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IDEAS Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar thanks His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Amir, and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, and all of Qatar Foundation for their vision and leadership.

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JOINT ADVISORY BOARD 2015

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Qatar Foundation members H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al-Kubaisi Chairman of the Board ASTAD Project Management

Qatar Foundation members H.E. Sultan bin Rashid Al Khater Undersecretary, Ministry of Economy and Commerce

Faisal Alsuwaidi President of Research and Development

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Carnegie Mellon University members Farnam Jahanian Provost Mary Jo Dively Vice President and General Counsel William Scherlis Director, Institute for Software Research Professor, School of Computer Science Duane Seppi The BNY Mellon Professor of Finance Tepper School of Business Independent members N. Balakrishnan Associate Director Indian Institute of Science Gabriel Hawawini The Henry Grunfield Professor of Investment Banking INSEAD Kurt Mehlhorn Director, Max Planck Institute for Informatics Saarland University Ex officio members Ahmad Hasnah President Hamad Bin Khalifa University Ilker Baybars Dean and CEO Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

H.E. Dr. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber Chairperson, The Qatar Satellite Company, Es’hailSat Ahmed Elmagarmid Executive Director Qatar Computing Research Institute Ahmad Hasnah President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Carnegie Mellon University members Farnam Jahanian Provost Mary Jo Dively Vice President and General Counsel William Scherlis Director, Institute for Software Research Professor, School of Computer Science Duane Seppi The BNY Mellon Professor of Finance Tepper School of Business Independent members N. Balakrishnan Associate Director Indian Institute of Science Gabriel Hawawini The Henry Grunfield Professor of Investment Banking INSEAD Kurt Mehlhorn Director, Max Planck Institute for Informatics Saarland University Ex officio members Sheikha Sumaya Al Thani Director of Partnerships, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Ilker Baybars Dean and CEO Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

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From the President 4 From the Dean 6 Vision, Mission and Values 8 Highlights 10 Achievement 14 Admission and Enrollment 22 Academics 28 Outreach and Engagement 44 Student Experience 56 Research 64 Appendices 72

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FROM THE PRESIDENT CMU-Q’s contributions in the biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science and information systems create new possibilities and new solutions in health care, education, policy, basic science and social connections.

Since producing its first graduating class in 2008, CMU-Q has graduated 570 students to date, and enrolls more than 400 students from 40 nations. The campus has hosted Nobel Laureate Finn Kydland, gained new leadership, educated nearly 2,000 participants in its Executive and Professional Education Program, and received multiple grants.

None of this would be possible without the commitment and leadership of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, whose inspirational vision for the future is grounded in the expansion of educational opportunity for all people. We are also deeply grateful for the generous support of Qatar Foundation, and for the thoughtful stewardship of Dean Ilker Baybars.

This annual report details the events and accomplishments of CMU-Q over the past year, and outlines directions for its continued growth.

I congratulate you on what you have accomplished so far, and I look forward to seeing what the coming years will bring.

Subra Suresh

President Carnegie Mellon University

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Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar continues to stand as an illustration of CMU’s dynamic global capacity.

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FROM THE DEAN This growing body of alumni also serves a crucial role in the development of Qatar. In 2004, Carnegie Mellon came to Education City at the invitation of Qatar Foundation. We thank Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and all of Qatar Foundation for their continued support. The majority of our graduates remain in Qatar, working in organizations in government and industry. Many of these organizations are partners with CMU-Q: we now have 24 Memoranda of Understanding and each year these collaborations grow.

For our current students, alumni are crucial role models. Four years of study is a significant undertaking, and throughout, our students look to those who have already graduated as inspiration. Our alumni serve as mentors, speak about life after graduation, and provide internships to students looking for hands-on work experience. The 89 young men and women in the Class of 2016 join this tradition, and we look forward to maintaining a connection with them as they begin their careers.

Annual Report 2015-16 is an opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments of our students, alumni and faculty members. This has been a benchmark year of problem solving, innovating, creating and reaching out to the community, and we are proud to share it with you.

Ilker Baybars

Dean and CEO Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

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In 2016, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar reached a milestone as our total number of alumni surpassed 500. This is a significant institutional accomplishment: an outstanding and dedicated faculty has guided 570 young people to complete their undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon Qatar. Our alumni are now pursuing their passions and contributing to their fields in a myriad of ways.

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| The Carnegie Mellon Qatar building |

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES Our Values

Carnegie Mellon University will have a transformative impact on society through continual innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

Dedication, reflected in our distinctive work ethic and in our commitment to excellence.

Our Mission To create a transformative educational experience for students focused on deep disciplinary knowledge; problem solving; leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills; and personal health and well-being.

To cultivate a transformative university community committed to (a) attracting and retaining diverse, world-class talent; (b) creating a collaborative environment open to the free exchange of ideas, where research, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship can flourish; and (c) ensuring individuals can achieve their full potential.

To impact society in a transformative way—regionally, nationally, and globally—by engaging with partners outside the traditional borders of the university campus.

Impact, reflected in our commitment to address critical issues facing society regionally, nationally, and globally.

Collaboration, reflected in our interdisciplinary approach, our focus on internal and external partnerships, and our capacity to create new fields of inquiry.

Creativity, reflected in our openness to new ideas and forms of expression, intellectual curiosity, willingness to take risks, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Empathy and compassion, reflected in our focus on improving the human condition and on the personal development of the members of our community.

Inclusion, reflected in a culture and climate that seeks, welcomes, and advances talented minds from diverse backgrounds.

Integrity, reflected in our adherence to the highest ethical standards in personal and professional behavior, and in our commitment to transparency and accountability in governance and everything we do.

Sustainability, reflected in our shared commitment to lead by example in preserving and protecting our natural resources, and in our approach to responsible financial planning.

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Our Vision

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Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes Class of 2019

Minister of Finance confirms commitment to education

CMU alumnus gives insider’s peek into Facebook

CMU-Q formally welcomes the incoming first-year class of 105 students. The Class of 2019 includes the largest number of Qataris since CMU-Q opened its doors in 2004.

His Excellency Ali Shareef Al Emadi, Qatar’s Minister of Finance, announces at a Dean’s Lecture: “Our vision is clear that our priorities are infrastructure, health and education.”

Serkan Piantino, Facebook’s New York site director: “We can expect computers to start answering more human questions.”

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AlFaisal Without Borders and CMU-Q join forces

Class of 2010 celebrates 5-year reunion

CMU-Q hosts its largest hackathon to date

His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman, AlFaisal Without Borders, and Dean Baybars inaugurate the AlFaisal – Carnegie Mellon Innovation Entrepreneurship Center.

CMU-Q celebrates the five-year reunion of the Class of 2010. This group of 36 graduates witnessed the rise of the CMU-Q building, from breaking ground to the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The largest hackathon in CMU-Q history hosts 74 participants on 20 teams. CarnegieApps Hackathon is an annual competition where teams race to build applications over 24 hours.

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CMU’s Andrew Moore: computer science transforms the world

CMU Pittsburgh comes to Qatar over spring break

CMU-Q wins Qatar national debate competition

Andrew Moore, dean of CMU’s School of Computer Science: ‘’Computer science and the creation of new algorithms are changing our global digital economy.”

The Qatar campus hosts CMU Pittsburgh for a week, including a piano trio, Dan Martin, dean of the School of Fine Arts, and John Lehoczky, Thomas Lord Professor of Statistics.

Yousuf Akhlaq and Moussa Zekak win CMU-Q’s first Qatar Universities Debating League championship since 2013.

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89 students receive their diplomas at Graduation 2016

Qatar bacteriophage study wins at Meeting of the Minds

Alums win Startup of the Year at Qatar IT Business Awards

CMU-Q celebrates its ninth graduation ceremony as 89 graduates receive their diplomas. There are now 570 CMU-Q alumni.

Aya Abd Elaal wins Best Project at the 10th annual Meeting of the Minds with a study that explores using bacteriophages extracted from Qatar’s sand to disinfect water.

CMU-Q graduates Haris Aghadi and Abdulla AlKhenji win Tech Startup of the Year for Meddy, an app that provides information on physicians in Qatar.

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| The graduation student speaker for 2016 was Nada Arakji, a business administration graduate and the first woman to represent Qatar at consecutive Olympic Games.|

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Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar attracts a certain type of student: motivated, inventive, and driven to make a difference. Students come to here to learn, create and innovate with the very best. When they complete their education, they leave with the passion, connections and credentials to change the world.

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“Graduates, as you receive your diplomas, you join a fellowship of more than 100,000 CMU alumni around the globe. You will follow in their footsteps as you use your Carnegie Mellon education to make a lasting impact on our world.”

Ilker Baybars

| Graduates in the Class of 2016 speak a total of 26 languages |

Dean and CEO In its ninth graduation ceremony, 89 graduates from Carnegie Mellon Qatar received their diplomas in the presence of family, friends, alumni, faculty and leadership.

Class of 2016 by the numbers • members of the graduating class represent 23 nationalities and speak a total of 26 languages • 44 percent of graduates have studied abroad • members of the Class of 2016 have compiled more than 47,000 hours of work experience, with 72 percent completing at least one internship • more than 53 percent have been involved in community outreach • 41 percent have started or led a student club

Notable graduates In 2016, the first student graduated from the highlyselective Computational Biology program. Noora Al-Muftah completed the requirements for College Honors and earned University Honors for exceptional academic performance.

The graduation student speaker was Nada Arakji, a business administration graduate and the first woman to represent Qatar at consecutive Olympic Games.

Carnegie Mellon’s Sana Britto was one of three students in Education City to receive Qatar Foundation’s 2016 Excellence Award in recognition of contributions to the campus and the community, as well as outstanding academic performance.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar recognizes graduating students for their outstanding academic performance, service and leadership.

Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards Fathima Zamrath Zahir, Biological Sciences Sana Zeenal Britto, Business Administration Musab Ahmed Popatia, Computer Science Dana Abdulrahman Al-Muftah, Information Systems

Qatar Campus Scholars Dana Abdulrahman Al-Muftah Information Systems Aya Hassan Ali Abd Elaal Biological Sciences Hamad Al-Noaimi Business Administration Sana Zeenal Britto Business Administration

Andrew Carnegie Scholar Sana Zeenal Britto was named the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Scholar, selected to represent her class in service and leadership.

Senior Leadership Awards Fatima Emran Amir, with distinction Tehseen Niaz, with distinction

Graduates by program, Class of 2016

Bilal Anwer Sheikh, with distinction Fatima Abdulla Al-Emadi

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Narjis Fatima Premjee, with distinction

Muna Mohamed Badawy Al-Husseiny Mehreen Alam

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Joumana El Naggar Mary Valerie Acerden Garcia Sharmin Islam

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Mohamed Zehni Khairullah

Business Administration

Zuhair Mohammad

Computational Biology

Syed Hayyan Ali Rizvi

Computer Science Information Systems

Meritorious Teaching Award Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor of computer science, for his remarkable dedication to undergraduate teaching.

“The university enabled us to thrive and grow by giving us the opportunity to innovate, collaborate, flourish and excel, all while offering steadfast and strong support, freedom, care and attention.�

Nada Arakji

Student speaker Class of 2016

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Class of 2016 Awards

Graduates in the workplace

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Assistant Director, Business Development Support Ooredoo

Carnegie Mellon graduates are known for their problem-solving abilities, regardless of the field.

Throughout their undergraduate education, students are faced with real-world problem sets in the classroom, an approach that makes CMU graduates in high demand.

Employment and job placement To prepare students for the workplace, CMU-Q provided comprehensive career development in 2015-16: • information sessions and workshops with 004 Arabia, Al Jazeera for Innovation, Ernst and Young, GE, Khaliji, Commercial Bank, Maersk, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Qatar Computing Research Institute

• new relationships with employers, including Canon, Careem, Deloitte, GE Healthcare, QInvest and SDI Marketing • industry-specific employer booths for the Education City Career Fair • a networking event for students with 40 companies with available jobs and internships • workshops in job search, resume writing, interview techniques and networking

CMU-Q alumni in graduate school Many alumni further their studies in graduate programs around the world. From the Class of 2016, 10 alumni are attending graduate schools, including the Imperial College of London and Harvard Chan School of Public Health.

Employment Status of Graduates 100 90 80

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“When we hired our Carnegie Mellon graduate, one thing that came out immediately was the ability to communicate with clarity, and that comes with clarity of thought.”

