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Research@CMU-Q

2020-2021 Review

Micheal Trick, Dean
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Welcome to Research@CMU-Q, a digital showcase of faculty and student work over the past academic year. The 2020-21 academic year was one of change and adaptation for the entire university as we forged through the pandemic together.

For our researchers, the year was a particular challenge. Faculty and student researchers faced new logistical questions about how to conduct their research, even as health guidelines shifted and changed.

I am very proud to share with you the exceptional work that our researchers produced this past year. Research is a cornerstone of Carnegie Mellon, and this year in particular, our faculty and student researchers demonstrated tenacity, agility and creativity in their work. I invite you to scroll through our year in research, and learn more about the thought and inquiry taking place at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.

Research By The Numbers

The Year in Research

CMU-Q researchers are actively engaged with the international research community, leading or collaborating on a myriad of projects. Faculty members also contribute to the engines that drive international research, include publications, professional organizations and academic conferences

QNRF Research Outcome Seminar Series

Gianni Di Caro presented his project TARMEM (Teams of Aquatic/Aerial Robots for Marine Environment Monitoring) at the QNRF’s research outcome seminar on AI. His work was also featured in the QNRF newsletter for November 2020.

QNRF Post-Doctoral Research Award
Hend Gedawy (CS 2009) received CMU-Q’s first Post Doctoral Research Award (PDRA) from Qatar National Research Fund. Khaled Harras will serve as mentor. The project, which will harness edge resources for deep learning, could have profound implications in the area of mobile health applications and data privacy. Gedawy is an alumna of CMU-Q, as well as Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science and Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Nature journal article on quantum materials
Mohamed Zayed and an international team of researchers have shed new light on the thermodynamics of quantum materials. Their findings were published in the journal Nature.

 

New international research community collaborations

Chadi Aoun served as a track co-chair for Green IS and Sustainability at the Americas Conference on Information Systems.
Chadi Aoun served as a track co-chair for Green IS and Sustainability at the Americas Conference on Information Systems.
Houda Bouamor was a co-organizer of the third Financial Narrative Processing Workshop, the fifth and sixth Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshops, the first Joint Workshop on Financial Narrative Processing and MultiLing Financial Summarisation, and the first Nuanced Arabic Dialect Identification Shared Task.
Houda Bouamor was a co-organizer of the third Financial Narrative Processing Workshop, the fifth and sixth Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshops, the first Joint Workshop on Financial Narrative Processing and MultiLing Financial Summarisation, and the first Nuanced Arabic Dialect Identification Shared Task.
Gianni Di Caro was the guest co-editor of the OR Spectrum Journal’s “Special Issue on Machine Learning and Combinatorial Optimization.”
Gianni Di Caro was the guest co-editor of the OR Spectrum Journal’s “Special Issue on Machine Learning and Combinatorial Optimization.”
Susan Hagan joined the editorial board for Future of Design Education, Essay Series, developed by the DesignLab at the University of California and IBM.
Susan Hagan joined the editorial board for Future of Design Education, Essay Series, developed by the DesignLab at the University of California and IBM.
Jasmine Kirby joined the SAGE Research Methods Doing Research Online Editorial Advisory Board. Teresa MacGregor served as vice chair of the Education City Library Directors Council.
Jasmine Kirby joined the SAGE Research Methods Doing Research Online Editorial Advisory Board. Teresa MacGregor served as vice chair of the Education City Library Directors Council.
Kemal Oflazer served as senior area chair for Phonology, Morphology and Word Segmentation, at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Kemal Oflazer served as senior area chair for Phonology, Morphology and Word Segmentation, at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Silvia Pessoa serves on the editorial board for English for Specific Purposes, and as associate editor for Linguistics and Education.
Silvia Pessoa serves on the editorial board for English for Specific Purposes, and as associate editor for Linguistics and Education.
Giselle Reis served as co chair for the International Workshop on Logical and Semantic Frameworks, with Applications (LSFA).
Giselle Reis served as co chair for the International Workshop on Logical and Semantic Frameworks, with Applications (LSFA).
Dudley Reynolds is serving as a trustee for the American Association for Applied Linguistics’ Fund for the Future of Applied Linguistics. He is also serving on the nominating committee for TESOL International.
Dudley Reynolds is serving as a trustee for the American Association for Applied Linguistics’ Fund for the Future of Applied Linguistics. He is also serving on the nominating committee for TESOL International.
Nui Vatanasakdakul served as local conference chair for the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), Thailand, and research track chair for the Americas Conference on Information Systems - Green IS and Sustainability
Nui Vatanasakdakul served as local conference chair for the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), Thailand, and research track chair for the Americas Conference on Information Systems - Green IS and Sustainability
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Faculty QNRF-Funded Projects

