Invited to attend #TweetsforChange
I invited to attend āTweets for Changeā speaker series in Washington, DC which was organized by Twitter.Ā https://fortheculturetour.splashthat.com
Being a Part of ArabWIC Conference in Lebanon
I am very thrilled to be a part of the committee of the Fifth International Conference on Arab Women in ComputingĀ in Lebanon. I will be servingĀ on the research track committee.Ā Ā I will be also serving on the social media committee.
Research experience with a team at QCRI
Since then Iāve been interested in exploring applications for leveraging artificial intelligence to improve peopleās life. I was very delighted to get involved in a research group at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) with the Social Computing group during Spring 2017. Ā Led by Dr.Ā Luis Fernandez Luque, I got an opportunity to work on a project Ā that aimed to provide health education to mothers to maintain a healthy weight for their children. For the purpose of this study, we developed a chatbot in order to utilize technology to support parentsā engagement to sustain the weight loss of their children.
The project involved three stages. The first stage was understanding the preferences and needs to build a comprehensive knowledge base for chatbot. In order to explore parentsā needs and interests, the research team created WhatsApp group. The first stage was to analyze the contents of the group and the group dynamics among parents.Ā The findings of this study led to a design specification and more tailored contents to build a Telegram bot. The second stage of this project was designing and implementing a chatbot.Ā The chatbot built was delivered to mothers in Qatar where they took a part of.Ā Regular messages were sent to foster education to the mothers about their children food consumption, diet and exercise.