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“We are quite selective in terms of who we pick, and so far Carnegie Mellon has only produced quality. It’s a testimony to the kind of academic program that CMU runs and the kind of talent it nurtures.”

Himanshu (HB) Bhardwaj

Where are CMU-Q alumni working?

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McKinsey & Company

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Michael Page International

Citi

Microsoft

Commercial Bank

Nestlé

Doha Film Institute

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Expedia

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ExxonMobil General Electric Google Henkel HSBC J.P. Morgan KPMG MADA: Qatar Assistive Technology Center Maersk Oil Qatar Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art

Qatar Development Bank QatarGas Qatar Mobility Innovations Center Qatar Museums Authority RasGas Siemens Silatech Snapchat Uber Vodafone

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Engagement Manager, Management Consulting KPMG

Alumni CMU-Q alumni are a growing influence, with most working within industry and government in Qatar and the region.

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With just 35 students, the Class of 2008 was the first to graduate from CMU-Q. As enrollment increased and new programs were added, the number of graduates continued to climb each year. In 2016, there were 89 graduates from CMU-Q, for a total of 570 alumni.

Ghaya Al Sulaiti was one of five students who received an achievement award at the ninth Education Excellence Day on March 2016. His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attended the ceremony that was hosted by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

Notable achievements

Dana Haidan was named as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) leader at the CSR Qatar Awards. Haidan is the head of corporate responsibility at Vodafone Qatar.

Haris Aghadi and Abdulla AlKhenji won Tech Startup of the Year at the Qatar IT Business Awards for their app, Meddy, that provides information on physicians in Qatar.

Eman Al Kuwari and Hassan Salatt were selected from over 1,000 candidates to join the WISE 2015/16 Learner’s Voice cohort that addresses critical education challenges. WISE is the World Innovation Summit for Education, a Qatar Foundation initiative to promote innovation in education.

Zaid Haque served as creative director on the team that won the Red Dot Award for Communication Design. The winning project was a fully revamped Flight Information Display System at Hamad International Airport, Qatar.

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Class of 2010, you helped usher in the Carnegie Mellon Qatar that stands today. This evening, I look forward to speaking with each of you to hear about your journeys over the past five years.

John O’Brien Associate Dean

Alumni connections Graduates from CMU-Q form an active group, engaging with current students, other alumni from the Qatar campus, and members of the global Carnegie Mellon community.

University events Alumni participated in several student events throughout the year, including Tarnival, Hackathon, International Day, Qatar Heritage Day, Graduation 2016 and the Dean’s Lecture Series. Alumni are an important presence on campus, serving as role models, mentors, and a living connection to the workplace.

Alumni events Dhow cruise and Dubai reception Throughout the year, CMU-Q holds events for alumni to reconnect and network. In 2015-16, the dhow cruise dinner and the Dubai networking reception hosted alumni in the region, including graduates from CMU main campus.

Five-year reunion, Class of 2010 The Class of 2010 celebrated their five-year reunion at a dinner with faculty members and staff.

This class witnessed the growth of Carnegie Mellon Qatar from the ground up: CMU-Q began construction on the new building just three months before the Class of 2010 started their freshman year. When they graduated, the building was complete, the student body had doubled, and CMU-Q was offering new courses and programs.

Computer science reception with Andrew Moore Andrew Moore, dean of CMU’s School of Computer Science, met with graduates of the computer science program at an informal reception to learn about their experiences in the Qatar workplace.

Alumni-senior beach social At the end of the academic year, CMU-Q held a beach social for current alumni to welcome members of the graduating class.

In 2016, more than 80 seniors and alumni came together at this casual, fun event.

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Student recruitment

Admission cycle, 2016

Qatar is the primary geographic focus for student recruitment.

The season began with Discover Education City, hosted by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, in which more than 2,000 people attended the two-night event. Following this, about 25 schools visited Education City and 12 were invited for special campus visits.

Early Decision

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is our secondary recruitment market. Between September and November 2015, Carnegie Mellon interviewed students in Bahrain, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Kuwait and Jordan.

Dual enrollment with Academic Bridge Program During the 2015-16 academic year, five Qatari students participated in the Academic Bridge Program while taking some classes at CMU-Q. Upon successful completion of Academic Bridge, students are eligible to enroll in a degree program at CMU-Q.

For the first time, CMU-Q extended Early Decision acceptance to 14 students. The students and their parents were welcomed at a dinner where Abdulla Al-Raisi, advisor to the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank of Qatar and father of a CMU-Q alumnus, delivered the keynote address.

Marhaba Tartans CMU-Q welcomed newlyadmitted students to the annual Marhaba Tartans evening, which included information booths and breakout discussions on the topics of academic pathways, career options and life as a student.

Schools represented in the first-year class Abdullah Bin Ali AlMisnad School Abu Dhabi International School Academic Bridge Program Al Arqam Academy Al Bayan Educational Complex for Girls Al Eman Independent School Al Furqan School

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Al Jazeera Academy Al Maha Academy Al Wakra Secondary School for Girls Alpha Omega Academy American International School-Riyadh American School of Doha Amna Bint Wahab School Aspire Academy Beaconhouse School System Birla Public School Bourguiba Pioneer School British Council home-schooled English Modern School Global Academy International School Gulf English School Hainan Senior High School Ideal Indian School Incheon International High School International School of Choueifat - Abu Dhabi International School of Choueifat - Doha International School of Choueifat - Muscat Khalifa Independent Secondary School Kunming Foreign Language School Lahore Grammar School M.E.S Indian School Mesaieed International School Michael E. Debakey High School-Qatar Omar Bin Al Khattab School Park House English School Pioneers Language School Qatar Academy Qatar Independent Secondary School Qatar International School Rabaa Aladwya School Roots School System Sherborne Qatar Songlim High School Sri Lankan School of Doha Tariq Bin Ziyad Secondary School The Cambridge School Umm Ayman Secondary School

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Financial aid Five types of financial aid are available to CMU-Q students: • Emiri scholarship from the Qatar Ministry of Education and Higher Education • Sponsorship from a national company • Qatar Foundation financial aid • Qatar Foundation scholarship • Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar scholarship There were 352 students who received financial aid, 17 of whom received funds from both Carnegie Mellon University and Qatar Foundation.

Companies who sponsored CMU-Q students Alfardan Group Ali Bin Ali Group Amiri Diwan Darwish Holding ExxonMobil Qatar Ministry of Education and Higher Education Maersk Oil Ministry of Economy and Commerce Ministry of Transport and Communication Omani Embassy in Doha Ooredoo Oryx GTL Qatar Airways Qatar Fertilizer Company Qatar Foundation QatarGas Qatar National Bank Qatar Olympic Committee Qatar Petroleum RasGas Company Sidra Medical and Research Center Woqod

Countries represented

Afghanistan

Iran

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bahrain

Iraq

Nigeria

Sudan

Bangladesh

Jordan

Oman

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Kenya

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Tunisia

China

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United Kingdom

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France

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The Carnegie Mellon education begins with a broad introduction to the liberal arts and sciences, followed by a focus on major core classes, and then deepening and broadening of scope in the last semesters through advanced electives.

This approach has been a hallmark of CMU since the introduction of the Carnegie Plan for Education more than 60 years ago.

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Carnegie Mellon University's approach to undergraduate education combines training in practical disciplines with an emphasis on the arts and the sciences, a combination which broadens the mind and builds character.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar offers cutting-edge programs in biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science and information systems.

Students who attend CMU-Q have identical graduation requirements as those on the main campus.

CMU-Q graduates have CMU degrees, conferred from the Pittsburgh campus.

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Courses offered CMU-Q offered 98 courses in fall 2015 and 108 in spring 2016, for a total of 206 courses. The average class size was 19 students.

Minors Minors typically consist of six courses in a second academic discipline. In 2015-16, the following minors were offered: • Arabic and Islamic Studies (self-defined) • Architecture • Biological Sciences • Business Administration • Computational Biology • Computer Science • Contemporary Media • Economics • English Studies • Ethics • Global Systems and Management • History • Information Systems • Mathematical Sciences • Psychology • Professional Writing

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Computational Biology

The Computational Biology program provides an intensive, interdisciplinary education that enables outstanding students to identify and solve biological problems using computational methods.

Students enter the highlyselective Computational Biology program in their second year.

The curriculum is grounded in the disciplines of biology and computer science, with a strong component of physical science and mathematics. In addition to the core courses, the program includes major-specific and general electives, allowing students to shape their degree program according to their interests and goals.

Highlights CMU-Q celebrates first computational biology graduate Noora Jassim Al-Muftah became the first graduate from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Computational Biology program. Al-Muftah completed her requirements

for College Honors and earned University Honors for exceptional academic performance.

In her sophomore year, Al-Muftah conducted an independent research project in the area of next generation sequencing (NGS). She presented her poster titled, “SNV-check: A quality control tool for familiar exome sequencing data based on the sharing of rare genetic mutations,” at Meeting of the Minds, 2014, winning third place.

Computational biology student creates flashcard app Osaama Shehzad, a computational biology sophomore, created an app called “Game of Proteins” to help undergraduates learn amino acids.

Senior honors thesis Noora Jassim Al-Muftah, “The Discovery of Hidden Relatedness and Population Structure in the 1000 Genome Project.”

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Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Biological Sciences offered one of the first degree programs in computational biology in the United States.

In 2009, Carnegie Mellon created the Computational Biology Department within the School of Computer Science.

Biological Sciences The undergraduate degree in biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is offered in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.

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| Aya Abd Elaal's study wins Meeting of the Minds, 2016 |

The Biological Sciences program uses interdisciplinary approaches to provide students with both intellectual breadth and depth of exposure to modern research biology. The program has a core curriculum of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics.

Highlights Summer research at Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) In the summer of 2015, QBRI held its first eight-week summer research program. Of the seven students who completed the course, five were biological sciences students from CMU-Q.

CMU Pittsburgh Summer Research Institute The Summer Research Institute is a program for rising sophomores to do research in molecular biology and biochemistry at the Pittsburgh campus. Projects involve using recombinant DNA techniques and biochemical methods in the functional analysis of proteins and enzymes. In 2015, four CMU-Q students attended.

Study on Qatar bacteriophage wins Best Project award The research study titled, “Characterizing a Novel Bacilluslike Phage from Qatar’s Sand,”

by Aya Abd Elaal, under the mentorship of Annette Vincent, assistant teaching professor of biology, won the Best Project award at the 10th annual Meeting of the Minds. The poster was one of 15 in the Biological Sciences category.

Student poster a finalist at Annual Research Conference Umm-Kulthum Umlai, who graduated in May 2016, was a finalist in the Student Environment and Energy category for her poster, “Novel bacillus-like phage genome.”

Sidra Functional Genomics Symposium 2015 The Biological Sciences program featured its flagship phage genomics research lab at the Sidra Functional Genomics Symposium.

Breast Cancer Awareness

Senior honors theses

Biological sciences students, with the assistance of Amie Rollins, director of health and wellness, hosted an event to learn about breast cancer detection and prevention. Doctors from Hamad Hospital, Qatar Foundation Clinic and Aster Clinic formed a panel and answered questions.

Aya Abd Elaal, “Characterizing a Novel Bacillus-like Bacteriophage from Qatar's Sand.”

Educational laboratory kits for Qatar schools Annette Vincent, assistant teaching professor of biology, and Aya Gaballa, who graduated in 2016, created a protein assay kit that can be used to introduce experimental science into classrooms that do not have specialized equipment.

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Development Biology Stem Cell Engineering Topics in Research Honors Research

Maryam Abdul Hafeez Aghadi, “Effect of Aspartame on Malate Aspartate Shuttle in MDCK Cells.”

Clinton Cunha, “Fluorogenactivating single-chain antibodies for tumor detection using Patent Blue V and structurally similar triarylmethane dyes.”

Rayan M.A.M. Hashim, “Acute Toxicity of Saccharine on Proximal Tubular Kidney Cells.”

Bushra Naushad Memon, “Role of DNAJB3/ Heat Shock Protein-40 Co-Chaperone in Maintaining Metabolic Homeostasis.”

Umm-Kulthum Umlai, “Genome Annotation and Characterization of First Bacteriophage, Shumi, Isolated in Qatar from Sand.”

