Sofiane Abbar

Engineer & Researcher @QCRI. Interested in {Urban and Social} Computing, politics, and ethics.

[Sofiane Abbar @SofianeAbbar]

@alemadi_n Too bad that even at home you don't get a facing window :)

[Sofiane Abbar @SofianeAbbar]

Just analyzed 99k tweets from last week matching keywords (Algerie and الجزائر) , I then looked for mentions of different candidates for the coming algerian elections. #Tabboune is leading. #الجزائر تنتخب #الجزائر_لا_تنتخب

[Sofiane Abbar @SofianeAbbar]

@QatarComputing is proud that our #Qatar_AI_Strategy is officially launched at #QITCOM2019

[QCRI | معهد قطر لبحوث الحوسبة @QatarComputing]

Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the launch of the Qatar National AI Strategy developed with @QatarComputing was announced by H.E. Minister Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, @MOTC_QA.
@QITCOM @QF @HBKU

[Ahmed Elmagarmid @akelmagarmid]

Congratulations to @QatarComputing’s @alemadi_n and @SofianeAbbar on winning an @HBKU Innovation Award for their TAWASOL system. TAWASOL is being developed in collaboration with @tasmuQa for @MOTC_QA for use in public transport and events. Well done!

[QCRI | معهد قطر لبحوث الحوسبة @QatarComputing]

Listen as QCRI's @SofianeAbbar is interviewed by Qatar Radio about our recent TASMU-QCAI Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Workshop

[Walid Magdy 🇵🇸 @Walid_Magdy]

and Computational Social Science

[QCRI | معهد قطر لبحوث الحوسبة @QatarComputing]

Listen to QCRI's @SofianeAbbar in an interview with Qatar Radio on our recent Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) workshop. @HBKU @QF

[تلفزيون قطر @QatarTelevision]

د. سفيان عبار ، كبير المهندسين في معهد قطر لبحوث الحوسبة - جامعة حمد بن خليفة #في_الضحى #تلفزيون_قطر

[Sofiane Abbar @SofianeAbbar]

Are you attending #KDD2018? Don't miss our tutorial on the science of algorithmic map inference today at 1PM. https://t.co/G8P4SpH00v

[Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social @gdfm7]

Attn: PhD Students & PostDocs!
Want to do research while having a real impact?
Interested in machine learning and data mining?

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Come work with me at our new @ISI_Fondazione Innovation Center for AI in collaboration with a leading Italian Bank.
DM me for details

[Alexander C. Nwala @acnwala]

Can we predict the popularity of news stories before they go online?

@SofianeAbbar at @ACMHT presents via video: "To Post or Not to Post: Using Online Trends to Predict Popularity of Offline Content"

Video: https://t.co/gYFHy1CTR6
Questions? Post comment below video

#acmht18

[CUSP at NYU Tandon @NYU_CUSP]

ICYMI: The definition of urban infrastructure is changing from purely physical assets to also include data and technology, via @smartcitiesdive: https://t.co/Zeuk7IIECP

[TMT Finance @SmartCityEvents]

Up on stage in our Tech & Data Stream we have a keynote entitled 'Artificial Intelligence and Urban Data Analytics for cities' by Dr Sofiane Abbar (@SofianeAbbar) Urban Computing Expert, @QatarComputing #smartcitysummitalgiers

[Smart Algiers @SmartAlgiers]

Dr Sofiane Abbar nous parlera de l'intelligence artificielle et de son role dans l'analyse des données urbaines pour les villes intelligentes. #SmartCitySummitAlgiers

[Sofiane Abbar @SofianeAbbar]

Cities & Citizens, by Trudy Norris-Grey. Head of Microsoft CityNext. #smartcityalgiers

[Sofiane Abbar @SofianeAbbar]

While Mars is not a viable option for living, it tells us a lot about closed living environments, and thus on how our cities should be in terms of recycling, energy, food, and water. By Jonathan Trent