Ecuador’s Ambassador Javier Santos visited the Arab American University campus in Ramallah, aiming to check the university and learn more about the Faculty of Graduate Studies programs.
The chairman of the University Board of Directors Dr. Yousef Asfour, the University VP for International relations Dr. Dalal Erekat, and the University President Adviser for universities classification Dr. Moath Sabha welcomed Ambassador Javier Santos and his assistant Hasan Qatami.
A delegation of the American California State universities visits the Arab American University campus in Ramallah to check the university and its academic programs.
The visiting delegation were welcomed by the Arab American University VP of International Relations Dr. Dalal Erekat, the university president advisor for universities classification Dr. Moath Sabha, and Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate studies Dr. Abdelrahman Abu Libdeh.
Researcher Esraa Abdullah Noor, a MA in Computer Science student at the Arab American University, defended her master thesis titled "Reconstructing and Drafting Research Topics in Retrieving Medical Information"
In her thesis, she pointed to the main factors that search engines in the medical field rely on to return high-quality results to suit the users needs; their need to get vocabulary that best describes their information needs and that results quality dependes on the research techniques effectiveness and sources of medical terminology used by these engines. The researcher suggested several systems and methodologies to address the related problems to each of these factors independently.