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| Biological Sciences is showcased at the Sidra Functional Genomics Symposium |

Business Administration Carnegie Mellon’s undergraduate Business Administration program has earned global recognition for its approach to the study of business management as a science.

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| John O'Brien, associate dean, Fuad Farooqi, assistant teaching professor of finance, and Zeeshan Hanif, research assistant, developed Q-SmartLab |

The Business Administration program emphasizes a quantitative, analytical approach, training students in accounting, finance, economics, marketing, operations, management information systems and business communications.

Highlights CMU-Q introduces Q-SmartLab The Q-SmartLab, developed by an interdisciplinary team at CMU-Q, was used for the first time in the capstone financial markets course in spring 2016. Q-SmartLab is a visual interface for big data that was created as a teaching tool. Now the team is adapting it for different applications.

Business Administration at Microsoft Imagine Cup Yousuf Akhlaq, a junior with a double major in business administration and information systems, was on the winning team at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016.

Inaugural ‘Research Dialogue’ lecture Maher Hakim, associate professor of entrepreneurship, presented the inaugural session of Qatar Foundation Research and Development’s ‘Research Dialogue’ on building an innovation ecosystem in Qatar by fostering creativity and entrepreneurship.

Third place win at Enterprise Challenge Qatar 2015 CMU-Q placed two teams in the top six at Enterprise Challenge Qatar 2015. Awais Shamim, Faran Farooq, Mounir Sheikh, Sherif Rizk and Ibrahim Soltan won third place, while Osama Qureshi, Saad Asim, Taimoor Zahid, Sulaiman Mehmood and Sohaib Ahmed placed sixth.

Internal Case Competition The Alpha Consulting team bested a field of 26 participants in the Internal Case Competition. The team consisted of Rachel Fowler from CMU, as well as CMU-Q’s Sampriti Jain, Awais Shamim, and Mohammed Zakaria.

Qatar students compete in Quick Startup 2016 More than 60 students from universities across Qatar came to CMU-Q for Quick Startup 2016, a weekend-long race to create a viable business plan. A CMU-Q team took second place: Ibrahim Rehman, Serene Darweesh, Umair Qazi and Pance Ali.

First Trading Hackathon tests teamwork across disciplines The first Trading Hackathon challenged students to write a winning trading algorithm. The first place team, Alfred Godwin Ravindrakumar, Anthony Lo and Yijun Dong, as well as the second place team, earned a trip to visit the New York Stock Exchange.

CMU-Q wins Al Ruwad Case Competition Juniors Yousuf Akhlaq, Sampriti Jain, Nawal Mir and Osama Qureshi won the Al Ruwad Regional Case Competition at CNA-Q for the second year in a row.

Students explore international business in London, Stockholm, New York and Silicon Valley Four groups of students traveled to business centers in London, Stockholm, New York and Silicon Valley to meet with industry leaders, finance experts and innovation entrepreneurs.

The groups were led by faculty members and involved in-depth exploration of the different facets of international business.

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| Students meet with Quanergy CEO and co-founder Louay Eldada in Silicon Valley |

Computer Science Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science is known worldwide as an incubator of original ideas, spawning some of the most exciting advances in the field.

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| Khaled Harras leads a discussion with Facebook’s Serkan Piantino |

Students in the Computer Science program acquire skills that transcend technological trends. The program encourages creativity, emphasizes the importance of understanding trends, and provides the fundamental skills needed to develop new technologies.

Highlights Facebook’s Serkan Piantino speaks on the future of technology Serkan Piantino, Facebook’s New York site director and a CMU alumnus, spoke at a round-table discussion led by Khaled Harras, associate teaching professor, computer science. Piantino said: “I have used literally everything I learned at Carnegie Mellon at some point in my career.”

CMU-Q wins second at Gulf Programming Contest A CMU-Q team of computer science students, Daun Chung, Mahmoud Al-Ismail and Yusuf Musleh, took second place at the sixth annual Gulf Programming Contest in Kuwait City.

CMU-Q team places third at Yale Hackathon A team from CMU-Q took third place at YHack 2015, the annual Yale University Hackathon.

Computer science students Musab Ahmed Popatia and Qasim Nadeem, along with Maher Khan who has a double major in computer science and information systems, developed a group vacation planner during the 36-hour competition. More than 1500 students competed in YHack 2015.

Mostafa Ammar looks at the evolution of networks Mostafa Ammar, Regents' Professor at the School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, delivered a Dean’s Lecture on how networking has evolved.

“Today’s reality is that we have shifted focus from connectivity to content,” he remarked.

Computer science pioneer Alfred Aho discusses computational thinking In a joint lecture with the Qatar Computing Research Institute, Alfred Aho outlined how computational thinking is an indispensable skill for virtually anyone living in the information age. Aho, the Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, is a pioneer in computer science, having coauthored best-selling compiler textbooks that include Principles of Compiler Design.

Computer science projects recognized at Meeting of the Minds The award for Best Poster at Meeting of the Minds 2016 went to “CheckMyStack Vulnerability Detection Tool for the Qatari Web” by Aseel Ghazal and Daanish Ali Khan.

Second prize for Best Project was awarded to “Wireless Eruptions – Reprogramming Wireless Sensor Networks: Challenges and Approaches” by Aliaa Essameldin.

CMU-Q takes Microsoft Imagine Cup a second time Computer science students Yasser El-Sayed, Musab Popatia and Mohammed Fituri were on the team that won Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016.

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Senior honors theses Naassih Ahmad Gopee, “Applying Recurrent Neural Network for Arabic Named Entity Recognition.”

Alaa Mahmoud Mohamed Khader, “Computer Assisted Learning for Arabic Speaking ESL Students.”

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Information Systems Graduates of the Information Systems program in Qatar are recruited by a wide range of empoyers, including KPMG, Shell, Qatar Petroleum, RasGas, Doha Film Institute and Qatar Airways.

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| Divakaran Liginlal’s workshop on content strategies for Arabic websites |

From programming to project management to creating new ventures, the field of information systems uses technological tools to generate, process and distribute information in an effective, efficient way. The Information Systems program is based on professional core courses that teach students to analyze, design, implement and test information systems using current and emerging organizational and technological practices. Two of these courses are project-based, in which small groups develop solutions to clients’ real information problems.

Highlights IS student part of third place team at Yale Hackathon Information systems student Maher Khan, who is doing a double major in computer science, was on the third place team at YHack 2015, the annual Yale University Hackathon.

Workshop to reduce digital gap in Arabic Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, led a workshop titled “Content strategies for Arabic e-commerce websites,” which included the findings of an NPRP research study of over 3000 Arabic e-commerce websites.

The workshop hosted content strategists and web designers from 14 organizations in Qatar.

IS student on Microsoft Imagine Cup winning team Yousuf Akhlaq, a junior with a double major in information systems and business administration, was on the winning team at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016.

Design professor is cofounder of first Middle East chapter of Interaction Design Association Alexander Cheek, assistant professor in information systems, co-founded the Interaction Design Association’s first Middle East chapter, IxDA Doha.

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CMU-Q professor named vice president of QRAIS

CMU-Q’s Ibrahim Soltan and his team placed first at SAP Innojam in Germany in September, winning the opportunity to compete in the worldwide SAP Innojam in Barcelona. In November, Soltan’s team won SAP Innojam Barcelona and went on to present to 5,000 investors and clients at DemoJam, eventually placing third.

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, became vice president of the Qatar chapter of the Association for Information Systems (QRAIS), an organization that serves information systems professionals in Qatar and other GCC countries.

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Senior honors thesis Dana Abdulrahman Al-Muftah, “Identifying Special Needs for Web Accessibility in Qatar: A Study of Web Accessibility and Related Policies in the State of Qatar.”

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| Dana Al-Muftah at the Undergraduate Conference in Information Systems |

Faculty CMU-Q has a worldrenowned faculty, with all professors full members of the Carnegie Mellon University faculty.

Faculty members include those with a primary appointment in Pittsburgh who are temporarily teaching at CMU-Q and those with a primary appointment at the Qatar campus. Faculty from Pittsburgh helps maintain a living connection between the two campuses, while Qatar-based faculty provides continuity for a healthy local academic environment.

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Chadi Aoun, associate teaching professor of information systems, won Outstanding Component Award for presiding over the SIGGreen (Green Information Systems) Chapter of the Association of Information Systems (AIS).

Alexander Cheek’s company Macromicro received an SAP Sapphire Pinnacle Award for Application Development Partner of the Year. Cheek is an assistant teaching professor of information systems.

Maher Hakim, associate teaching professor of entrepreneurship, along with three CMU-Q alumni, won the Challenge 22 Innovation Award.

Khaled Harras, associate teaching professor of computer science, received a US$70,000 award from Boeing to coordinate and conduct computer science outreach for schools in Qatar.

LansinĂŠ Kaba was named the Thomas M. Kerr Distinguished Career Professor at CMU-Q. The professorship is named in honor of Thomas M. Kerr Jr for his lifelong commitment to teaching law, ethics and liberty at Carnegie Mellon University.

Finn Kydland, co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics, University Professor and holder of The Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship, returned to CMU-Q to teach macroeconomics.

Teresa MacGregor, director of the CMU-Q library, was appointed to the executive committee of Qatar National Library as the representative for Education City institutions.

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Tridas Mukhopadhyay, Deloitte Consulting Professor of e-business, and his co-authors received runner-up, Best 2014 Paper, Information Systems Research at the 2015 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Philadelphia.

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Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor of computer science, won the meritorious teaching award at CMU-Q’s Graduation 2016 ceremoney for his remarkable dedication to undergraduate teaching.

Joyce Oates, visiting instructor, psychology

Dudley Reynolds, teaching professor of English, was named the 51st president of TESOL International.

George White, distinguished career professor of entrepreneurship, received the Prestigious Appreciation Award for promoting entrepreneurship in Qatar.

Ravichandra Bachu, assistant teaching professor, chemistry Anis Charfi, associate teaching professor, information systems Ramesh Krishnamurti, professor, architecture

Ihab Younis, assistant teaching professor, biological sciences

Promotions Ken Hovis, associate teaching professor, biology Thierry Sans, associate teaching professor, computer science Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor, computer science Susan Hagan, associate teaching professor, English

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| LansinĂŠ Kaba was named Thomas M. Kerr Distinguished Career Professor |

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General Education includes mandatory and elective courses in the disciplines of Arabic, architecture, chemistry, English writing and rhetoric, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, psychology, Spanish, statistics, and information literacy and research skills.

| Students from a wide array of linguistic and academic backgrounds travelled to Andalucía, Spain, to study Arabic influences in Spanish culture |

Highlights Students travel to Spain to learn about Arab heritage Students traveled to Andalucía, Spain, on an academic trip led

by Zeinab Ibrahim, teaching professor of Arabic studies, and Erik Helin, special lecturer of Spanish.

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Dudley Reynolds was named president of TESOL International Association, which has more than 13,000 members in more than 150 countries.

Arabic Language Forum Zeinab Ibrahim, teaching professor of Arabic studies, served on the paper selection committee for the Renaissance of Arabic Language Forum, where Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser stated the importance of Arab youth learning and maintaining the language.

Vodafone CSR Majlis on ethics in business Faculty members David Emmanuel Gray and Alexander Cheek led a roundtable on how a well-defined corporate purpose can create sustainable change.

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Collaborative efforts within Education City Carnegie Mellon Qatar takes a leading role in developing programs, courses and activities that span Education City.

• The Biological Sciences program is offered in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar • A minor in contemporary media studies is offered jointly with Northwestern University in Qatar • CMU-Q works with the Academic Bridge Program to prepare students for admission into degree programs • In 2015-16, 61 students crossregistered at CMU-Q, while 36 CMU-Q students crossregistered within Education City.

Academic Support The Academic Resource Center (ARC) offers learning support and tutoring to help students improve their study skills and achieve their academic potential. Academic support is available to all students throughout their time at CMU-Q.

Library Highlights Gloriana St. Clair Distinguished Lecture Susan Gibbons, university librarian and deputy provost for libraries and scholarly communication at Yale, delivered the first distinguished lecture named for Gloriana St. Clair, the dean of university libraries emerita at CMU. Dean of CMU university libraries visits Qatar CMU’s Keith Webster, dean of university libraries and director of emerging and integrative media initiatives, visited Doha to discuss the Integrative Design, Arts and Technology Network (IDeATe).

