom use these images for much more than a quick scroll on our cellphones. Researchers from ...
In the Media
MIT/QCRI system uses machine learning to build road maps
22/04/2018
Map apps may have changed our world, but they still haven’t mapped all of it yet. Specifically, mapping roads can be difficult and tedious: even after taking aerial images, companies still have to ...
Improving disaster response efforts through data
08/02/2018
Extreme weather events put the most vulnerable communities at high risk. How can data analytics strengthen early warning systems and and support relief efforts for communities in need? The size and ...
Your sloppy bitcoin drug deals will haunt you for years
28/01/2018
Perhaps you bought some illegal narcotics on the Silk Road half a decade ago, back when that digital black market for every contraband imaginable was still online and bustling. You might already ...
Events
2018
QCRI Summer Internship Program
06/05/2018
- 05/07/2018
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Hamad Bin Khalifa Research Complex
Each year, Qatar Computing Research Institute organizes a summer internship program for undergraduate students studying computer science, computer engineering and other disciplines. The internship is unpaid, and QCRI does not provide any visa support.
Past Events
27/03/2018
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Artificial Intelligence for Oncology: Learning to Cure Cancer from Images and Text A talk by Professor Regina Barzilay, MIT CSAIL Winner of 2017 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ At Education City Student ...
QCRI & MIT-CSAIL Annual Project Review 2018
27/03/2018
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Executive Overview Sessions Open to public Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Time: 9:00AM – 3:00PM Venue: HBKU Research Complex Multipurpose Room To view full agenda, please click here . To RSVP, ...
News
QCRI to launch Center for Artificial Intelligence (Q-CAI)
14/05/2018
Initiative plans to ramp up development of artificial intelligence technologies to position Qatar as a global leader in AI.
QCRI hosts humanitarian data skills workshop
09/05/2018
Joint event with UNOCHA's Centre for Humanitarian Data, the Qatar Red Crescent Society and Education Above All Foundation held to devise common practices for data use in humanitarian action.
QCRI welcomes 2018 summer interns
06/05/2018
Projects will include developing a TEDTalk visualization, deep maps, learning from time series sensor data, real-time detection of phishing domains and developing a voice ID speaker recognition system.
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