New projects

Sub-project 6: Assessing baseline sustainability literacy and awareness of SDGs and develop and test interventions. Part of SDG education and global citizenship in Qatar: Enhancing Qatar’s nested power in the global arena. Sub-project Lead PI: Jennifer Bruder Subaward partner: NPRP-Cluster Project Director: Evren Tok, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Sub-project 6: Assessing baseline sustainability literacy and awareness of SDGs and develop and test interventions. Part of SDG education and global citizenship in Qatar: Enhancing Qatar’s nested power in the global arena.
Sub-project Lead PI: Jennifer Bruder Subaward partner: NPRP-Cluster Project Director: Evren Tok, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Resources and applications for detecting and classifying polarized and hate speech in Arabic social media.PI: Anis Charfi Subaward partners: Lead PI: Wajdi Zaghouani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: George Mikros, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Marc Jones, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Georgios Dimitropoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Fadi Makki, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy PI: Paolo Rosso, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia PI: Joe Cannataci, University of Groningen PI: Aitana Radu, University of Mala
Resources and applications for detecting and classifying polarized and hate speech in Arabic social media.
PI: Anis Charfi Subaward partners: Lead PI: Wajdi Zaghouani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: George Mikros, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Marc Jones, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Georgios Dimitropoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Fadi Makki, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy PI: Paolo Rosso, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia PI: Joe Cannataci, University of Groningen PI: Aitana Radu, University of Mala
FemtoQlouds: Leveraging edge resources to enable personalized and federated deep learning for mHealth applications. Postdoctoral researcher: Hend Gedawy Faculty, mentor: Khaled Harras
FemtoQlouds: Leveraging edge resources to enable personalized and federated deep learning for mHealth applications.
Postdoctoral researcher: Hend Gedawy Faculty, mentor: Khaled Harras
Sustainable bioplastics production from industrial waste waters using photosynthetic microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) PI: Annette Vincent Subaward partners: Lead PI: Hamish Robert Mackey, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Albert Liberski, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Adriaan Luyt, Qatar University PI: Mabrouk Querderni, Qatar Petrochemical Company
Sustainable bioplastics production from industrial waste waters using photosynthetic microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)
PI: Annette Vincent Subaward partners: Lead PI: Hamish Robert Mackey, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Albert Liberski, Hamad Bin Khalifa University PI: Adriaan Luyt, Qatar University PI: Mabrouk Querderni, Qatar Petrochemical Company
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Ongoing projects

Teams of aquatic/aerial robots for marine environmental monitoring (TAREM) Lead PI: Gianni Di Caro Subaward partners: PI: Enrico Simetti, University of Genova PI: Filippo Arrichiello, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Teams of aquatic/aerial robots for marine environmental monitoring (TAREM)
Lead PI: Gianni Di Caro Subaward partners: PI: Enrico Simetti, University of Genova PI: Filippo Arrichiello, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Qatari Linguistic Map Lead PI: Zeinab Ibrahim PI: Houda Bouamor Subaward partners: PI: Mohamed Mahgoub, Doha International Family Institute PI: Aisha Sultan, Doha International Family Institute PI: Hany Abdelrhem, Georgetown University in Qatar
Qatari Linguistic Map
Lead PI: Zeinab Ibrahim PI: Houda Bouamor Subaward partners: PI: Mohamed Mahgoub, Doha International Family Institute PI: Aisha Sultan, Doha International Family Institute PI: Hany Abdelrhem, Georgetown University in Qatar
Bringing computer science to secondary schools – Curriculum design and implementation Lead PI: Saquib Razak
Bringing computer science to secondary schools – Curriculum design and implementation
Lead PI: Saquib Razak
The garbled computer: Towards computing without seeing PI: Ryan Riley Subaward partner: Lead PI: Qutaibah Malluhi, Qatar University
The garbled computer: Towards computing without seeing
PI: Ryan Riley Subaward partner: Lead PI: Qutaibah Malluhi, Qatar University
Using bacteriophages as biomonitoring tools for water quality measurements Lead PI: Annette Vincent PI: Valentin Ilyin Subaward partner: PI: Basem Shomar, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), HBKU
Using bacteriophages as biomonitoring tools for water quality measurements
Lead PI: Annette Vincent PI: Valentin Ilyin Subaward partner: PI: Basem Shomar, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), HBKU
Molecular profiling of breast cancer transcriptome and splicing aberrations Lead PI: Ihab Younis
Molecular profiling of breast cancer transcriptome and splicing aberrations
Lead PI: Ihab Younis
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Student Research

Through research projects, students develop the skills of intellectual rigor and creative problem solving that are integral to their careers and future studies.