Research-Based Practice in Libraries Summit hosts international experts In collaboration with UCL Qatar, the CMU-Q library hosted library scholars from around the world. The summit was sponsored through Qatar National Research Fund.

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| Director of the library, Teresa MacGregor (center) |

The library supports CMU-Q through discovery, learning, and the open exchange of ideas. Providing access to thousands of print books, tens of thousands of e-books, and more than 500 research databases, the library is also a popular space for both individual study and group project work.

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| The inaugural Pi Day Mathematics Competition hosted more than 250 secondary school students from independent and private schools across Qatar |

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His Excellency Ali Shareef Al Emadi

Rashid Ali Al-Mansoori

His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al-Thani

Minister of Finance, State of Qatar

CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange

Governor, Qatar Central Bank

The role of financial markets in boosting investments and economic growth

Qatar Central Bank’s role in the national economy

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Finn Kydland

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Dean, College of Fine Arts, CMU

Nobel Laureate (2004), The Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship, University Professor of Economics, CMU

Vice Provost for Research, CMU

Financial and economic developments in the State of Qatar

Carnegie Mellon and the fine arts

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Minister of Development Planning and Statistics, State of Qatar

Minister of Information Communications Technology Qatar, State of Qatar

The national development strategy 2011-2016: Achievement and challenges

Minister of Economy and Commerce, State of Qatar Investment in Qatar: Legislation, opportunities

Digital disruption: Shaping the future of Qatar

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Ramayya Krishnan

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Dean, H. John Heinz III College, W.W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, CMU

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, CMU-Rwanda

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Building a truly smart grid: What would we build today if there were no legacy power system?

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| Left to right: His Excellency Ambassador Ahmet Demirok, His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim, His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, Dean Ilker Baybars, His Excellency Ambassador Shingo Tsuda |

Dean Ilker Baybars was honored for his contribution to higher education in Qatar by His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani at a special dinner celebration that included His Excellency Ambassador Ahmet Demirok, Turkey, His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim, economic advisor at Amiri Diwan, His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, and His Excellency Ambassador Shingo Tsuda, Japan.

Dean Baybars attended a luncheon hosted by His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Thani Abdullah Al-Thani, Chairman of Ezdan Holding.

| His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Thani Abdullah Al-Thani, center left, and Dean Ilker Baybars, center, and guests |

Memoranda of Understanding

NOVEMBER 5, 2015 His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman, AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation, and Dean Baybars.

Minister of Economy and Commerce NOVEMBER 10, 2015 His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Minister, and Mr. Abdulrahman M. Alyafei, Director of Human Resources, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, State of Qatar; and Farnam Jahanian, provost of CMU, and Dean Baybars.

QInvest NOVEMBER 11, 2015 Tamim Hamad Al Kawari, Chief Executive Officer of QInvest, and Dean Baybars.

Qatar Central Bank APRIL 14, 2016 His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank, and Dean Baybars.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar signs Memoranda of Understanding with its partners in industry and government to promote learning and research and to provide opportunities for students and graduates.

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Executive Education Carnegie Mellon Qatar enhances its ties with industry and government through a series of executive education courses delivered by faculty to its strategic partners.

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| Rashid Ali Al-Mansoori, CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, views Q-SmartLab at the Euromoney Qatar Conference. |

Executive Education In the 2015-16 year, more than 600 professionals from government and industry attended courses on campus.

Courses offered • Organizational analysis and design, Starling Hunter • Innovation, service and leadership, Sham Kekre • Managing change in organizations, Starling Hunter, George White • Cross cultural management, Emin Civi • Introduction to business strategy and tactics, Steven Vargo • Innovation in groups and teams, Benjamin Collier, George White • Advanced strategies and tactics, Stephen Vargo • Design for management and organizational change, Alexander Cheek, Ludmila Hyman • Negotiation and conflict resolution, David Gray, Benjamin Collier

• Dynamic organizational leadership, S. Thomas Emerson • Market research for nonmarketing professionals, Teresa MacGregor, Alicia Salaz

Conference Outreach CMU-Q established a presence at several conferences within Qatar, reaching out to new audiences with industry-specific booths.

• World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) 55th General Assembly and Annual Meeting • International Traffic Medicine Association (ITMA) Conference • Euromoney Qatar Conference • Sidra Functional Genomics Symposium • Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference

Programs for Secondary Students For high school students who would like a glimpse into college life, CMU-Q holds workshops in all of the different program areas. Each workshop is designed to give a better understand of the majors and studying at the university level.

Summer College Preview Program (SCPP) An academically intensive program that introduces high school students to campus life. In July 2015, 74 students attended.

Botball

A competition where high school students use programming skills to guide a robot. There were 23 teams of 10 students each who attended in April 2016.

Ibtikar Qatar

An introduction to the field of information systems and solving problems using technology and creativity. In 2015-16, a total of 50 students attended.

Pi Day

A new initiative in 2016, more than 250 students from 50 schools competed in the first round, and the top four teams returned for the finals.

CS4Qatar

An opportunity for students to explore the field of computer science. A total of 185 students participated in 2015-16.

Winter Institute— Discovering Computer Science An invitation-only, week-long program for Qatari secondary students to explore the field of computer science. In January 2016, 18 students attended.

‘Alice Middle East’ Programming Competition

A competition of creative ways to use the software program created at CMU and adapted for the Middle East on the Qatar campus.

The competition drew 148 students from nine local schools.

Biotechnology Explorers Program

An introduction to the laboratory that provides hands-on experience in biological science. In February, 27 students attended.

Tajer – Investment for Qatar

A hands-on workshop where students develop skills in finance, business and negotiation. In February, 40 students attended.

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| Students created projects in Alice in five different categories: environment, sports, entertainment, transportation and social values. |

The Pittsburgh connection Inter-campus collaboration occurs throughout the year, reflecting the strong connection between the Qatar and Pittsburgh campuses of Carnegie Mellon.

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| Ten students from Pittsburgh visited Qatar for IMPAQT 2016. |

Pittsburgh Week at CMU-Q Pittsburgh Week, held during the CMU spring break, included a full schedule of inter-campus learning and connecting.

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IMPAQT In March 2016, 13 students from CMU-Q and 10 students from Pittsburgh participated in the IMPAQT program over spring break. IMPAQT stands for Initiating Meaningful Pittsburgh and Qatar Ties.

Campus exchange Pittsburgh exchange students Joseph Hill, Thomas (TJ) Murray and Colin Kelly attended CMU-Q for the spring semester. Ahmad Khanzada, a civil engineering student at CMU, participated in a summer internship.

In the summer of 2015, there were 32 students who studied in Pittsburgh. In the fall and spring semesters, a total of 21 students studied at main campus.

Case Competitions Four CMU-Q students traveled to main campus for the Tepper UBA Case Challenge, and junior Yousuf Akhlaq was on the winning team.

For the Internal Case Competition, four Pittsburgh students traveled to Doha. CMU’s Rachel Fowler was on the winning team.

Distinguished Lectures Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Lectures in Engineering are named in honor of the provost of CMU from 1991 to 2000.

• James H. Garrett, Jr., Dean, College of Engineering, April 11, 2016 A. Nico Habermann Distinguished Lectures in Computer Science are named in honor of the head of the Computer Science Department from 1980 to 1988 and founding dean of the School of Computing Science.

• Andrew W. Moore, Dean, School of Computer Science, February 3, 2016 Thomas M. Kerr Jr. Distinguished Lectures in Ethics are named in honor of Thomas M. Kerr Jr. for his lifelong commitment to teaching law, ethics and civil liberties at CMU. • John Hooker, T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Professor of Operations Research, November 17, 2015

John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lectures in Social Sciences are named in honor of the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences from 1976 to 1983.

• Richard Scheines, Dean, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, September 10, 2015 • Wilfried Sieg, Patrick Suppes Professor of Philosophy, November 15, 2015 • John P. Lehoczky, Thomas Lord University Professor of Statistics, March 8, 2016 Gloriana St. Clair Distinguished Lectures in 21st Century Librarianship are named in honor of the dean of CMU Libraries from 1998 to 2013.

• Susan Gibbons, University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication, Yale University, October 13, 2015 Richard M. Cyert Distinguished Lectures in Business Management are named in honor of CMU president from 1972 to 1990, and have been held in past academic years.

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| James H. Garrett, Jr. delivered the inaugural Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Lecture in Engineering (with Norene Christiano and Dean Baybars) |

The Distinguished Lecture Series is comprised of academic experts from Carnegie Mellon University.

Speakers come from a wide variety of disciplines, and provide a glimpse into the impressive depth and breadth of scholarship and research generated

by Carnegie Mellon over the past century.

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CMU-Q works closely with Qatar Foundation and the Pittsburgh campus to promote the global brand within this unique regional setting.

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CMU-Q maintains solid relationships with local and regional media outlets. News stories are strategically placed following thorough analysis of our audiences and how best to reach them.

The CMU-Q marketing and communications strategy emphasizes digital media as a primary method of engaging various audiences. Social media platforms are an important channel to reach prospective students, current students, the CMU-Q community and interested members of the public.

Top four news stories: • Minister of Finance confirms his commitment to education at CMU-Q presentation • Qatar Stock Exchange CEO encourages entrepreneurship at CMU-Q talk • Technology will focus more on the core human experience, says Facebook’s Serkan Piantino • Al khaliji partners with Carnegie Mellon University for Tajer Financial Education Workshop

Website The CMU-Q website attracts thousands of visits per day from prospective and current students, faculty, staff and the wider community. This year saw a six percent increase in visits with over 1,000,000 hits.

Of note, a digital marketing campaign to increase awareness of the Information Systems program directed viewers to a video on CMU-Q’s YouTube channel. This campaign helped boost YouTube views by 626 percent over the previous year.

Advertising Local and regional advertising increases the university’s visibility within Qatar and the GCC region.

In 2015-16, CMU-Q prioritized digital platforms and social media channels to better reach target demographics of prospective students and their parents, as well as prospective employers.

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| The annual Tarnival brings together students, alumni, staff and faculty members |

The CMU-Q community CMU-Q students are encouraged to look beyond their program and cohort and make connections across the community. Clubs, organizations and events bring together the CMU-Q community for cultural celebrations, recreational activities and to share common interests.

Tarnival Led by student government, the annual Tarnival draws students, alumni, faculty and staff for an evening of great food, games, entertainment and fun.

Tartan Games Taking place as the end-of-year approaches, the Tartan Games offers an opportunity for students to have fun and be active as they look to final exams and projects.

National Sport Day tournament To celebrate National Sport Day, CMU-Q faculty, staff, students and alumni participate in a football match. At this year’s event, the students and alumni prevailed over faculty and staff.

International Day CMU-Q celebrates the rich diversity of the campus at International Day, a showcase of the different nations and cultures within the community.

Qatar National Day The Qatari Student Association hosts a celebration of the rich heritage of Qatar for CMU-Q students, faculty and staff. This year’s event included sword dancing, henna and traditional Qatari food.

Sports Clubs at CMU-Q • Basketball Club (Men) • Basketball Club (Women) • Cricket Club • Football Club • Table Tennis Club • Volleyball Club

The Education City community Students at Carnegie Mellon live, eat, study and make friendships with their counterparts throughout Education City.

CMU-Q students are active in Education City, playing on inter-university sports leagues, participating in special interest clubs and welcoming students from other institutions to key events.

Hackathon The CarnegieApps Hackathon is an annual programming competition where teams compete in a 24-hour race to build mobile applications.

The 2016 Hackathon was the largest in CMU-Q history, with 74 participants forming 20 teams.

This year’s event was sponsored by Ooredoo.

Qatar University Debate CMU-Q won the national debate competition, prevailing over teams from Texas A&M Qatar, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Georgetown University in Qatar, Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar University and College of the North Atlantic Qatar.

Backyard Battle of the Bands Education City universities faced off in a musical competition in the fall semester. A team from CMU-Q took the trophy.

Dress for Success Fashion Show This collaboration between the student-run cmBA club and Northwestern University in Qatar prepares students to present themselves professionally for the HBKU Career Fair.

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| CMU-Q students lead a traditional sword dance |

Leading and Serving Special Interest Clubs • Andrew MUN Club • Breathe • Debating Society • Gaming Club • Music Club • The Planetary Society

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| IS junior Farjana Salahuddin led the organization of Hackathon 2016 |

Leadership CMU-Q students are encouraged to build leadership skills by starting and leading clubs, organizing events and attending skill development programs.

