 Building up on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise developed through this QCRI-CSAIL collaboration and various other AI projects at QCRI, he started a new center for AI within the institute.Under Elmagarmid's oversight and leadership, Qatar Center for AI (QCAI) has produced a blueprint for the "National AI Strategy for Qatar".Realizing the potential of AI and data science to impact all aspects of life and society, Elmagarmid has been promoting the transformation of higher education towards more AI/data science based education.