Doha: Qatar University (QU) is accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across its academic and administrative operations as part of a broader digital transformation strategy aimed at enhancing efficiency, advancing research and innovation, and improving the quality of services provided to students, faculty members, researchers, and staff.
The university’s digital infrastructure is based on an integrated strategic vision aimed at building an advanced technological system that supports education, scientific research, and institutional management, and keeps pace with the rapid transformations in the fields of AI and digital transformation.
QU continues to build an integrated system for AI and digital transformation, combining education, research, institutional services, and national and international partnerships, through the provision of various scientific projects that are being implemented or supported, such as the AI-powered academic advisor platform, the AI research and innovation center, and training and capacity-building programmes.
In this context, Associate Vice President for Technology and Information Security at QU Dr. Nayef Alyafei affirmed that the university possesses a digital infrastructure that is among the most modern in the State of Qatar.
He noted that QU has strategically invested in building an integrated digital infrastructure and an advanced hybrid data center that relies on flexible cloud computing systems, as well as providing ultra-fast networks to support the massive flow of data.
Alyafei told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that high-performance computing (HPC) systems have been developed to serve researchers and students in the fields of digital simulation and AI, in addition to the great attention given to cybersecurity and data, within a comprehensive system that forms the backbone for establishing a knowledge-based economy in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.