Student Government The Student Majlis has an executive board that is comprised of seven students, elected each year by their peers. This board helps to guide activities and represent the students in the wider university community.

Women’s Leadership Program Students explore gender, culture, leadership and the changing role of women in the workplace. This year’s program included a womenonly trip to Washington, DC.

New student orientation The freshman orientation is student-run, with Head Orientation Counselors (HOCs) planning, recruiting student volunteers, and leading the weeklong introduction to CMU-Q.

GPS Leadership Program GPS is a weekly leadership workshop series for new Tartans to develop crucial skills to organize, lead and get the most out of university life. GPS Leadership students travelled to Oman as the capstone activity to the semester-long GPS program.

Inspire Me Hosted by the student-run Dreamers Club, Inspire Me is an opportunity for students to learn from community leaders. This year’s event featured student leader Maryam Al-Naemi, Elizabeth Wood from Qatar Foundation, associate teaching professor of entrepreneurship Maher Hakim and Manar Aburish, a businesswoman from Dubai.

Leadership and Women: A panel discussion with General Electric Professionals from General Electric came to campus for a panel discussion about leadership and women in the workplace.

Service Clubs • Best Buddies • Dreamers Club • Helping Hands • Language Bridges • The Big Movement

Service Learning Service learning at CMU-Q embraces each one of the CMU values: dedication, impact, collaboration, creativity, empathy and compassion, inclusion, integrity and sustainability.

Through activities both large and small, students learn how their thoughtful actions can improve the lives of those around them.

Language Bridges program In the fall semester, 42 students taught English to 65 Education City service workers. In the spring, 26 students taught 75 learners.

Language Bridges is supported by Qatar Foundation’s Reach Out to Asia charity.

Tartans Without Borders Tartans Without Borders provides students an opportunity to create their own service trip.

Student leaders select their team, plan projects, organize pre-trip orientation sessions and lead the group throughout the experience.

In May 2016, eight students travelled to Sri Lanka for 15 days.

Service learning trip to Romania The service learning trip for May 2016 took place in Romania, where 13 students took on dual projects of farm work and participating in activities with school children.

Model United Nations Carnegie Mellon Qatar student Umair Qazi won the Honorable Mention award at the 2016 Eurasia Model United Nations Conference in Passau, Germany.

Qazi and fellow students Avni Pherwani, Sanjeet Sahni, Bisma Munawar and Farha Khan were the first from CMU-Q to participate in an international model UN conference.

Biological Sciences play The Biological Sciences club brings together students from different classes and majors to direct, produce, write, act and serve as crew members for the annual Bio Sci play. This year’s play was "BS-301: Apparition."

The play is a way to raise money for countries in need.

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Engaging and Learning Academic Clubs • Biological Sciences Club • CarnegieApps • cmBA • Finance Club • Computing Club

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| Computer science sophomore Umair Qazi on the London academic trip |

Academic travel Carnegie Mellon Qatar offers students the opportunity to enhance their education with faculty-led academic travel.

Throughout the year, CMU-Q faculty members organize trips that will enrich the curriculum and provided invaluable learning experiences to their students.

Silicon Valley, USA Students experienced the innovation entrepreneur sector through meetings with both new ventures and established high tech firms.

Stockholm, Sweden Students engaged with the high tech sector in Sweden, a growing industry that has a unique culture and approach to business and creativity.

London, United Kingdom In the growing sector of socially responsible business, students met with leaders who incorporate social change into their corporate mission and vision.

New York, USA The winning teams of the Algorithmic Trading Hackathon travelled to New York to see the world’s largest stock exchange.

Andalucía, Spain Students with backgrounds in Arabic culture or Spanish language travelled to the Andalucía region to see the merging of Arabic and Spanish influences.

CMU-Q guides students toward balanced living, providing information, resources and programming to build the skills of physical, mental and emotional well-being.

Health and Wellness Learning Peer Health Advocates Peer Health Advocates (PHAs) are students who are committed to enhancing the health of the CMU-Q community. In 2015-16, 12 students served as PHAs.

Student vs. Faculty Football Game To celebrate National Sport Day and to promote active living, students and members of faculty and staff competed in a friendly football game. The students prevailed.

Education City Health Fair The Your Health Matters fair was held at CMU-Q to promote healthy living within the wider Education City community.

Step into Health Step into Health challenged CMU-Q to a friendly competition with other Education City institutions to walk more.

Stand Up Speak Out To promote safe and healthy relationships in the community, students were invited to the Stand Up Speak Out event held as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Breast Cancer Awareness For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, activities included a women-only health literacy session and a lunch and learn about the genetic component of breast cancer.

World Kindness Day The Big Movement club celebrated World Kindness Day at the Thursday Majlis.

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| During the 2015-16 academic year, construction was underway for a new biological sciences laboratory that will be used for teaching, as well as faculty and undergraduate research. |

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In this tradition, Carnegie Mellon Qatar nurtures and develops opportunities for faculty members and students to build regionally-relevant research programs in their areas of expertise.

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Funded projects fall within the core disciplines of biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science and information systems, as well as complementary areas like mathematics, social sciences, languages, and environmental science.

| Anis Charfi, Arabic author profiling for cyber security|

Most faculty members contribute to the CMU-Q body of work through studies funded by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and internal seed research funds.

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Role of the PDZ and LIM containing protein Zasp in integrin-mediated cell adhesion, Mohamed Bouaouina New mathematical models for the large strain swelling response of biological tissues: Applications to edema, inflammation, and pregnancy, Hasan Demirkoparan,

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Towards mobile opportunistic cloud computing: Enabling generic computational offloading to extreme heterogeneous entities, Khaled Harras

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Testing English reading comprehension through deep text analysis and question generation, Kemal Oflazer

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SLATE-Q: Scaffolding literacy in academic and tertiary environments: The case of communication in information systems, Silvia Pessoa

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Development of novel antibiotic, antiparasitic and anticancer agents, Gordon Rule

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Arabic author profiling for cyber security, Anis Charfi

Annual Research Conference (ARC) CMU-Q had a strong presence at Qatar Foundation’s Annual Research Convention, with Maher Hakim, associate teaching professor of entrepreneurship, moderating the keynote panel discussion at the opening plenary.

CMU-Q also shared the breadth of its research initiatives through 11 poster and oral presentations.

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Characterizing novel Bacilluslike bacteriophage isolated from Qatari sand, Aya Abd Elaal, Annette Vincent

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Arabic multi-genre corpus diacritization annotation, Houda Bouamor, Wajdi Zaghouani, Mona Diab, Ossama Obeid, Kemal Oflazer, Mahmoud Ghoneim, Abdelati Hawwari

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Effective high-level coordination programming for decentralized and distributed ensembles, Ali Elgazar, Edmund Lam, Iliano Cervesato

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A distributed and adaptive graph simulation system, Pooja Nilangekar, Mohammad Hammoud

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Alice in the Middle East: Computing curriculum for K-12, Saquib Razak, Hanan Alshikhabobakr, Huda Gedawy

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Improving reading: From teacher development to student reading, Dudley Reynolds, Zohreh Eslami, Maha Cherif Elili, Nancy Allen, Samah Al-Sabbagh

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Thymidylate kinases as targets for drug discovery, Gordon S. Rule, Ian Fucci, Kaustubh Sinha

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Analysis of Qatar’s bacteriophage genome, Umm-Kulthum Umlai, Annette Vincent, Valentin Ilyin

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Sampling of Qatari sand microbes, Umm-Kulthum Umlai, Annette Vincent and Valentin Ilyin

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Annotation guidelines and framework for Arabic machine translation postedited corpus, Wajdi Zaghouani, Nizar Habash, Ossama Obeid, Behrang Mohit, Houda Bouamor, Kemal Oflazer

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Building an Arabic punctuated corpus, Wajdi Zaghouani, Dana Awad

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| The CMU-Q booth featured demonstrations of three key ongoing projects: Alice in the Middle East, phage genomics, and Q-SmartLab. |

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| Divakaran Liginlal, Raising language effectiveness in Arabic e-commerce websites |

Completed Projects Effective programming for large distributed ensembles

Automatic correction of Standard Arabic text: Resource and system development

Lead PI: Iliano Cervesato Co-PI: Frank Pfenning

Lead PI: Nizar Habash, Columbia University Co-Lead PI: Kemal Oflazer

Investigators developed a programming methodology and accompanying language for effectively programming concurrent and distributed applications. Researchers developed a system-centric language and applied it successfully to a number of mobile distributed applications.

This project developed a suite of novel resources, algorithms and methods to study the challenges of correcting Arabic text automatically, addressing errors in spelling, lexical choice and grammar. The techniques developed during this project will help in achieving significant improvements in other Arabic NLP efforts.

Innovative computing and mobile technology for improving English literacy skills for children and for adults

Advancing Arabic Learning in Qatar

Lead PI: M. Bernardine Dias Co-Lead PI: Silvia Pessoa Co-PI: Yonina Cooper To understand the needs of English literacy learners and educators, and to develop relevant educational technology tools, a novel scalable educational game framework was created that motivates learners to interact with educational content.

Lead PI: Zeinab Ibrahim PI: Andreas Karatsolis Co-PI: Amal Al-Malki This project used tabletop touchscreen surface technology for teaching Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) to pre-elementary students in the classroom, resulting in a two-year Arabic language curriculum for pre-elementary children incorporating state-of-the-art language learning pedagogies.

Raising language effectiveness in Arabic e-commerce websites

Improving reading skills in the middle school science classroom

Lead PI: Divakaran Liginlal Co-PIs: Robert Meeds, Rizwan Ahmad, Qatar University

Lead PI: Dudley W. Reynolds, Co-PIs: N. Allen, M. Cherif Ellili, Z. Eslami

The project examined the use of metaphors in Arabic language e-commerce websites and demonstrated that metaphorical language enhances the effectiveness of websites and e-commerce businesses, findings are valuable for Arabic content creators and translators.

To enhance student comprehension of scientific texts, the project developed a curriculum model for integrated instruction in reading and science, as well as a lesson study to change and develop teachers’ instructional beliefs and practices.

New Mathematical Models for the Large Strain Swelling Response of Biological Tissues

Cooperative Robotic Boats for Monitoring Coastal and Flooded Areas

Lead PI: Thomas J. Pence, Michigan State University Co-Lead PI: Hasan Demirkoparan The project created and improved scientific methods for providing a mathematical modeling capability for the mechanical behavior of soft biological tissue in response to swelling. A key result was a mathematical model for soft tissue swelling and a finite element simulation capability for how swelling affects organ systems.

Lead PI: Paul Scerri Co-Lead PI: Khaled Harras To coordinate cooperative watercraft for environmental monitoring, low-cost and efficient data collection, a new approach and language was developed to acheive large scale coordination.

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| Dudley Reynolds, Improving reading skills in the middle school science classroom |

Student Research The Meeting of the Minds research symposiuum is a highlight of the academic year, a celebration of the ingenuity, hard work, scientific exploration and intellectual curiosity that characterizes students in all disciplines at CMU-Q.

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| Dr. Barak Yehya, Expert, Institutional Development presents the awards from the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics on behalf of the minister, H.E. Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nabit |

Meeting of the Minds, 2016

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Characterizing a novel Bacilluslike phage from Qatar’s sand, Aya Abd Elaal Wireless eruptions Reprogramming wireless sensor networks: Challenges and approaches, Aliaa Essameldin

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Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics Awards •

Role of DNAJB3/ HSP-40 in maintaining metabolic homeostasis, Bushra Memon

Best Poster CheckMyStack vulnerability detection tool for the Qatari web, Aseel Ghazal, Daanish Ali Khan

Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) Awards

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Drone-Be-Gone: Agile lowcost vision-based UAV cyber physical testbed, Sidra Alam, Khaled A. Harras; Qatar University: Mouhyemen Khan, Amr Mohamed

CheckMyStack vulnerability detection tool for the Qatari web, Aseel Ghazal, Daanish Ali Khan

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A web-based framework for Arabic text diacritization annotation, Ossama Obeid, Wajdi Zaghouani, Houda Bouamor, Kemal Oflazer, Mona Diab, Mahmoud Ghoneim, Abdelati Hawwari Temporal patterns in Qatar’s particulate air pollution, Syed Abbas Mehdi and Nourhan ElKhatib Microbiology-based educational kit for high school students in Qatar, Wadha Al-Marri Designing services in healthcare: A research collaboration with Hamad General Hospital, Shaikha Al-Thani Helping Qatar’s disabled: Identifying web accessibility problems, Dana Al-Muftah

Undergraduate Conference in Information Systems (UCIS) Best Paper •

ICT-TrAVEl: Mobile public transport companion for the visually impaired, Cui Linting, Kenny Ngo, Benjamin Gan Kok Siew, Singapore Management University

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Notable international conference presentations •

74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, Colorado. “Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10),” and “Stress, mental and physical health, and social media usage among Arabic speaking undergraduates in the Middle East.”

