Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum Volume 2013 Issue 1

Quantum imaging can be defined as an area of quantum optics that investigates the ultimate performance limits of optical imaging allowed by the quantum nature of light. Quantum Imaging techniques possess a high potential for improving the performance in recording, storage, and readout of optical images beyond the limits set by the standard quantum level of fluctuations known as the shot noise. This talk aims at giving an Read More

Social Media Networks (SMNs) are collaborative tools used in an increasing rate in many business and industrial environments. These are often used in parallel with dedicated Collaborative Technologies (CTs) which are specifically designed to handle dedicated tasks. Within this research project the specific area of supply chain management is the focus of investigation. Two case studies where CTs are already extensively e Read More

The city of Doha has witnessed a rapid change in its demographics over the past decade. The city has been thoroughly modernized, a massive change in its inhabitants culture and behavior has occurred and the need to re-develop its infrastructure has arose creating multiple mega construction projects such as the New Doha International Airport, the Doha Metro Network, and the Lusail City. A mega-project such as t Read More

In a growing market with demanding consumers, the retail industry needs decision support tools that reflect emerging practices and integrate key decisions cutting across several of its departments (e.g. marketing and operations). The current tools may not be adequate to sufficiently tackle this kind of integration complexity in relation to pricing in order to satisfy the retailing experience of the customers. Of course, it has to be u Read More

Efficient and accurate numerical solving of partial differential equations (PDE) is essential for many problems in science and engineering. In this paper we discuss spectral symplectic methods with different numerical accuracy on example of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLSE), which can be taken as a model for versatile kinds of conservative systems. First, second and fourth order approximation have been observed and r Read More

Surface Properties Of Poly(Imide-Co-Siloxane) Block Copolymers Aigor Novák, A,Banton Popelka, Cpetr Sysel, A,D Igor Krupa, Aivan Chodák, Amarian Valentin, Ajozef Prachár, Evladimír Vanko Apolymer Institute, Slovak Academy Of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia Bcenter For Advanced Materials, Quatar University, Doha, Quatar Cdepartment Of Polymers, Institute Of Chemical Technology, Faculty Of Chemical Technology Read More

In this paper, Face recognition in unconstrained illumination conditions is investigated. A two manifold contribution is proposed: 1) Firstly, Three sate of the art algorithms, namely Multiblock local Binary pattern (MBLBP), Histogram of Gabor Phase Patterns (HGPP) and Local Gabor binary pattern histogram sequence (LGBPHS) are challenged against The IRIS-M3 multispectral face data base. 2) Secondly, The Performance of the th Read More

The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event. The total attendance is in the hundreds of thousands. The first-ever World Cup in an Arab nation will be hosted by Qatar in 2022. As the country prepares for this event, the current paper proposes telepresence robots for the World Cup. Telepresence robots refer to robots that allow a person to work remotely in another place as he or she is physically present there. For su Read More

Word segmentation is a necessary step for natural language processing applications, such as machine translation and parsing. In this research we focus on Arabic word segmentation to study its impact on Arabic to English translation. There are accurate word segmentation systems for Arabic, such as MADA (Habash, 2007). However, such systems usually need manually-built data and rules of the Arabic language. In this work, w Read More

Health care systems in countries around the world are focused on improving the health of their populations. Many countries face common challenges related to capturing, structuring, sharing and acting upon various sources of information in service of this goal. Information science, in combination with information and communications technologies (ICT) such as online communities and cloud-based services, can be use Read More