Amid relentless bombardment of Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Beqaa Valley, Professor Issam Srour of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, an expert in construction waste and sustainable rubble management, discusses strategies for handling Lebanon’s fast-mounting demolition debris and avoiding environmental disaster.
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Mar 2025
The Merge: Episode 04 | Fadi Zaraket | Arabic LLMs, Surveillance, Tech Politics, Future of Eng & AI
Dr. Fadi Zaraket discusses Arabic Large Language Models (LLMs), he highlights their importance in ensuring technology aligns with the Arabic language and culture. For him, the development of Arabic LLMs is essential in bridging the gap between global advancements and regional ide ... Show More
47m 19s
Jan 2025
The Merge: Episode 03 | Nassim Taleb | The architecture of the world we inhabit
When Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb looks to the future, he doesn’t see the randomness of a roll of the dice, but a hidden order shaped by probability distributions and rooted in history. For him, randomness itself is epistemic—grounded in knowledge and the deep, unbroken threads that ... Show More
1h 8m
Jun 2024
450.AR بالعربي Rim Alexandra Halfya's journey and Combify. PART 1
Rim Alexandra Halfya (Cofounder & COO at Combify, Commercial RE Advisor, Public Speaker, Sweden)
في هذه الحلقة نتكلم مع ريم عن نشأتها, و طفولتها, و الأسباب التي ادت الى انتقالها الى السويد. ريم تحدثنا عن شركة Combify في عام 2017، اتخذت ريم مع شريكها التجاري لتأسيس "كومبيفاي". شغ ... Show More
1h 23m
Aug 2024
TCEP 268: How to Maximize Your Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering
In this episode, I talk with Alishia Ballard, M.S.E.M, land development engineer at County of San Diego and an expert in stormwater practices, about how earning a master’s degree in Civil Engineering has been a game-changer for her career, unlocking new opportunities and growth. ... Show More
29m 47s
May 12
Human First: Designing Student-Centered AI for the Future of Education | Dr. Dala Kakos with Will Snow at Dubai AI Festival
Key Topics Covered:How AI can help teachers do more with less—and have fun doing itThe role of prompt engineering in student learningRedefining 21st-century skills: emotional resilience, creativity, and critical thinkingWhat it takes to build a national framework for AI in educat ... Show More
23m 17s
Dec 2024
Future of Arabic in TV, Film & YouTube | Amanda Abou Abdallah, Rana Kazkaz and Hussein Fakhri
We organized a full-day symposium (October 26, 2024) with the mm:museum as part of their exhibition "The limits of my language are the limits of my world" at Northwestern Qatar this year. Three panel discussions took place which we are bringing you in three episodes on their podc ... Show More
1h 16m
Aug 2024
At Birzeit University, the fight for education under occupation
Palestinian university students in the occupied West Bank live under the constant threat of arrest by the Israeli military, often without trial or charges. At Birzeit University, a center of Palestinian intellectual life, a staff member who documents those arrests explains the ch ... Show More
19m 10s
Oct 2024
Beirut Southern Suburbs & Hezbollah: History & Truth | Mona Harb
In this special episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we speak to Professor Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, to help us delve into the intricate socio-political dynamics and historical narratives of Beirut's southern subur ... Show More
47m 9s
Oct 2024
Beirut Southern Suburbs & Hezbollah: History & Truth | Mona Harb
In this special episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we speak to Professor Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, to help us delve into the intricate socio-political dynamics and historical narratives of Beirut's southern subur ... Show More
47m 9s
Apr 2024
A Low-Code Approach in Mechanical Engineering - Mike Grau | Podcast #119
Mike Grau is an engineer by heart, with a passion for challenges. He believes the future is in the convergence of design, simulation, and manufacturing through automation. And it is energizing for him to work with customers at Synera to inspire and demonstrate new workflows. In t ... Show More
30m 21s