Alaa Khader, Aya Gaballa, Fatima Amir, Narjis Premjee, Bayan Khaled

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2015 American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) and Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) meetings.

“Influence of interference of perturbation waves on the dynamics of Richtmyer-Meshkov flows’.”

Arun Pandian, Robert Stellingwerf, Snezhana Abarzhi

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Beating the stock market: Measuring the predictive power of Twitter sentiment analysis, Alex Isken, Marquette University A study of web accessibility and related policy implications to Qatar, Dana Al-Muftah, CMU-Q

Best Slam Presentation •

Spark, Nathan Oh, Aditi Sarkar, Skylar Weaver, CMU

Best Poster •

Restoring freedom to Parkinson’s patients, Amal Al-Dahneem, Shaikha Al-Thani, Noor Al-Qaedi, Juan Sam, CMU-Q

FlierCal, Matt Nielsen, Maggie Li and Ankur Toshniwal, CMU

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The Undergraduate Conference in Information Systems creates a venue for students and faculty from around the world to present and engage with cutting edge undergraduate research.

The conference theme this year, “Humanizing IT,” invited participants to consider the evolving role of IT in all facets of human life.

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Dean’s Academic Council Senior Management Team Senior Staff Council Faculty Members NPRP Grants Meeting of the Minds Posters Faculty Publications and Presentations Press Releases Magazine Coverage Press Clippings Partners

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Appendix C

Appendix D

Dean’s Academic Council

Senior Staff Council

John O’Brien

Ilker Baybars

Faculty members, fall and/or spring semester

Associate Dean, Associate Professor, Accounting

Selma Limam Mansar

Associate Dean, Education, Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Kemal Oflazer

Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Kenneth Hovis

Associate Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences

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Dean and CEO

John O’Brien

Associate Dean

Selma Limam Mansar

Associate Dean, Education

Kemal Oflazer

Associate Dean, Research

Fadhel Al-Annan

Assistant Dean, Government and Corporate Affairs

Richard Mundy

Marion Oliver

Chief Operations Officer

Dudley Reynolds

Chief Information Officer

Teaching Professor, Mathematics Teaching Professor, English

Appendix B Senior Management Team Ilker Baybars

Dean and CEO

John O’Brien

Associate Dean

Selma Limam Mansar

Associate Dean, Education

Kemal Oflazer

Associate Dean, Research

Fadhel Al-Annan

Khalid Sarwar Warraich Gloria Khoury

Assistant Dean, Student Affairs

Kara Nesimiuk

Executive Director, Marketing and Public Relations

Jarrod Mock

Director, Admission

Edna Jackson

Director, Dean’s Office

Lisa Ciletti

Director, Operations

Elissar El-Akra Hajjar

Director of Facilities Management

Snejana Abarji

Visiting Professor, Physics and Mathematics

Amal Al-Malki

Associate Teaching Professor, English

Chadi Aoun

Associate Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Ravichandra Bachu

Assistant Teaching Professor, Chemistry

Ilker Baybars

Dean and CEO George Leland Bach Chair Professor, Operations Management

Mohamed Bouaouina

Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Science

Stephen Calabrese

Visiting Associate Professor, Economics

Iliano Cervesato

Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Anis Charfi

Associate Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Alexander Cheek

Assistant Dean, Government and Corporate Affairs

Freida Kinney

Director, Human Resources

Assistant Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Richard Mundy

Aaron Lyvers

Emin Civi

Khalid Sarwar Warraich

Teresa MacGregor

Gloria Khoury

Meg Rogers

Kara Nesimiuk

John Seawright

Chief Operations Officer Chief Information Officer Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Executive Director, Marketing and Public Relations

Jarrod Mock

Director, Admission

Director, Finance Director, Library

Director, Research Office Director, Safety and Security

Faten Al Ayache

Employer Development and Career Consultant

Angela Ford

Senior Editor

Mohammed Mirza

Career Development Specialist

Visiting Associate Professor, International Management

Benjamin Collier

Assistant Teaching Professor, Organizational Behavior

Crista Crittenden

Assistant Teaching Professor, Psychology

Hasan Demirkoparan

Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematics

S. Thomas Emerson

Distinguished Career Professor, Entrepreneurship

Assistant Teaching Professor, Finance

John Gasper

Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics

David Gray

Assistant Teaching Professor, Philosophy

Susan Hagan

Associate Teaching Professor, English

Maher Hakim

Associate Teaching Professor, Entrepreneurship

Mohammad Hammoud

Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Khaled Harras

Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Erik Helin

Special Lecturer, Spanish

Amal Helu

Visiting Associate Professor, Statistics

Adam Hodges

Visiting Assistant Professor, English

Kenneth Hovis

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Starling Hunter

Visiting Associate Teaching Professor, Business Administration

Ludmila Hyman

Assistant Teaching Professor, English

Zeinab Ibrahim

Teaching Professor, Arabic Studies

Valentin Ilyin

Associate Teaching Professor, Computational Biology

LansinĂŠ Kaba

Thomas M. Kerr Distinguished Career Professor

Christos Kapoutsis

Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Sham Kekre

Distinguished Career Professor, Production and Operations Management

Onur Kesten

Associate Professor, Economics

Niraj Khare

Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics

Ramesh Krishnamurti Professor, Architecture

Finn Kydland

Nobel Laureate (2004) The Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship University Professor, Economics

Divakaran Liginlal

Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Selma Limam Mansar

Associate Dean, Education Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Marion Oliver

Teaching Professor, Mathematics

Silvia Pessoa

Associate Teaching Professor, English

Daniel Phelps

Associate Teaching Professor, Information Systems

Bhiksha Ramakrishnan Associate Professor, Computer Science

Saquib Razak

Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Benjamin Reilly

Associate Teaching Professor, History

Dudley Reynolds

Teaching Professor, English

Gordon Rule

Professor, Biological Sciences

Teresa MacGregor

Alicia Salaz

Patrick McGinnis

Thierry Sans

Thomas Mitchell

Peter Stuettgen

Tridas Mukhopadhyay

Juiming Ray Tsai

Terrance Murphy

Stephen Vargo

John O'Brien

Annette Vincent

Director, Library

Distinguished Career Professor, Business Communication Assistant Teaching Professor, English Deloitte Consulting Professor, e-Business Teaching Professor, Chemistry Associate Dean Associate Professor, Accounting

Joyce Oates

Visiting Instructor, Psychology

Kemal Oflazer

Associate Dean, Research Teaching Professor, Computer Science

Reference and Instruction Librarian Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science Assistant Teaching Professor, Marketing Professor of Practice, Information Systems Visiting Assistant Professor, Business Administration Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology

George White

Distinguished Career Professor, Entrepreneurship

Zelealem Yilma

Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics

Ihab Younis

Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences

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National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) grants awarded to Carnegie Mellon faculty LEAD PI IN QATAR

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Amal Al-Malki

NPRP 29-6-7-9

Images of Muslim women in translated Mideast media sources: A content and discourse analysis

Majd Sakr

NPRP 29-6-7-24

Human-robot interaction in an Arabic social and cultural setting

M. Bernardine Dias

NPRP 1-7-7-5

Automated tools for effective team coordination in emergency response

M. Bernardine Dias

NPRP 30-6-7-91

Enhanced education for the visually and aurally impaired using automated tutors and interactive computer games

Jonathan Caulkins

NPRP 20-6-7-6

Modeling control of infectious disease

Charles Thorpe

NPRP 29-6-7-43

Intelligent diabetes assistant: Predicting and optimizing blood glucose

Aziz Lookman

NPRP 30-6-7-28

Are banks better at managing their borrower’s risks than non-banks

Alex Rojas Pena

NPRP 08-643-1-112

Automated measurement of galaxy morphology

Brett Browning

NPRP 08-589-2-245

Non-destructive gas pipeline inspection using computer vision

Khaled Harras

NPRP 08-562-1-095

CameraNets: Coverage, networking, and storage problems in wireless multimedia sensor networks

Kemal Oflazer

NPRP 08-485-1-083

Improved Arabic natural language processing through semi supervised and cross-lingual learning

Silvia Pessoa

NPRP 09-857-5-123

Transnational labor migration in Qatar: An empirical sociological analysis

Kemal Oflazer

NPRP 09-1140-1-177

Learning from comparable corpora for improved English-Arabic statistical machine translation

Brett Browning

NPRP 09-980-2-380

Robust localization and mapping for autonomous gas inspection vehicles

Majd Sakr

NPRP 09-1116-1-172

Qloud: Towards a cloud computing infrastructure in Qatar to target regional scientific applications

Majd Sakr

NPRP 09-1113-1-171 Towards natural multi-cultural human-robot interaction

Kemal Oflazer

A natural language processing-based active and interactive NPRP 09-1113-1-171 platform for accessing English language content and advanced language learning

Iliano Cervesato

NPRP 09-1107-1-168 Formal reasoning about language for distributed computation

Iliano Cervesato

NPRP 09-667-1-100

Effective programming for large distributed ensembles

M. Bernardine Dias

NPRP 4-439-1-071

Innovative computing and mobile technology for improving English literacy skills for children and for adults

M. Bernardine Dias

NPRP 4-1330-1-213

Cooperative robotic boats for monitoring coastal and flooded areas

Andreas Karatsolis

NPRP 4-1538-6-048

Improving professional communication skills through an online tutorial

Iliano Cervesato

NPRP 4-341-1-059

Usable automated data inference for end-users

Dudley Reynolds

NPRP 4-1172-5-172

Improving reading skills in the middle school science classroom

Majd Sakr

NPRP 4-1058-1-168

Automatic correction of Standard Arabic text: Resource and system development

Hasan Demirkoparan NPRP 4-1138-1-178

New mathematical models for the large strain swelling response of biological tissues

NPRP

Hasan Demirkoparan NPRP 4-1333-1-214

Complex material response described by continuum mechanics with a deformation gradient product decomposition that has novel hyperelastic implications

Zeinab Ibrahim

NPRP 4-1074-5-164

Advancing Arabic language learning in Qatar

Vinay Kolar

NPRP 4-1620-1-266

Large-scale, personal and mobile sensor networks and their applications in Qatar

Krishnapuram Karthikeyan

NPRP 4-783-1-119

Plant uptake of pollutants of emerging concern during use of reclaimed water in greenhouse hydroponic systems

Krishnapuram Karthikeyan

NPRP 4-718-2-268

Use of novel water treatment methods for desalination of brackish groundwater in Qatar

Davide Fossati

NPRP 5-939-1-155

Intelligent learning environments for computer science undergraduate education

Divakaran Liginlal

NPRP 5-1393-6-044

Raising language effectiveness in Arabic ecommerce websites

Yonina Cooper

NPRP 5-1070-2-451

Alice for Middle East—Alice ME

Silvia Pessoa

NPRP 5-1320-6-040

Undergraduate discipline-specific writing: Expectations, demands, and development

Kemal Oflazer

NPRP 6-1020-1-199

Jonathan Finkel

NPRP 6-1130-3-267

Cycle 7

Mohamed Bouaouina NPRP 7-1872-1-331

Cycle 8 & 9

TITLE

OPTDIAC: An optimal diacritization scheme for Arabic orthographic representation Adherence and biofilm formation of pathogenic yeast and yeastlike fungi from the Qatari clinical setting Role of the PDZ and LIM containing protein Zasp in integrinmediated cell adhesion Automated verification of properties of concurrent, distributed and parallel specifications with applications to computer security

Iliano Cervasato

NPRP 7-988-1-178

Mohammad Hammoud

NPRP 7-1330-2-483

Scalable analytics engine for big graphs on the cloud

Dudley Reynolds

NPRP 7-1393-5-209

Learning4Teaching-Qatar: Examining Qatari teachers’ experiences of professional development in English language teaching

