Скачать или смотреть From Damascus to computer science and saving lives | Dina Katabi commencement speech at AUB

Professor Dina Katabi - a principal investigator at the MIT Jameel Clinic - gave the keynote speech to the American University in Beirut class of 2023 at last week’s commencement.

In her remarks, Dina mentioned Fadel Adib and Haitham Hassanieh, two AUB grads she supervised at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Describing her journey, Dina said: “I come from a family of medical doctors. I was destined to go to med school. I completed my baccalaureat in Syria. In Syria, baccalaureat is a national exam, based on which the top students get matched to the best schools. I joined med school and was the top of my batch. After one year, I decided I couldn't live the rest of my life without mathematics. So, to the shock of my parents and everyone I knew, I dropped med school and switched to electrical engineering, which is essentially applied math. I still don't know whether this was a good decision or a bad one; but it was my decision.”

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