Carnegie Mellon Qatar Students Make an Impact at the Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon’s global network of alumni and current scholars help to build bridges between institutions and organizations. CMU alumnus Sabih Bin Wasi and CMU Q faculty worked together with the Robotics Institute to create student research opportunities via Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) Program. RISS is an intensive summer research program for talented undergraduate students from around the world. Summer scholars participate in state-of-the-art research projects, interact with a diverse research team, are mentored by leading faculty and technical staff, and experience the culture of Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. RISS co-director, Rachel Burcin, commented that “CMU Q students have made meaningful contributions and impact to the research and learning experience. CMU RISS partners create possibilities and new opportunities that students might not even have imagined were possible. They have a huge role in shaping futures.”
2019
Mentored by Dr. Zakia HammalThis summer, Maimoon will be assisting Dr. Hammal with the application of computer vision to sense facial expressions during human-machine interactions.
2018
Mentored by Dr. Christoph Mertz
Research Poster: http://bit.ly/2018RISSDuring her time with RISS, Shaden developed an automatic system to recognize road markings and assess the condition of the surface through semantic segmentation. Shaden was part of an award-winning team that received recognition in April 2019.
2017
Mentored by Prof. David Bourne
Research Poster: http://bit.ly/2017MohamedDuring her time with RISS, Aisha’s research focused on localizing a particular workpiece based on data extracted from the Computer Aided Design (CAD) files. Once located, this initial estimate was utilized to further pose precision. Aisha has received numerous awards and recognition for her contributions in leadership in STEM.
Mentored by Dr. Christoph Mertz
Research Poster: http://bit.ly/2017TliliDuring her time with RISS, Fatma focused on a system that could reduce the computational iterations needed to automate the process of traffic sign inspection. Fatma’s RISS research received top honors at CMU Q. She is pursuing a masters in computer science at Stanford University.
Mentored by Dr. Jack Mostow
Research Poster: http://bit.ly/2017PillaiDuring his time with RISS, Rohith analyzed student behavior when interacting with a robot tutor. He achieved this by using the relationship between affective states and real-time behaviors. Rohith is a current masters student at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute.