Snezhana Abarzhi

NPRP 7-1785-1-321

Numerical and theoretical modeling of complex fluid flows

Kemal Oflazer

NPRP 7-290-1-047

MADAR: Multi-Arabic dialect applications and resources

Kemal Oflazer

NPRP 8-1337-1-243

Khaled Harras

NPRP 8-1645-1-289

Silvia Pessoa

NPRP 8-1815-5-293

SLATE-Q: Scaffolding Literacy in Academic and Tertiary Environments: The case of communication in information systems

Gordon Rule

NPRP 8-2225-1-439

Development of novel antibiotic, antiparasitic and anticancer agents

Testing English reading comprehension through deep text analysis and question generation Towards mobile opportunistic cloud computing: Enabling generic computational offloading to extreme heterogeneous entities

Hasan Demirkoparan NPRP 8-2424-1-477

New mathematical models for the large strain swelling response of biological tissues: Applications to edema, inflammation, and pregnancy

Anis Charfi

Arabic author profiling for cyber security

NPRP 9-175-1-033

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Appendix F Meeting of the Minds posters Biological Sciences Posters Possible alternative to chimeric placental and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in the treatment of acute kidney disease Inhibition of bacterial alkaline phosphatase by L-phenylalanine Development of educational protein assay for secondary schools in Qatar Characterizing a novel bacillus-like phage from Qatar’s sand

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Role of DNAJB3/ HSP-40 in maintaining metabolic homeostasis The effect of pH on the activity and affinity of alkaline phosphatase Analysis of microbiome in water systems in Doha Comparison of kinetic behavior between E. coli and calf-intestinal alkaline phosphatase using nitrophenyl phosphate (NPP)

Computer Science Posters Computer assisted learning using foreign language material

Postgraduate Posters A leg in the future of hive mind programming

Device-to-device communication in the internet of things: providing development guidelines for IoT enthusiasts

A web-based framework for Arabic text diacritization annotation

Wireless eruptions— Reprogramming wireless sensor networks: Challenges and approaches CheckMyStack vulnerability detection tool for the Qatari web Software defined networking in wireless networks using a Raspberry Pi Applying recurrent neural network for Arabic named entity recognition An in-car speech-based interactive recitation correction system Tweets about Qatar: Who’s setting the agenda?

Effect of aspartame on malate aspartate shuttle in MDCK cells

Social media image analysis for public health

Isolation, purification, and complete genome sequence of Bayan bacteriophage, a potential therapeutic tool for tuberculosis

General Education Posters Graceful trees and parking functions

Acute toxicity of saccharine on proximal tubular kidney cells Inhibition of human placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) by L-phenylalanine Temporal patterns in Qatar’s particulate air pollution Annotation of Qatar’s novel Bacillus-like phage genome Microbiology-based educational kit for high school students in Qatar

Information Systems Posters Helping Qatar’s disabled: Identifying our web accessibility problems Designing services in healthcare: A research collaboration with Hamad General Hospital

Alice in the Middle East: Computing curriculum for K-12 Cumulus: A distributed flexible computing testbed for edge cloud computational offloading Detecting and tracking attacks in mobile edge computing platforms Drone-Be-Gone: Agile low-cost vision-based UAV cyber physical testbed Extending the range via ad-hoc communication for cooperative robotic watercraft GraphSim: A distributed and adaptive graph simulation system NEXCEL: A deductive spreadsheet The OptDiac Project: Guidelines and framework for a large scale Arabic diacritized corpus Effect of wave interference on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability Teacher development for student reading A study of visual metaphors on Arab e-commerce websites Websites as cultural expressions: A multimodal analysis of Arabic e-commerce websites

Appendix G Publications and presentations by faculty members

Houda Bouamor, visiting assistant teaching professor of computer science and Salam Khalifa and Nizar Habash (NYU Abu Dhabi). “DALILA: The Dialect Arabic Linguistic Learning Assistant.” In Proceedings of the 10th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC).

Alexander R. Wilcox Cheek, assistant teaching professor of information systems, and Carola Verschoor. “The Business Designer Hybrid.” In Change Ahead.

Alexander R. Wilcox Cheek, assistant teaching professor of information systems. “Teaching the ‘Design Disposition’ to Future Technologists,” Interaction ’16 Helsinki and Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, IxDA Education Summit, Helsinki, Finland.

Alexander R. Wilcox Cheek, assistant teaching professor of information systems. “Designing Organizational Change,” Vodafone Qatar Corporate Social Responsibility Majilis, Doha, Qatar.

Alexander R. Wilcox Cheek, assistant teaching professor of information systems and Silvia Pessoa (CMU-Q) and Thomas Mitchell (CMU-Q). “Working with a Designer: Understanding Writing, Expectations, Explicit Instruction and Improved Writing,” Liberal Arts International Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Benjamin Collier, assistant teaching professor of organizational behavior, and Julia Bear. “Where are the Women in Wikipedia? Understanding the Different Psychological Experiences of Men and Women in Wikipedia.” In Sex Roles.

Hasan Demirkoparan, associate teaching professor of mathematics, and Heiko Topol (CMU-Q), Thomas Pence (Michigan State University) and Alan Wineman (University of Michigan). “Uniaxial load analysis under stretch dependent fiber remodeling applicable to collageneous tissue.” In Journal of Engineering Mathematics.

Hasan Demirkoparan, associate teaching professor of mathematics, Ashraf Hadoush (CMU-Q) and Thomas Pence (Michigan State University). “Straightening an annular cylindrical sector that is composed of an internally balanced compressible elastic material,” 9th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2015), Leganes-Madrid, Spain.

Hasan Demirkoparan, associate teaching professor of mathematics and Thomas Pence (Michigan State University). “Hyperelastic Swelling Modelling of Multilayer Tubes with Fibrous Structure,” Modelling across the Biology – Mechanics Interface, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain.

David Emmanuel Gray, assistant teaching professor of philosophy and Dana Haidan (Vodafone Qatar) and Martin Neureiter (The CSR Company GmbH). “Training and Education for Sustainability Reporting,” Corporate Social Responsibility, Awarding Institutions, and Launch of the White Book Conference, Doha, Qatar.

David Emmanuel Gray, assistant teaching professor of philosophy.

“A Better Way to Think About Business Ethics,” Corporate Social Responsibility Majlis on Defining your Corporate Purpose for a Sustainable Change, Doha, Qatar.

Erik Helin, special lecturer of Spanish. “Developing Intercultural Competence through Learning Spanish Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students,” Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, USA.

Amal Helu, visiting associate professor of statistics. “The inverse Weibull distribution as a failure model under various loss functions,” Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Seattle, USA. Keynote address.

Amal Helu, visiting associate professor of statistics. “The inverse Weibull distribution as a failure model under various loss functions and based on progressive first-failure censored data.” In Quality Technology & Quantitative Management.

Adam Hodges, visiting assistant professor of English. “Ideologies of Language and Race in US Media Discourse about the Trayvon Martin Shooting.” In Language in Society.

Adam Hodges, visiting assistant professor of English. “The Paranoid Style in Politics: Ideological Underpinnings of the Discourse of Second Amendment Absolutism.”

In Journal of Language Aggression & Conflict.

Adam Hodges, visiting assistant professor of English. “Accusatory and Exculpatory Moves in the Hunting for ‘Racists’ Language Game.” In Language & Communication.

Adam Hodges, visiting assistant professor of English. “Reinforcing Dominant Understandings of Racism: The Intertextual Circulation of Small Stories about George Zimmerman,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Denver, CO. Starling David Hunter III, visiting associate teaching professor of business administration, and Susan Smith, American University of Sharjah. “A Network Text Analysis of David Ayer’s Fury.” In Advances in Language & Literary Studies.

Starling David Hunter III, visiting associate teaching professor of business administration. “Combining Theoretical Perspectives on the Organizational StructurePerformance Relationship.” In Journal of Organization Design.

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Chadi Aoun, associate teaching professor of information systems and Dr. Savanid Vatanasakdakul (Macquarie University) and Karyne Ang (University of Technology Sydney).

“Feedback for Thought: Examining the Influence of Feedback Constituents on Learning Experience.” In Journal of Studies in Higher Education.

Appendix G Publications and presentations by faculty members Starling David Hunter III, visiting associate teaching professor and Susan Smith (American University of Sharjah) and Saba Singh (School of Visual Arts). “Predicting box office from the screenplay: A text analytical approach.” In Journal of Screenwriting.

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Starling David Hunter III, visiting associate teaching professor and Susan Smith (American University of Sharjah) and Saba Singh (School of Visual Arts). “Predicting Box Office From The Screenplay: The Role of Network Text Analysis,” International Network of Social Network Analysis, Newport Beach, USA. Ludmila Hyman, assistant teaching professor. “Gorbachev’s Argument for Perestroika: Forgotten or Remembered?” NCA/ AFA (Alta) Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah, USA. Onur Kesten, associate professor of economics, and Yan Chen, University of Michigan. “College and High School Admissions Reforms in China,” Departmental seminars at Qatar University and Georgetown University.

Onur Kesten, associate professor of economics and Yan Chen, University of Michigan. “College and High School Admissions Reforms in China: A Theoretical Analysis.” In Journal of Political Economy.

Ramesh Krishnamurti, professor of architecture, and Kui Yue, Microsoft. “Developing a tractable parametric shape grammar.” In Environment & Planning B: Planning and Design.

Ramesh Krishnamurti, professor of architecture. “Mulling over shapes, rules and numbers.” In Nexus Network Journal.

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, Lara Khansa (Virginia Tech), Xiao Ma (University of Arkansas), and Sung Kim (University of WisconsinMadison). “Understanding Members’ Participation in Online Questionand-Answer Communities: A Theory and Empirical Analysis.” In Journal of Management Information Systems.

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, Rami Yousef (Lusail), Simon Fass (University of Texas at Dallas), and Chadi Aoun (CMU-Q). “Combining Morphological Analysis and Bayesian Belief Networks: A DSS for Safer Construction of a Smart City,” Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico.

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems.

“HIPAA and Human Error: The Role of Enhanced Situation Awareness in Protecting Health Information.”

In Medical Data Privacy Handbook.

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Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, Maryam Al-Fehani, Preetha Gopinath, and Alex Cheek (CMU-Q).

“Wish Lists and Shopping Carts: A Study of Visual Metaphors on Arab E-Commerce Websites,” Workshop on E-Business at the International Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, Texas, USA. A research outcome of a QNRF-sponsored project from Cycle 5 titled “Raising Language Effectiveness in Arabic Ecommerce Websites.”

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems and Robert Meeds (Qatar University) and Rizwan Ahmad (Qatar University) and Preetha Gopinath (CMU-Q).

“Webpages as Cultural Expressions: A Study of Metaphor Use in Arab E-Commerce Web.” In International Journal of Global Information Technology Management.

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems and Simon Fass and Priyanka Vyas (University of Texas at Dallas) and Rami Yousef (Qatar University). “Understanding Causes of Fall and Struck-by Incidents: What Differentiates Construction Safety in the Arabian Gulf Region.” In Applied Ergonomics Journal.

Divakaran Liginlal, teaching professor of information systems, and Aisha Al-Missned, (CMU-Q).

“Voices of Al-Khor - A Study in Digital Cultural Heritage,” Digital Heritage International Congress 2015, Granada, Spain, derived from Aisha Missned’s senior honors thesis.

Thomas D. Mitchell, assistant teaching professor of English and Ryan T. Miller (Kent State University) and Silvia Pessoa (CMU-Q). “Impact of source texts and prompts on students’ genre uptake.” In Journal of Second Language Writing.

Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor of computer science and Huda Gedaway (CMU-Q) and Wanda Dann and Donald Slater (CMU). “Alice in the Middle East: An Experience Report from the Formative Phase,” 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education.

Benjamin James Reilly, associate teaching professor of history. Slavery, Agriculture, and Malaria in the Arabian Peninsula. Oxford University Press.

Benjamin James Reilly, associate teaching professor of history.

“Arabian Travellers, 1800-1950: An Analytical Bibliography.” In British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.

Appendix G Publications and presentations by faculty members

Dudley Reynolds, teaching professor of English. “Human subjects review.”

In The Cambridge Guide to Research in Language Teaching and Learning.

Dudley Reynolds, teaching professor of English. “Qatari middle school students’ perceptions of strategies for L1 and L2 reading. In Current Issues in Reading, Writing and Visual Literacy: Research and Practice.