Meeting of the Minds

Since 2007, Meeting of the Minds has provided an opportunity each year for students to present their research work to the community. With pandemic restrictions preventing an in-person event, CMU-Q created a digital version to share this work.

Meeting of the Minds 2020 projects, by faculty advisor

Nesrine Affara- Characterization of the transformation/transition of naive fibroblast to cancer associated fibroblasts using 3D co-cultures, Fajer Almarzooqi - The analysis of colorectal cancer tumor-stroma interaction and the optimization of a testing model, Joana Khatib
Nesrine Affara
- Characterization of the transformation/transition of naive fibroblast to cancer associated fibroblasts using 3D co-cultures, Fajer Almarzooqi
- The analysis of colorectal cancer tumor-stroma interaction and the optimization of a testing model, Joana Khatib
Chadi Aoun - The present and future of data security, Huda Baig, Mashael Al-Emadi, Fatima Alsafar
Chadi Aoun
- The present and future of data security, Huda Baig, Mashael Al-Emadi, Fatima Alsafar
Houda Bouamor - Narrative summarization in the domain of finance, Samir Abdaljalil - Automatic Arabic translation of English educational content online using neural machine translation: the case of Khan Academy, Imane Bendou
Houda Bouamor
- Narrative summarization in the domain of finance, Samir Abdaljalil
- Automatic Arabic translation of English educational content online using neural machine translation: the case of Khan Academy, Imane Bendou
Mohamed Bouaouina - Characterization of PDLIM7 expression and localization in cancer cells, Weilin Li
Mohamed Bouaouina
- Characterization of PDLIM7 expression and localization in cancer cells, Weilin Li
Jennifer Bruder, Lauren Burakowski - We protect what we like: Further evidence from a large multinational Qatar sample on attitudes towards Qatar’s threatened animal species, Reem Al-Haddad, Amal Al-Korbi, Sara Al-Hemaidi, Almayasa Al-Naimi - We like what we know: Evidence from a large multinational Qatar sample on attitudes towards Qatar’s threatened animal species, Sara Al-Hemaidi, Almayasa Al-Naimi, Reem Al-Haddad, Amal Al-Korbi
Jennifer Bruder, Lauren Burakowski
- We protect what we like: Further evidence from a large multinational Qatar sample on attitudes towards Qatar’s threatened animal species, Reem Al-Haddad, Amal Al-Korbi, Sara Al-Hemaidi, Almayasa Al-Naimi
- We like what we know: Evidence from a large multinational Qatar sample on attitudes towards Qatar’s threatened animal species, Sara Al-Hemaidi, Almayasa Al-Naimi, Reem Al-Haddad, Amal Al-Korbi
Fuad Farooqi - Comparative study on the cost of engineering financial instruments between Islamic and conventional banks, Mariam Syed, Noora Al-Shurafa
Fuad Farooqi
- Comparative study on the cost of engineering financial instruments between Islamic and conventional banks, Mariam Syed, Noora Al-Shurafa
Eduardo Feo-Flushing - Cooperative and load-balancing auctions for heterogeneous multi-robot teams dealing with spatial and non-atomic tasks, Abubakr Mohamed, Ishaq Ansari
Eduardo Feo-Flushing
- Cooperative and load-balancing auctions for heterogeneous multi-robot teams dealing with spatial and non-atomic tasks, Abubakr Mohamed, Ishaq Ansari
Susan Hagan- Design for a change: Examining the effect of microInteractions to keep students engaged in reading, Shouq Al-Khuzaei
Susan Hagan
- Design for a change: Examining the effect of microInteractions to keep students engaged in reading, Shouq Al-Khuzaei
Khaled Harras, Giselle Reis - FemtoCOF: An offloading framework tailored for FemtoClouds, Laila Elbeheiry
Khaled Harras, Giselle Reis
- FemtoCOF: An offloading framework tailored for FemtoClouds, Laila Elbeheiry
Valentin Ilyin - Genome sequencing of bacteriophage, Ahmed Warraich
Valentin Ilyin
- Genome sequencing of bacteriophage, Ahmed Warraich
Agustin Indaco - What’s in a song? Natural Language Processing (NLP) analysis of Billboard Top 100 songs, Nour Mohamed
Agustin Indaco
- What’s in a song? Natural Language Processing (NLP) analysis of Billboard Top 100 songs, Nour Mohamed
Agustin Indaco, Fuad Farooqi - Natural resource dependance and income inequality in the Gulf, Joud Ghalayini
Agustin Indaco, Fuad Farooqi
- Natural resource dependance and income inequality in the Gulf, Joud Ghalayini
Cecile Le Roux - Instructional scaffolding impacts student performance on exit tickets, Huda Abdul Salik
Cecile Le Roux
- Instructional scaffolding impacts student performance on exit tickets, Huda Abdul Salik
