HBKU hosts event to showcase high-impact research work – The Peninsula

HBKU hosts event to showcase high-impact research work – The Peninsula

Doha: Highlighting institutional excellence, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) recently held the second event in its “Thematic Research Highlights Series” to showcase four active projects.

The series demonstrates the university’s commitment to interdisciplinary and cross-collaborative research aligned with HBKU’s strategic research areas and with Qatar Foundation’s overall goals and objectives.

After opening remarks by Dr. Richard O’Kennedy, Vice-President for Research at HBKU, and Dr. Rachid Zaffou, Senior Planning and Research Director, the Lead Project Investigators (LPIs) presented their research projects.

Awarded under the OVPR’s Thematic Research Grant Program, the projects showcase how HBKU’s research strengths in machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), digital humanities, and biomedicine are being further developed to address needs and to create opportunities for social and economic impact both locally and globally.

Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe, Associate Professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), presented a project titled “Forced Migration, Digital Technology and Health,” with collaborators at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI).

The interdisciplinary study of Syrian refugees in Italy and Greece examines the crucial, but often neglected, links between health and digital technology in the context of forced migration and displacement.

Dr. Jens Schneider, Assistant Professor, College of Science and