Dudley Reynolds, teaching professor of English. “What Shape Is Your Teaching In? Taking Stock and Making Plans in an Age of Innovation,” TESOL Kuwait 2015 Conference “Reshaping English Teaching in An Age of Innovation,” Kuwait. Keynote address.

Dudley Reynolds, teaching professor of English. “Language and content teacher development through lesson study,” TESOL International Association Regional Conference “Excellence in Language Instruction: Supporting Classroom Teaching & Learning,”Singapore.

Alicia Salaz, reference and instruction librarian and Teresa MacGregor (CMU-Q). “What Came First, the Whale or the Egg.” In The Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Succesful Lesson Plans by ACRL. Alicia Salaz, reference and instruction librarian, and Teresa MacGregor, director of the library.

“ACRL’s Framework in the Arab Gulf: A Practitioner View on National Frameworks in Transnational Higher Education,” European Conference on Information Literacy, Tallinn, Estonia.

Alicia Salaz, reference and instruction librarian and Nicole Johnston (Universty College London).

“Online vs. Blended Learning: Issues and Challenges,” 22nd Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Special Libraries Association Arabian Gulf Chapter, Kuwait.

Peter Stuettgen, assistant teaching professor of marketing and Peter Boatwright (CMU). “The Prevalence of Compensatory Choice: Are We Compensating for the Lack of Search Path Data,” European Marketing Academy 2016 Conference, Oslo, Norway.

Ihab Younis, assistant teaching professor of biological sciences.

“Splicing switches: Minor introns determine the fate of gene expression,” Nara Institute of Science and Technology International Workshop, Nara, Japan.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate and Ossama Obeid, Houda Bouamor and Kemal Oflazer (CMU-Q) and Mahmoud Ghoneim, Abdelati Hawwari and Mona Diab (GWU). “ MANDIAC: A Web-based Annotation System for Manual Arabic Diacritization.” In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Arabic Corpora and Processing Tools 2016 Theme: Social Media, LREC 2016.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate and Dana Awad (The Lebanese University). “Toward an Arabic Punctuated Corpus: Annotation Guidelines and Evaluation.” In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Arabic Corpora and Processing Tools 2016 Theme: Social Media, LREC 2016.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate and Irina Temnikova and Stephan Vogel (QCRI) and Nizar Habash (NYU Abu Dhabi). “Applying the Cognitive Machine Translation Evaluation Approach to Arabic.” In Proceedings of the 10th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate and Houda Bouamor, Ossama Obeid and Kemal Oflazer (CMU-Q) and Abdelati Hawwari, Mona Diab, Sawsan Alqahtani and Mahmoud Ghoneim (GWU). “Large Scale Arabic Diacritized Corpus: Guidelines and Framework.” In Proceedings of the 10th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate and Behrang Mohit (Ask. com), Nizar Habash (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Ossama Obeid, Houda Bouamor and Kemal Oflazer (CMU-Q). “Building an Arabic Machine Translation Post-Edited Corpus.” In Proceedings of the 10th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate of computer science and Dana Awad (The Lebanese University). “Building an Arabic Punctuated Corpus,” Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate of computer science and Behrang Mohit (Ask.com), Nizar Habash (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Ossama Obeid, Houda Bouamor and Kemal Oflazer (CMU-Q). “Annotation Guidelines and Framework for Arabic Machine Translation PostEdited Corpus,” Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Wajdi Zaghouani, research associate of computer science and Stephan Vogel (QCRI). “Social Entrepreneurship: Improving Literacy in the Arab World Through Ebooks for Children,” Empower Workshops 2016, Doha, Qatar.

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Benjamin James Reilly, associate teaching professor of history. “A WellIntentioned Failure: British Antislavery Measures and the Arabian Peninsula, 1820-1940.” In Journal of Arabian Studies.

Appendix H Press releases

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Carnegie Mellon Qatar records highest ever Qatari participation at summer outreach program, August 3 Freshman orientation at Carnegie Mellon University, August 22 Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes Class of 2019, August 26

09/15 Minister of Finance confirms his commitment to education at CMU-Q presentation, September 7 Qatar Stock Exchange CEO encourages entrepreneurship at CMU-Q talk, September 8

10/15 QCB governor speaking during the “Dean’s Lecture Series” organized by CMU-Q, October 4 Record number of Qatari students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon Qatar, October 7 Carnegie Mellon moves up in global university rankings, October 17 Facebook’s Serkan Piantino coming to Carnegie Mellon Qatar, October 20 Technology will focus more on the core human experience, says Facebook’s Serkan Piantino, October 26 Carnegie Mellon Qatar showcases Q-SmartLab at WFE Annual Meeting, October 29

11/15 155 students recognized on Carnegie Mellon Qatar Dean’s List, November 1

Dean’s Lecture Series: HE Dr. Saleh Bin Mohammed Al-Nabit, November 10

12/15 Carnegie Mellon Qatar alumni form a network of young business and technology leaders in Qatar, December 7 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar celebrates Qatar National Day, December 12

01/16 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar to host its first regional ‘Hackathon’, January 20 Carnegie Mellon University welcomes Early Decision students, January 27

02/16 Carnegie Mellon Qatar marks National Sport Day, February 6 Record number of students compete in Carnegie Mellon Qatar ‘Hackathon,’ February 13 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar launches first SmartLab in the Gulf, February 17 Computer science is transforming the world, says CMU’s Andrew Moore, February 21 Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosts high school workshops to give sneak peek into careers in business, science and tech, February 24

03/16 AlFaisal – Carnegie Mellon Innovation Entrepreneurship Center incubates first project, March 5 Al khaliji partners with Carnegie Mellon University for Tajer Financial Education Workshop, March 5 More than 250 students participate in CMU-Q’s inaugural Pi Day competition, March 26

04/16 130 students recognized on Carnegie Mellon Qatar Dean’s List, April 2 National universities compete in CMU-Q Quick Startup 2016, April 10 CMU-Q addresses ‘Grand Challenge’ through National Priorities Research Program grant, April 19 Lebanese School of Qatar wins “Botball 2016” at Carnegie Mellon Qatar, April 23 CMU-Q team wins Imagine Cup 2016 contest, April 27 CMU-Q students explore careers with Qatar’s top companies, April 28

05/16 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar graduates 89 students, May 2 Study on Qatar bacteriophage awarded top prize at CMU-Q’s Meeting of the Minds, May 7 Fall 2016 CMU-Q students receive warm welcome at Marhaba Tartans, May 11 Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosts first ‘Alice Middle East’ Programming Competition, May 22

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Enhancing the student experience at two campuses, QF Telegraph

A fun start to the new year, Campus

CMU-Q hosts its largest hackathon to date, QF Telegraph

Study into local air quality wins CMU-Q award at ‘Meeting of the Minds’, The Foundation

We’ve stuck with the oil prices at this level …, The Edge Governor of Qatar Central Bank addresses CMU-Q, Foundation Elevating achievement with analysis and technology, QF Telegraph

Guiding Innovators, Foundation

CMU-Q annual event promotes students’ talent, QF Telegraph

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‘Think Pink’ campaign aims to tackle breast cancer, QF Telegraph

Welcoming new students to Education City, QF Telegraph CMU-Q emerge victorious in football, QF Telegraph CMU-Q summer program students display a real desire to succeed, QF Telegraph CMU-Q students display their innovation in Nice, QF Telegraph CMU-Q executive education program hones leadership skills, Foundation From idea to application, Foundation

09/15 CMU-Q Summer Program targets potential intake, Foundation Exploring QF initiatives, projects, and events in depth, Foundation Providing an education that goes far beyond the classroom, QF Telegraph Opening a gateway to the pursuit of goals, QF Telegraph Supporting a prosperous and sustainable nation through QF’s commitment to quality education, QF Telegraph Providing an education that goes far beyond the classroom, QF Telegraph

11/15 Cultivating the talent and aspiration of youth to meet Qatar’s needs, QF Telegraph

CMU-Q launches first SmartLab in the region, QF Telegraph Computer Science students play a part in transforming the world, QF Telegraph

03/16 Waking dream, Campus CMU-Q launches first SmartLab in the region, The Edge CMU dean delivers Qatar lecture, Foundation Expertise applied during innovative hackathon, QF Telegraph

Facebook site director mentors CMU-Q students, QF Telegraph

Workshops introduce students to CMU-Q programs, QF Telegraph

CMU-Q hosts Arabic ecommerce workshop, QF Telegraph

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QF encourages a change in the culture of driving in Qatar, QF Telegraph

Scholars prove that they can learn, create, and innovate with the best, QF Telegraph

CMU-Q hosts Facebook director for discussion, Foundation

Through big data, Foundation

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05/16 Celebrating Pi, Campus

Technology that can address human questions, Campus

CMU-Q and Vodafone Qatar talk business ethics, QF Telegraph

CMU-Q signs key MoUs with two ministries in Qatar to tackle key challenges facing the nation, QF Telegraph

CMU-Q’s team wins title at Imagine Cup, QF Telegraph

QF management’s knowledge on global executive business trends enhanced, QF Telegraph

01/16 Ilker Baybars on the new year, Qatar Today CMU-Q research lab featured at symposium, QF Telegraph

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004 Arabia Abdulla Abdulghani Al Ahli Hospital Al Emadi Enterprises Al Faisal Holding AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation Alfardan Group Al Futtaim Ali Bin Ali Group Al Jazeera Media Network Al khaliji Al Sawari Holding Amiri Diwan A.T. Kearney Canon Careem Chalhoub Group Commercial Bank of Qatar Council of Ministers DHL Darwish Holding Deloitte Education Above All Ernst & Young ExxonMobil Qatar Ezdan Holding General Electric Georgetown University in Qatar Girnaas Gulf Bridge International Gulf Business Machines Hamad Bin Khalifa University Hochtief Vicon Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) KPMG Maersk Oil Qatar Malomatia Microsoft Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics Ministry of Economy and Commerce Ministry of Education and Higher Education Ministry of Finance Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Interior Ministry of Municipality and Environment Ministry of Transport and Communication

Nakilat NestlĂŠ Northwestern University in Qatar Omani Embassy in Doha, Qatar Ooredoo Oryx GTL PricewaterhouseCoopers Qatar Airways Qatar Biobank Qatar Biomedical Research Institute Qatar Central Bank Qatar Computing Research Institute Qatar Credit Bureau Qatar Fertilizer Company Qatar Finance and Business Academy Qatar Financial Center Qatar First Bank Qatar Foundation Qatar Foundation Research and Development QatarGas Qatar Investment Authority Qatar Investment Bank Qatar Museums Authority Qatar National Bank Qatar National Research Fund Qatar Olympic Committee Qatar Petroleum Qatar Robotics Surgery Center Qatar Science and Technology Park Qatar Shell Qatar Stock Exchange Qatar University RasGas Company SDK Marketing SAP Sidra Medical and Research Center Siemens Qatar Silatech Sports Corner Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Texas A&M University at Qatar TNO Vodafone Qatar Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Woqod

IDEAS Carnegie Mellon has built relationships with companies and organizations across various sectors. Our partners work closely with us by speaking through our Career Development Office, providing internships and jobs, participating in Executive Education courses, judging at Meeting of the Minds, sponsoring students, sponsoring events and strengthening ties through Memoranda of Understanding.

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About Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar For more than a century, Carnegie Mellon University has challenged the curious and passionate to imagine and deliver work that matters. A private, global university, Carnegie Mellon stands among the world’s most renowned educational institutions, setting its own course with programs that inspire creativity and collaboration. Consistently top-ranked, Carnegie Mellon has more than 13,000 students and 100,000 alumni worldwide.

At the invitation of Qatar Foundation, Carnegie Mellon joined Education City in 2004 to deliver select programs that will support and contribute to the long-term development of Qatar.

Today, Carnegie Mellon Qatar offers undergraduate programs in biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science, and information systems. More than 400 students from 40 countries call Carnegie Mellon Qatar home.

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Graduates from CMU-Q are highly sought-after: most choose careers in top organizations, both in Qatar and around the world, while a significant number pursue graduate studies at international institutions. With nine graduating classes, the total number of alumni is 570.

To learn more, visit www.qatar.cmu.edu and follow us on: Twitter: @CarnegieMellonQ Instagram: @carnegiemellonq Facebook: CarnegieMellonQ YouTube: CarnegieMellonQatar

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