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CMU-Q and Middle East Council on Global Affairs sign MoU to expand research and educational cooperation
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) and the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a comprehensive framework for cooperation in research, education, and professional development across the region. The agreement was signed by CMU-Q’s Dean Michael Trick , Dean of CMU-Q, and Dr. Khalid Al-Jaber , Executive Director of the ME Council, alongside representatives from both institutions. The collaboration und
Jan 6
AI's Inclusion Gap: CMU-Q’s expert in Arabic AI calls for research that "reflects our culture and identity"
Houda Bouamor, a leading Arabic NLP researcher, outlines the key challenges for AI in the Middle East—and how CMU-Q is building a new generation of talent to meet them. The future of artificial intelligence in the Middle East hinges on solving its "inclusion" problem, according to Houda Bouamor, a leading expert in Arabic Natural Language Processing (NLP) and an associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). Most AI models are trained on formal,
Dec 14, 2025
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