Taeyong Park - Locked down and locked in: the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, Alanood Al-Thani, Aisha Al-Remaihi
Taeyong Park
- Locked down and locked in: the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, Alanood Al-Thani, Aisha Al-Remaihi
Saquib Razak, Eduardo Feo-Flushing - Deep learning of indoor radio link quality in wireless networks using floor plans, Yaqoob Ansari, Nouha Tiyal
Saquib Razak, Eduardo Feo-Flushing
- Deep learning of indoor radio link quality in wireless networks using floor plans, Yaqoob Ansari, Nouha Tiyal
Giselle Reis- SMLtoCoq: Automated generation of Coq Specifications from SML programs, Laila Elbeheiry, Ammar Karkour
Giselle Reis
- SMLtoCoq: Automated generation of Coq Specifications from SML programs, Laila Elbeheiry, Ammar Karkour
Gordon Rule- Discovery of new anti-fungal agents, Adel Fergatova
Gordon Rule
- Discovery of new anti-fungal agents, Adel Fergatova
Nui Vatanasakdakul, Chadi Aoun- Exploring digital resilience in Qatar: A socio-technical perspective, Yara Al-Abdulghani
Nui Vatanasakdakul, Chadi Aoun
- Exploring digital resilience in Qatar: A socio-technical perspective, Yara Al-Abdulghani
Nui Vatanasakdakul, Houda Bouamor- Analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the shipping industry in the GCC region, Andrew Edward, Abdullah Shaar
Nui Vatanasakdakul, Houda Bouamor
- Analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the shipping industry in the GCC region, Andrew Edward, Abdullah Shaar
Annette Vincent- What is the effeciency of Mg2+ as an activator for calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase (CIP)?, Noora Almohannadi, Thamanna Muhammed Hashir - Preventing and managing MIC for the oil and gas industry in collaboration with Curtin University, Sara Fakhroo - Is magnesium good for the gut?, Ayah Salameh, Moza Al-Shukri - Inhibition of human placental alkaline phosphatase by L-phenylalanine, Amna Al-Sayegh, Zenab Siddig - Bacteriophage tail proteins as bacteria detection tools, Shahad Younis
Annette Vincent
- What is the effeciency of Mg2+ as an activator for calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase (CIP)?, Noora Almohannadi, Thamanna Muhammed Hashir
- Preventing and managing MIC for the oil and gas industry in collaboration with Curtin University, Sara Fakhroo
- Is magnesium good for the gut?, Ayah Salameh, Moza Al-Shukri
- Inhibition of human placental alkaline phosphatase by L-phenylalanine, Amna Al-Sayegh, Zenab Siddig
- Bacteriophage tail proteins as bacteria detection tools, Shahad Younis
George White- Success factors for small and medium enterprises in Qatar, AlAnoud Al-Ghamdi - Female entrepreneurship in Qatar: Challenges and recommendations, Aisha Al-Jabir - Success factors of business incubators in Qatar: Investigating the factors that affect the success rate of tenant companies in business incubators from the perspective of entrepreneurs, Ali Al-Maadid
George White
- Success factors for small and medium enterprises in Qatar, AlAnoud Al-Ghamdi
- Female entrepreneurship in Qatar: Challenges and recommendations, Aisha Al-Jabir
- Success factors of business incubators in Qatar: Investigating the factors that affect the success rate of tenant companies in business incubators from the perspective of entrepreneurs, Ali Al-Maadid
Ihab Younis- Computational analysis of minor intron splicing in breast cancer, Lulwa Al-Haddad - The effects of the inhibition of minor intron splicing in breast cancer cells, Merna Alobaidli - Inhibiting PARP1 splicing along with inducing DNA damage as potential breast cancer therapy, Reem Alsayed - Splicing regulation of alternative splicing regulators as a novel therapeutic approach in breast cancer, Mariam El-Esnawy - Analysis of RNA binding proteins on regulation of tumor suppressor gene PTEN, Thamanna Muhammed Hashir
Ihab Younis
- Computational analysis of minor intron splicing in breast cancer, Lulwa Al-Haddad
- The effects of the inhibition of minor intron splicing in breast cancer cells, Merna Alobaidli
- Inhibiting PARP1 splicing along with inducing DNA damage as potential breast cancer therapy, Reem Alsayed
- Splicing regulation of alternative splicing regulators as a novel therapeutic approach in breast cancer, Mariam El-Esnawy
- Analysis of RNA binding proteins on regulation of tumor suppressor gene PTEN, Thamanna Muhammed Hashir
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