The College of Science and Engineering (CSE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), concluded its computer engineering winter camp, Innovate.Create, with a special awards ceremony recently.
Focused on one of the most consequential fields of modern times, the programme saw the participation of 24 high school juniors and seniors from various schools in Qatar.
Participants learned about the development and significance of computer engineering as a field, underwent crash courses in cybersecurity and robotics, and engaged in group work on practical engineering projects and application development, working effectively with graduate students and faculty from the Information and Computing Technology division at HBKU’s College of Science and Engineering.
Dr Mounir Hamdi, dean of CSE, said: “We believe that the successes we will achieve tomorrow will depend on our ability to embrace the fast pace of technological development today. Through the Innovate.Create programme, we have worked with high school students who were evidently interested in exploring the computer engineering field.”
Innovate.Create provided participants with hands-on experience across three core programme areas. In the first session of the programme, which focused on robotics training, students worked on the basic hardware used in the construction, operation and use of robots.
On the third day of the programme, students explored various computer security issues, how they started, the different security protocols and how security systems work. On days four and five, the participants covered the foundation of programming, mobile application design, and mobile application development.
Nour Elhouda Tabet, a programme instructor, said: “Our main objective was to provide students with a full experience in the field of security and mobile application development in a manner that was at once interactive, fun and informative. Throughout my interactions with our students, I sensed the great engagement and the energy that they expressed – and this was particularly rewarding.”
In addition to the awards ceremony that recognised the efforts of outstanding students, all participants were issued a certificate of completion.